How to use a boxblade and why you want one

JOHNTHOMAS · Mar 16, 2010

These videos sponsored by one of the TBN advertisers are incredible. To me the boxblade is one of the first implements to buy for use and for rear weight. Can't see buying a weight box that doesn't do anything but add weight when a boxblade will add the weight and is one of the most versatile implements made for a tractor. With teeth it digs and with teeth off or raised it's a blade. If you enjoy this video then you go back to their home and there are great videos on the other implements for tractors.
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two_bit_score · Mar 16, 2010

Thats a good video. Thanks!

JRobyn · Mar 16, 2010

Makes it look reeeeeal easy! Nice level ground and friable dirt! Now add a bunch of big mounds and dips, slope the whole area a bunch, throw in a couple dozen big rocks varying from football to watermelon size, and then a couple of big chunks of root. Oh yeah, and two or three stumps! Then you'd actually have the real world. ;-)

- Jay

beenthere · Mar 16, 2010

JRobyn said:
Makes it look reeeeeal easy! Nice level ground and friable dirt! Now add a bunch of big mounds and dips, slope the whole area a bunch, throw in a couple dozen big rocks varying from football to watermelon size, and then a couple of big chunks of root. Oh yeah, and two or three stumps! Then you'd actually have the real world. ;-)

- Jay

Jay said that well. I've been on such a hill for near 43 years, and never felt a need for a box blade.
A Harley Rake yes, but not a box blade.

Mean no offense to those who like them.

_RaT_ · Mar 16, 2010

beenthere said:
Jay said that well. I've been on such a hill for near 43 years, and never felt a need for a box blade.
A Harley Rake yes, but not a box blade.

Mean no offense to those who like them.

I have both a Harley 8 foot rake and 7' Gannon box blade. The one thing that makes what they were doing a ton easier is hydraulic TnT. Can't imagine having a tractor and having to do all that adjustment by hand. I use the box blade with hydraulic operated rippers before using the Harley. If the ground is hard, the Harley just floats and does not get into and open up the soil. The box blade will leave large clumps that the Harley can then come back and break up and level like no box blade can in just a pass or two.

A couple of words he uses, muuuve and diiitch, what do those mean? :laughing:

JOHNTHOMAS · Mar 16, 2010

JRobyn said:
Makes it look reeeeeal easy! Nice level ground and friable dirt! Now add a bunch of big mounds and dips, slope the whole area a bunch, throw in a couple dozen big rocks varying from football to watermelon size, and then a couple of big chunks of root. Oh yeah, and two or three stumps! Then you'd actually have the real world. ;-)

- Jay

I live in Ky in the red clay part. I also have the rocks and roots so I agree that the rocks and roots add another dimension but the red clay can be like concrete. It was level which I also have very little of but again, don't know where your from but if you've never tackled red clay it has some very demanding characteristics. I grew up 45 miles east of Somerset and the dirt there was black and if you left a car sitting off the pavement after it had rained it would sink to the frame. Here you can drive up mountains and through fields after rains and the red clay holds you up. So, not quite as easy as you seem to be implying. He had a tractor powerful enough to pull it and that's one of the keys.

two_bit_score · Mar 17, 2010

JRobyn said:
Makes it look reeeeeal easy! Nice level ground and friable dirt! Now add a bunch of big mounds and dips, slope the whole area a bunch, throw in a couple dozen big rocks varying from football to watermelon size, and then a couple of big chunks of root. Oh yeah, and two or three stumps! Then you'd actually have the real world. ;-)

- Jay

That's the difference in being an operator and a driver - making it look easy.

But, you're right relatively level ground helps a lot. :laughing:

JOHNTHOMAS · Mar 17, 2010

Have you ever seen a car commercial where the car won't start? Have you ever seen a commercial for Beauty Supplies showing an ugly old woman? Have you ever seen a Beer commercial where the Beer is hot and the person is spitting it out? Have you ever seen a Beef commercial where they show cutting the cows throat? They are all true and are probably fairly common but no one selling a product is going to show it not working perfectly. This man did not do these videos just to entertain me for a couple of hours, which they did do, but he did them to sell you a tractor implement that is so easy to use

and will save you so much time.

I personally would never try using a boxblade in a rocky field on a BX1500 or in the woods and I sure wouldn't if I was trying to sell it, boxblade or the BX1500. Maybe with a M model Kubota but not a BX1500. Warning: Boxblades, tractors, rear blades, FEL's, Shuttle shifts, HST's, 4WD will not work the same on all property and all situations unless they are being shown in a commercial that is showing the actual product doing an actual job. Guess you can see I've got a few spare minutes this morning before going upstairs to get my second cup of coffee.:laughing: Have a nice day, all.

TripleR · Mar 17, 2010

I have used box blades on tractors from my BX2200 on up and found them very useful on all of them. My dad was a dump truck owner/operator who did home site preparation in his "spare time". He tried several machines including a small dozer and settled on a Ford Series 600 tractor and box blade. I have never seen anyone who could do so much with so little. He ran this little tractor until he died even though he could afford something "newer, bigger or better".

I have found that just because I can't do it doesn't mean it can't be done.