Grading Finally got a 5' box blade

[flyngti]

After talking about it for weeks now, I finally went out and bought a new 5' box blade for the 2320 this weekend. It's made by Modern Ag in TX and I got it from a semi-local guy who lost his lease and was going out of business. 5' box blade for less than $400 and I didn't mind driving a hour to get it. Another great use of the tractor and forks was unloading the crate from the back of my truck. After getting it on the ground, removing the shipping crate and some minor assembly, I spent almost 20 minutes getting the thing hooked up. I can see why people love iMatch! I may have to invest in one of those as well.

We've got a flat spot we're setting up as a riding area for my wife. I spent part of the day on Saturday driving around in circles getting used to dragging the box around. I figure a few more times around and it'll be flat and smooth enough. The 2320 seems to have plenty of power to pull the 5' box, even when it's full of dirt.

As soon as I'm done here, I'll go level off our gravel private drive to get rid of those darned potholes. The county won't maintain this road so we neighbors have to.

 

[kvjohndeere]

Nice looking Box Blade ! And Real nice place you got There ! The I Match Is awesome I have Converted everything I own/ Implements To fit My Imatch Nothing but A little adjusting & Welding wont take care of ! Im going To get A Frontier 4' box blade in the future for my 2305 ! Take Care nice set up ! kvjohndeere

 

[Chris2520]

Nice looking Box blade. you will get lots done with that..

Chris....

 

[Z-Michigan]

Congrats on the new toy!

I spent part of the day on Saturday driving around in circles getting used to dragging the box around. I figure a few more times around and it'll be flat and smooth enough. The 2320 seems to have plenty of power to pull the 5' box, even when it's full of dirt.

Be careful making any turns while a ground-engaging implement is in the ground. They aren't engineered to handle significant side loads, and neither is the 3ph. You may find you're bending the draft pins or the frame of the box blade if you make hard turns with it in the ground, or hit anything while turning with in the ground.

 

[jcmseven]

I am impressed that the 2320 does so well with a 5' box blade. I really think these little tractors are great. Good job!!!

John M

 

[flyngti]

Be careful making any turns while a ground-engaging implement is in the ground. They aren't engineered to handle significant side loads, and neither is the 3ph. You may find you're bending the draft pins or the frame of the box blade if you make hard turns with it in the ground, or hit anything while turning with in the ground.

Good tip! I didn't think about the side loading in turns. I did make quite a few turns (some pretty tight) as I tried mixing up the scrape pattern. First I went around in a circle, then in a figure 8 to try and smooth in all directions. I'll definitely remember to be careful in the turns!

At first, I was a little hesitant to go with the 5' over the 4' box. I know you 2520 guys have no problems with this size but I wasn't sure about the younger brother. I scoured TBN and couldn't really find anything bad about the 2320 with 5' box blade combo so I decided to take the plunge. I'm glad I did!

I have a 4' blanket harrow as well and I was dragging it around with big chunks of broken concrete on it. A friend came over and saw the pile I was dragging and said, "you pull all that weight with your little tractor? Impressive!"