Box Scraper Looking for a stout inexpensive Box Scraper

[greggh]

Lookinf to buy a 66" box scraper. Don't want to spend a fortune. I live in AZ where the ground is pretty tough.
Any suggestions, especially welded vs bolt on A Frame, main frame size, etc.

I think that you will find that weight is more important than price. You can buy an inexpensive good name brand, and it will do a good job if you are in soft soil. But if you really need to use it in difficult terrain, you need a heavy box blade. All good manufacturers have different levels of quality. The heavier the better quality.

Good luck, good ones are out there. You just have to decide how good is good enough for you.

 

[Steve C]

This link is to an extremely tough looking box blade I found on our local craigs list. It is a Hesston brand.

Rake, Box Blade, Aerator, and Brush Hog

This is an interesting looking blade

 

[sandman2234]

The biggest problem with asking for advice on a stout inexpensive box scrapper on this forumn is being able to separate the apples from the oranges. I had a box blade that I abused to no end with my 4x4 Ford 1100 tractor. It lasted about thirty minutes behind my JD 2555. I have a light to medium duty box blade that I regularly have to repair that has done wonders behind my JD, but seldom makes it past the point that I catch it on the buried cast iron water main valve located on the dirt road I maintain. That boxblade wouldn't last very long if I tried to use it behind the Ford 7710 4x6(duals). What works great for a 20hp tractor won't work behind a 70hp tractor, etc, so consider what is pulling it when somebody "raves" on their boxblade. I have looked at most of what the local Tractor Supply has in stock and wouldn't be willing to bet my hard earned money on any of them behind that Ford, and some behind the JD.
No recommendations for a stout cheap one, but it appears that as was suggested, they don't often come in the same package. Same reason I am still looking for a rear scrapper blade, heavy duty is heavy money!!
David from jax

 

[Steve C]

The biggest problem with asking for advice on a stout inexpensive box scrapper on this forumn is being able to separate the apples from the oranges. I had a box blade that I abused to no end with my 4x4 Ford 1100 tractor. It lasted about thirty minutes behind my JD 2555. I have a light to medium duty box blade that I regularly have to repair that has done wonders behind my JD, but seldom makes it past the point that I catch it on the buried cast iron water main valve located on the dirt road I maintain. That boxblade wouldn't last very long if I tried to use it behind the Ford 7710 4x6(duals). What works great for a 20hp tractor won't work behind a 70hp tractor, etc, so consider what is pulling it when somebody "raves" on their boxblade. I have looked at most of what the local Tractor Supply has in stock and wouldn't be willing to bet my hard earned money on any of them behind that Ford, and some behind the JD.
No recommendations for a stout cheap one, but it appears that as was suggested, they don't often come in the same package. Same reason I am still looking for a rear scrapper blade, heavy duty is heavy money!!
David from jax

Exactly....my little tractor doesn't seem to be able to hurt the attachments that I have, but I am pretty sure that the John Deere 4020 that I drove as a kid would be able to tear them apart is short order