J Bar attachments

[RJJR]

Any of you folks have any experience with JBar attachments? They have a 6 foot box blade that weighs 448lbs for $450.00. The end plates and scarfier box are 1/4". A-Frames are 3/8" x 3". The price is definately right although it seems a little light to me but it is advertised as Heavy duty? How does this compare in specs to some of the other brands?
Thanks

J Bar Box Scrapes

 

[bullbreaker]

Never heard of them :
Their Dragon model looks ok,but IMHO I don't like the way their economy mdl attaches their 3 pt A-frame to boxblade.Looks flimsy to me.Just my thoughts from pic.Also their ECO mdl has weld-on blade.
Boone

 

[RJJR]

Thanks bullbreaker. i noticed those same items on the eco model but the 6 foot only list for $385 so I guess I can't expect much for the money. Either way, I've convinced myself don't want to put that one behind my 45HP tractor. I think their heavy duty is still going to be medium at the very best and hope someone on here has one and can vouch one way or another.
Thaks again,
RJJR

 

[Whitnel]

I believe I read some not so good things about the J Bar stuff from a search on the site. Seems their stuff was made light and wore out / tore up easy.

 

[bullbreaker]

Did you try looking on Craigs-list ?
Just a thought.

Boone

 

[RJJR]

Yea, I tried but nothing used and in good shape was available locally. Actually I found this company's products being advertised as new by someone in the local ads on craigs list...
Thanks again,
RJJR

 

[bullbreaker]

Where you located ?
Some TBN sponsors that sell equipment might be near you.

Boone

 

[Pete Judd]

I have a J-Bar back blade, It seems to be well made, and made in the USA as well. Don't know much more about the company. They do have a website, J Bar Farm & Industrial implements

 

[RJJR]

Where you located ?
Some TBN sponsors that sell equipment might be near you.

Boone

NC
Thanks

 

[bullbreaker]

NC
Thanks

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[clemsonfor]

I have a jBar rotary cutter. Its light duty but cuts well and for the price i paid it owes me nothing. I just keep welding it back up! But is not even as heavy as a King kutter. There customer service is a little lacking and slow. There always nice but takes forever to get what you want and sometimes have to talk to several people to find one who can "really" help you. I needed a diagram for my gearbox. After a never received call from the plant manger who supposedly had them and a office lady looking in the "books" for one i called again weeks later and the guy i talked to had me a PDF in the email 10 minutes later? So it did exist? I wanted to know how to get the seal out, well i figured it out on my own!

 

[ninefinger]

I have one piece of Jbar, I will not have another.

 

[clemsonfor]

Like i said you get what you pay for. I think i paid like $300 for my bushhog in a package deal when i bought my tractor. It was a new 4 ft model. It has well been worth the money. But i have had to weld some tears back up and reinforce things, but i had planned on this and have a small welder. If i did not have a welder and did not want to weld on it once a year then this is not the cutter for you.

To give you a comparison i think a king kutter in that size is like $700-800?

My plan was to buy this one run it untill it would not go anymore, then search CL for a decent used one for like $300-400. Then either try and get $100 for this one or at that point it would be trashed. At the time i needed something to cut and did not have the weeks that it takes for a good search for a used one.

I have got my money out of it im sure, i have cut acres adn acres of trees with it!