davx
New member
Hello,
I looked at a used box blade today, I think it was a frontier BB1172. It seems that it was a rental unit based on some decals that were on it. The blade edges are in good condition and it has a flip gate back edge which is nice and straight. The one odd thing I'm noticing is a slight overall curve to the inside blade flexing backward along the width of the box. I always thought the edge should be straight. So do you think they got caught up on something, bent the back edge, and simply bolted on a new blade? Does this even matter? If so, is it fixable? Maybe jacking an I beam up from the back side using the ripper tube for support would work? It could be a good enough deal for the trouble.
Here are a couple of pics of the underside of the box blade.
I looked at a used box blade today, I think it was a frontier BB1172. It seems that it was a rental unit based on some decals that were on it. The blade edges are in good condition and it has a flip gate back edge which is nice and straight. The one odd thing I'm noticing is a slight overall curve to the inside blade flexing backward along the width of the box. I always thought the edge should be straight. So do you think they got caught up on something, bent the back edge, and simply bolted on a new blade? Does this even matter? If so, is it fixable? Maybe jacking an I beam up from the back side using the ripper tube for support would work? It could be a good enough deal for the trouble.
Here are a couple of pics of the underside of the box blade.