Rear Blade Need a 5' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

[r0GuE]

Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

I need a 5' rear blade for pushing snow. I would like to get a nice quality one and would love to have features that lend it to driveway plowing. Spring loaded tilt kickout? Rubber/plastic mold board? slide shoes? I really don't know. What is available? Perhaps none of these features. I looked at a rhino, but it looked pretty much like a steel plow. More for dirt perhaps?

I dunno,... ye speak and I shall listen (read).

Thanks all!

 

[TonyC]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

You'll probably get a zillion suggestions so I'll just get mine in now. After shopping blades for a while and choking on what they cost, I ended up buying it from Southern States (are they all over or just in the south?) Anyway, for the money it is a very high quality blade with three way angle adjustments. It's built very well at less than half the cost of a "top notch" blade. Later, I ordered a synthetic "blade" to replace the steel cutting edge so I don't damage my black top driveway.

 

[BXMMCC]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

well, I've been wondering myself about the same thing. Problem is, with my BX2200, I find that I have to be careful to not buy just any back blade, but one that is "low" enough so that when I raise it, I'll be able to get it high enough so I can then lower it to drag snow. (Clear as mud?) I have a Woods Estate series landscape rake that works pretty well, so I think I'll check into the Woods Estate series back blade.
Anybody out there have experience with a BX2200, snow, and a back blade? If so, help us all with your insights.

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

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I have been very happy with my WOODS RB60... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Bob_Skurka]

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I have a Midwest Blade, sold through Corrihers under their brand name. The blade is able to angle, tilt and offset. It is very heavily built and the adjustments to angle, tilt and offset do NOT require tools. I don't know if they offer a rubber/plastic edge, it came standard with a replaceable metal edge. I looked at a lot of blades and I think I bought the best (don't we all) at a great price too.

 

[zuiko]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

If you have a Mill's Fleet Farm there they have a 6' kingkutter blade for $165, 7 footer is $180... hard to beat that price. Not sure about a 5 footer.

 

[hazmat]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

What's your budget?

If primary purpose is snow removal, a front blade is the way to go. Or front/rear blower.

The kubota blade is probably $1,000 +/-

A rear blade can be had for less - and you've gotten good recommendations as to which ones, but they don't come with spring trip. I've got a Landpride. Works OK, but it is a literal pain in the neck to plow backwards. I'm working on making a front blade for my TC18, got the plow, cylinders & the steel, need to entice my buddy over to weld it all together for me

If you can afford it, get the right tool for the job

 

[rbarker]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Anybody out there have experience with a BX2200, snow, and a back blade? If so, help us all with your insights.
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I have that Woods Estate 5' back blade (and the rake) and it seems to lift pretty high. I honestly didn't get much chance to use it last winter because I got it in mid March but it did clear a couple of 1-3" inch storms fairly efficiently. Here's a picture of it in (I believe) the full up position.

 

[Will_C]

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Having used some full sized Cat.I implements on my BX, I would heartlily recommend the Estate series or the Kingkutter XB series of implements. I have ran into the same lift height problems that have been commented on. When you level the implement , you quickly run out of lift clearance. I have a landscape rake for sale because of that.
Will

 

[8561]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

I would second Bob's recommendation. I also have a Midwest/Corriher 6 way 5' blade.

 

[r0GuE]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

How much lift do you get with the RB60? Can you get skids for it? or a different (driveway freindly) moldboard?

 

[rbarker]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( How much lift do you get with the RB60? Can you get skids for it? or a different (driveway freindly) moldboard? )</font>

You can get skids for it but the dealer recommended against it. He said the skids would prevent it from scraping down to bare pavement. When ever the dealer tells me NOT to spend my money I usually listen! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[jyoutz]

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I've been real happy with the quality and performance of my Landpride RB1560.

 

[OverlyRun]

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jyoutz -what did you pay for the Land Pride RB1560? My dealer carries only Land Pride and the price for the 1560 was a whole lot more than the rear blade prices noted elsewhere in this thread. I think the price I was quoted was upwards of $1K. Mind you it looked indestructable....
Chas

 

[r0GuE]

Re: Need a 5\' Rear Blade - Reccomendations??

I can get a used (it looked darn near as good as the new ones) Landpride 1560 for $250.

Does this sound like a fair price or a great price?
Will the BX2200 be able to lift such a large blade? Will it lift it high enough?

Thanks,..

 

[hockeyhead]

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I am very happy with my $169 KK 72" back blade bought at TSC. I could have bought 3 of them for what a landpride cost. Skids are good for gravel drives, so you are not scraping gravel around.
Our drive is 60' of concrete and 120' of gravel. I use the back blade to clear the snow off all of it, if it is deep, we use a honda 400 atv with a 48" front blade with the skids off to scrape the concrete clean. If the snow is not deep we just use the honda on the concrete and let the gravel go unless it drifts. If you want to spend $250 on a used landpride that's your choice but convince me what you are gaining. It is just a back blade, I bought a box blade and the rear scraper blade for what a new landpride rear scraper blade cost. Your BX will lift any scaper blade made less than 72", but unless you go with the BX series you should move your pins down to get any height out of it