TripleR
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A couple of things to know about roll-over box blades. They were first designed when rear remote hydraulics hadn't really even been heard of let alone commonly used. With a RO box blade you basically can set your top link and you normally would never have to adjust it again. You raise the implement up and pull a lever to rotate the box. It is common for the rippers to fall down and you would be ready to do some scarifying. After the implement has been raised and the lever pulled, you then lower down close to the ground and back up if you want the box facing backwards or pull forward to have it facing forwards. You often may need to pull on the lever to get past the ripper lock position. The whole idea was to be able to have the box in all of it's different positions without having to ever get out of the tractor seat. Where as back then with a std box blade you had to put the rippers down by hand and you had to always be adjusting the top link depending on if you were digging forward, or backwards.
Today with all the hydraulics that are available, pretty much no reason to have to move much of anything except your hand to make all of these adjustments.
Thanks for the information. I found a video on You Tube of a guy using a roll over box blade and can sure see how handy it would be in comparison to a regular one without hydraulics. It was an old one and didn't know if maybe there had been some improvements to utilize hydraulics.
Free Gannon Earthcavator - YouTube