Heavy Duty Box Blades

[RMulkey]

Jerry,

I am not sure about the difference in cost for the high back verses low back. The high back holds about 30% more dirt when full. The low back will spill the excess dirt over the back of the box. If you have a lot of dirt to move any distance, it is probably worth the extra money. You can move more dirt in less trips. When I bought the 72" woods, it was easy to fill it up with dirt and make the wheels spin. I finally learned enough from this board to load the rear tires with water/antifreeze and now it works great. I tend to move a lot of dirt by dragging it from one location to another so the extra capacity saves time. As long as your tractor can pull the heavier load and make use of the extra dirt moving capacity, I recomend the high back scraper.

-Roger

 

[JerryG]

Roger,
Thanks, I will start looking at and pricing the high backs. If I can find one. Box blades are just now starting to be bought in my area of the country. All the dealers have only low backs that I have seen. I bet that I have only seen about six boxes including mine in a 50 mile radius of here. I have had mine for about a year and a half. It is a Atlas and has proven to not be built for the type of use that I do.

 

[john_bud]

Wow, Ask and ye shall receive! That must have been said about the people at TBN, eh? I guess I will be spending some time going through a bunch of links tonight seeing attachments for tractors. (ahh, now that's some fun /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif)

John Miller, you asked about the new Woods BrushBull cutters. Yes, they are new and No, they are NOT on the Woods web site /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif. BUT /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif, if you follow the e-mail link and ask for the literature and include your address, they will mail you a pretty color brochure. I got mine in about 4-5 days.

I have never used a back blade before. How are they for fixing rocky ruts? I know that there are some people from the granite state here, you must have about the same type of problems as me. How do you guys fix your roads when they are full of rocks? Not the giant monsters that require a Backhoe, just the moderately annoying basketball sized ones...

Well, I best be skimming the rest of the posts and then start power surfing for box blades!

Thanks again for all the links,
John Bud

 

[Thomas]

john_bud,
What if you were to wait until the road was muddy,than gently run over those rocks w/your tractor so the rocks would settle deep,than use your back blade and cover the rocks.

If still a problem than remove the rocks and build a stone wall or use them around your wife flower garden...yep thats another thing NH known for stones. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

Thomas..NH /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

By all means by a heavy duty box scrape. If possible buy a a 3 way rollover model. You wouldnt believe how versatile they are and they save a lot of work. Sure they are costly but they make the work go so much faster, theyare worth every penny they cost.!!!!!!
Good Luck
Greg H