Implement/Attachment advise for 4720

[sikmusicfreak8]

So I bought the Branson 4720 with the 8620 backhoe. Tractor supply has a 72" box blade with rippers for $699, and an auger for $429. The brand is County Line. Are these worth picking up? 72" a good size box for a 47hp tractor?

Thanks

 

[jeff9366]

Branson 4720: TractorData.com Branson 4720 tractor information

Tarter 3-Pt Implements: 3 Point - Tarter Farm & Ranch


TSC's COUNTYLINE implements are currently made for TSC by Tarter in Kentucky.



The width of your tractor with ag tires is 61", so you could go with a 65" or 66" Box Blade if you have ag tires.
The width of your tractor is probably 67" with industrial tires, so 72" is a good width if you have industrial tires.

Tarter's 72" Box Blade weights 445 pounds or 74 pounds per foot. Box Blades rely primarily on weight for cutting.

A Box Blade with a weight of 600 pounds to 800 pounds, in 72" width, will cut difficult soil better.


You will have to remove the Backhoe to mount a Box Blade on the Three Point Hitch.

 

[Omega Woods]

You certainly won't have any trouble pulling a 6' box blade. The TSC implements I've looked at seem to be of fine quality. Congrats on the new to you tractor!

 

[sikmusicfreak8]

My concern is the box wont be heavy enough at 500#. Wondering if I should go bigger since I am running a 47hp tractor?

And thank you, I am very excited to get going. Ive got 5 blank acres I need to make into my home. It will be fun putting up the fence, planting trees, digging a pond, building the house and shop, etc. Cant wait.

 

[jeff9366]

The key metric is POUNDS PER FOOT, not total weight.

If you have any concern that your dirt is too tough, buy a heavier 66"/72" Box Blade, not a wider Box Blade.

Shop Box Blades at tractor dealers in addition to TSC.

Everytfhingattachments.com offers strong, heavy Box Blades, but you are in very southern California, a long distance from North Carolina.

ETA web site: Category I & II XTreme Duty Box Blade by Everything Attachments


Woods, a national brand in implements, is particularly well regarded for Box Blades. Woods should be sold in Temecula.

Woods web site: Product Details


I pull a Bush Hog (brand) 60" wide Rollover Box Blade weighing 630 pounds = 126 pounds per foot.
My soil is typical of Florida: sandy-loam.

 

[jeff9366]

Here are threads from the T-B-N archive suggesting functional weights for Box Blades:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=box+blade+weight+per+foot+site:tractorbynet.com&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


Reading these threads will introduce you to additional Box Blade brands.

 

[jeff9366]

Land Pride implements are made in Kansas, closer to you than most other implement producers.

Land Pride implements are sold by all Kubota dealers.

Land Pride web site: Dirtworking | Land Pride

 

[Btown]

So I bought the Branson 4720 with the 8620 backhoe. Tractor supply has a 72" box blade with rippers for $699, and an auger for $429. The brand is County Line. Are these worth picking up? 72" a good size box for a 47hp tractor? Thanks

I can't comment on the box blade, but I have had a TSC auger for about 13 years. It has worked great. Takes a few holes to get it to go where you want it. It is rocky here in New England and rocks will move it around. I have put in about 200 posts with it, the digging teeth have seen better days. I should replace them. Got to love rocks. The only problem I have, and it's a minor one, had is the cover for the PTO shaft. The cover on mine was yellow, now sun bleached white. It is cracking and breaking. My brush hog has a black cover and looks brand new still. Good luck.

 

[jeff9366]

I can't comment on the box blade, but I have had a TSC auger for about 13 years. It has worked great. Takes a few holes to get it to go where you want it. It is rocky here in New England and rocks will move it around. I have put in about 200 posts with it, the digging teeth have seen better days. I should replace them. Got to love rocks. The only problem I have, and it's a minor one, had is the cover for the PTO shaft. The cover on mine was yellow, now sun bleached white. It is cracking and breaking. My brush hog has a black cover and looks brand new still. Good luck.

Until 3-4 years ago, King Kutter supplied TSC's Countyline implements. Now, Countyline is supplied by Tarter of Kentucky. Your auger is unlikely to be the one offered today, but I do not infer Tarter's would necessarily be inferior.