POLL: Have you used the pivot offset function of your rake or back blade?

[lennyzx11]

I didn't even know this was available. Can you guys recommend some brands and models as I just started shopping for one to use with my L3301/HST Kubota?

 

[TMGT]

I really like my Leinbach line blade, there's probably more refined ones out there but it's built heavy.
Only reason I have one is I found it lightly used for a rediculous price but now that I have it I would never sell it.

 

[Threepoint]

Love the offset capability on my Woods HBL84-2 rear blade with my NX4510HST. The track from my big Titan turf rear tires is nearly 83", so swinging the 84" blade out so it's well beyond the right-side tire comes in handy whenever I want to do that. E.g., to push the snowbank back farther, or to do light ditching, or to windrow scattered gravel on the shoulders back into the road.

Lenny zx11: I'd recommend you take a look at the Woods HBL72 rear blade for your L3301HST. The Woods HBL series is a very well-made "medium-duty" blade. If you just want to do light grading and snow removal, though, you may be fine with a generic, lighter-weight blade.

 

[GPintheMitten]

I use offset on my ETA Landscape Rake to get it outboard of the tires. I don't have this feature on my back blade and wish I did.

 

[blackdog2086]

I have a Land Pride rear blade with the offset and it has been great. I believe that Kubota has some connection with Land Pride, so I'm sure your dealer would be able to price one out for you.

 

[lennyzx11]

I have a Land Pride rear blade with the offset and it has been great. I believe that Kubota has some connection with Land Pride, so I'm sure your dealer would be able to price one out for you.

I'm checking into that also. The brush hog and box blade have been excellent from LP for me.

 

[pwright]

A lot of love for the offset feature on blades but not a lot of examples of its utility on rakes.

I can see some potential uses of it on rakes but they don't really apply to me. Raking next to a structure when you want to be sure your ROP/canopy/cab isn't going to hit an overhanging bit. Same around trees perhaps. Maybe along a fence line where you want to keep the tractor a couple feet farther away as the ground often gets a bit of slope to it by a fence line. These examples might also apply to the use of offset with blades as well.