Well, this didn't end well and I'm glad I went to see it in person.
I spoke with the salesman before I drove out to see it. I specifically asked about any damage, abuse, etc and told him I was not concerned with superficial rust, scuffed paint, etc for a ground engagement implement like this. He assured me it was straight, sound and, had no significant defects. He even sent additional pictures. Imagine my surprise to see 3 of 8 scarifier points broken and the cutting edge of the box blade with gouges in it. Not deal breakers at this point but, I took a moment to clear my head. I went back to look closer and he tells me to reverse the blade and he will ship new points for the broken scarifiers. Hmmmm something doesn't seem right. Is it an optical illusion? Where's a straight edge (this is a big shop with a lot of mechanics who are all apparently on break with no straight edge to be found? Real head scratcher here for a shop that does $35Million in sales. Anyway, out to scrap pile where I picked up a rolled piece of steel ~5' long and back I go to check out the box blade. Why did I doubt the cutting edge could be flipped? YEP, the box blade was SPRUNG! It was not straight and obviously had hooked something hard with a BIG tractor attached to it. As the saying goes, BUYER BEWARE. This is the wrong box blade to use sculpting ground. My speculation is that this was not attached to a 60Hp tractor as I was told and it was likely used in heavy rocks where a dozer, while more expensive, would be a more appropriate tool. I say this as someone who grew up on a Cat D4D, BIG John Deere farm tractors with box blades (think terraces) and, as someone currently digging up stumps with a Cat D4H. I wish this would have worked out but, how do you sculpt ground with a box blade that isn't straight? Back to the 30Hp tractor with R4 tires and a flimsy but straight 60" cut....
