How big of boxblade?

tacbat · May 17, 2003

I am getting a JD2210 delivered next week and want get a boxblade for it. I see they have 48" and 60", is the 60"to big for JD2210?

dj1701 · May 17, 2003

I have a JD 4115 and a 60in Frontier Box Blade. I went with that size because I wanted to clear the width of the tractor. I know I would not want to pull the 60in with anything less than I have. If 48 will clear the width of your tractor, thats all you will need. Good Luck /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Anonymous Poster · May 17, 2003

I have a 2210 and have been told that 48" would be the Max. size box blade. You could pull a 60" but not very effective.

tacbat · May 17, 2003

I have not recieved mine yet, but is that how you feel about the power of your unit? or maybe a 54" that I have seen?

Anonymous Poster · May 17, 2003

Going by what the dealer has told me. I pull a 60" blade with no problems pulling rock. And I know there is no problem with power with my loader. Been digging clay. I was trying to figure out the same thing as you with the box.

chrisjbell · May 19, 2003

You'll get max power vs. performance by getting something that is just larger than the track of your rear wheels. You want the box to be wider to avoid wheel marks. Bigger will often work, but if you stay with the narrower size you maximize your pulling ability.

Anonymous Poster · May 19, 2003

I see you have a small tractor, i suggest a 60" or a 72"

mhalla · May 20, 2003

<font color="green">I faced this same decision when I bought a boxblade for my JD 2210. I settled on a 48" boxblade from Midwest. Since I did not want to take a chance that a 60" boxblade would be too big for my 2210 to handle, I was tempted to go with the 54" from Land Pride. But with more than a $100 difference in cost for the six extra inches I settled on the 48" Midwest model BB20-48

Since I have used my boxblade to level my driveway I can now see an advantage in having a boxblade not much wider than your tires and not simply to cover your tracks. The wider a boxblade is in relation to the outside distance between your tires, the deeper one side or the other of the boxblade is going to dip or dig into the ground whenever a tire enters a depression and the tractor tilts slightly while grading. This will make a new depression further out and back from where your tire dropped. Does this make sense to anyone else?

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tacbat · May 20, 2003

So you think it is easier to control having it the about the same width as your wheels? How was the 2210 on power ? I was really think about the 54" unit but you are right thats is alot of money for 6".

Anonymous Poster · May 20, 2003

I just bought a 60” KK box blade for my 22 hp B9200. I graded my short (150ft) driveway and it did just fine. My main purpose way to create a shallow ditch on the one side to drain the water away from the house and I was successful. I would think you would really want to cover your tire tracks with a box blade. You may not be able to take a big bite but you can make several passes, once you have your material worked up you’ll be able to grade and level as you wish.
FYI – read the post on box blades. This thing is really like 3 different implements depending how you have it tilted forward (sacrificers dig in), level (forward facing blade bites) or tilted back ( back blade used to level going forward or bites in going in reverse – careful see “death of a box blade”)

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