first rule of box blade

   / first rule of box blade #11  
0oohh, lethal looking tool! (to turf)
Different sizes? (TC33D)
I'm getting one of those!!!
 
   / first rule of box blade #12  
I just had pretty good luck killing off the turf with Round Up and busting it up with a 5' KK Landscape Rake with an old railroad tie on top for extra weight. After piling up all the rocks, I flipped it 180 degrees and the soil spread really nice.
 
   / first rule of box blade #13  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have a box blade and I'm totally inexperienced, but you have to remember it's a box blade and not a bulldozer. That seems to me where lots of folks get lost.
I know what a box blade can do but it's not something that you can move and smooth in a few passes.
Mother Nature. Soil is a tricky thing. Is is compacted? Fresh fill? Rocks? Roots? All play a part.
I bet in a bunch of loose fill a box blade is a charm but when ripping up an old pasture, lawn, etc it could be quite the job.
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NAH, that's what it's for! You've not seen one worked yet then. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
   / first rule of box blade #14  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( That's why they make moldboard plows and tillers. The best method is to borrow a tiller for a day and spend another leveling with a boxblade and grooming with a rake.

It's all about weight and soil conditions, as everyone else has already mentioned. )</font>

NEVER, EVER, till turf into the soil and then have to rake it out. NEVER, EVER /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
   / first rule of box blade #15  
The real first rule of the box blade is when attaching it to your tractor never get mad at the box blade and kick it. It will always win that battle.
 
   / first rule of box blade #17  
hello Ken,

Only problem there is that the steel prevents you from feeling your folly. You still aren't going to win!
 
 

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