first rule of box blade

MLB · May 1, 2003

0oohh, lethal looking tool! (to turf)
Different sizes? (TC33D)
I'm getting one of those!!!

TC18guy · May 1, 2003

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.

MLB · May 8, 2003

( 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

MLB · May 8, 2003

( 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. )

NEVER, EVER, till turf into the soil and then have to rake it out. NEVER, EVER /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

theboman · May 8, 2003

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.

Anonymous Poster · May 8, 2003

Hello Bo--I kick something about everyday and I have found steel toe shoes are helpful when I cant show restraint ? Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co. *Since 1977*