Rear Blade for B Series

[nspec]

I've got a B2630 and this winter I bought a King Kutter blade from Tractor Supply. It's the professional series (PRB), 6 foot. It offsets and angles. I believe I paid under $450.00 for it. I looked at the woods, land pride, and bush hog and I really liked this one better. Seemed like it was built heavier - braced very well and weighs 320 lbs.

Can't beat it for the price. I plowed snow and have graded dirt with it - pulled up small stumps and rocks - so far and it works very well. 2630 has no problems at all with it.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

If you want to do it right the first time and get Kubota orange, get the Land Pride RBT1572.

Land Pride RBT15 Series Rear Blades

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I've got a B2630 and this winter I bought a King Kutter blade from Tractor Supply. It's the professional series (PRB), 6 foot. It offsets and angles. I believe I paid under $450.00 for it. I looked at the woods, land pride, and bush hog and I really liked this one better. Seemed like it was built heavier - braced very well and weighs 320 lbs.

Can't beat it for the price. I plowed snow and have graded dirt with it - pulled up small stumps and rocks - so far and it works very well. 2630 has no problems at all with it.

nspec, your KK blade does look pretty good, especially for the money. :thumbsup: Will it turn 360 degrees when hitched up?

 

[taborekle]

I had the Land Pride 5 ft non-tilt and found that it was actually great for pushing snow. The blade has a 1ft offset, and that really worked great, as I set that and used it to push the snow windrows further off the road.

I've since traded it in though for the 6ft woods blade that does tilt, and am less thrilled about it. I did it principally to get the tilt feature on it, but found a few concerns.

First off, for the lighter snows, the 6 foot will allow me to make fewer passes of our road to get it cleared off, and if I used it's offset feature, it will allow me to push the snow windrows an extra 6 inches. BUT, the Woods blade does not allow the same angles settings on the right, as on the left, which is pretty annoying (we're not talking tilt, were talking angling the blade). The Woods blade does allow me to 'flip it 360 degree's, but ONLY because I have a LP quick hitch installed, and that puts the blade 4 inches further back. With out the QH attachment, I could not turn the blade around.

For heavier snows that are deep, the added length of the blade quickly over powers my B2920 unless I set a high angle or pick the blade up and take off the upper layers first. The shorter blade actually did a better job of handling the heavier and deeper snow.

I've found that setting the top link to as short a setting as possible helps greatly in getting the blade up high for transport, and also keeps the blade from digging into the surface during snow removal.

Hope that helps.

Larry

 

[nspec]

Yes, the KK blade will turn 360 when hooked up - that was my question too. It has like 7 positions facing forward and 5 facing back.

 

[davatk]

I've got a B2630 and this winter I bought a King Kutter blade from Tractor Supply. It's the professional series (PRB), 6 foot. It offsets and angles. I believe I paid under $450.00 for it. I looked at the woods, land pride, and bush hog and I really liked this one better. Seemed like it was built heavier - braced very well and weighs 320 lbs.

Can't beat it for the price. I plowed snow and have graded dirt with it - pulled up small stumps and rocks - so far and it works very well. 2630 has no problems at all with it.

I can't seem to find any reference to the King Kutter blades at Tractor Supply, at least online. All I see is some kind of "County Line" brand, that doesn't look to durable.

 

[nspec]

TSC has apparently stopped carrying the professional line from King Kutter. Their standard line has now been renamed County Line. They have been phasing this in for some time. A couple of months ago, both online and my local store still carried the King Kutters, but now I see on line that they are not there any more. I believe it will vary from store to store until the old stock has been moved.

At least for the rear blade, I'm a big proponent of the King Kutter Professional line. Great quality, MUCH more heavily built, and about half the price of some of the name brands I looked at.

There's dealers around. Go to their website and you can do a dealer search. I'd recommend it.

 

[donn12]

I was wrong about mine- I looked at the KK blades on TSC a few times but mine is a county line. I think read that they are made for TSC and identical?

 

[bp fick]

TSC merely wants to use their name "County Line" the way Sears uses their name Craftsman. Sometimes, you can tell the implement is a Tarter Gate, a King Kutter, etc the way you can tell that a particular Sears washer is really just a Whirlpool. I picked up a 5' rear blade at TSC, on sale for $265 and I had a coupon for another few bucks off as well. For what I do with it, it is more than good enough. For the price? Hard to beat.

TSC lists a few grades of blades on their website. Your local store may not carry the heavier duty versions in stock, but they will order it in for you.

 

[bstrom]

I had the Land Pride 5 ft non-tilt and found that it was actually great for pushing snow. The blade has a 1ft offset, and that really worked great, as I set that and used it to push the snow windrows further off the road.

I've since traded it in though for the 6ft woods blade that does tilt, and am less thrilled about it. I did it principally to get the tilt feature on it, but found a few concerns.

First off, for the lighter snows, the 6 foot will allow me to make fewer passes of our road to get it cleared off, and if I used it's offset feature, it will allow me to push the snow windrows an extra 6 inches. BUT, the Woods blade does not allow the same angles settings on the right, as on the left, which is pretty annoying (we're not talking tilt, were talking angling the blade). The Woods blade does allow me to 'flip it 360 degree's, but ONLY because I have a LP quick hitch installed, and that puts the blade 4 inches further back. With out the QH attachment, I could not turn the blade around.

For heavier snows that are deep, the added length of the blade quickly over powers my B2920 unless I set a high angle or pick the blade up and take off the upper layers first. The shorter blade actually did a better job of handling the heavier and deeper snow.

I've found that setting the top link to as short a setting as possible helps greatly in getting the blade up high for transport, and also keeps the blade from digging into the surface during snow removal.

Hope that helps.

Larry

Thanks for that info - I was thinking about trading my 5 ft landpride for a 6 ft because I could do my drive in two passes then but with my B2620 I was wondering if I would bog down in heavy snow. Guess I will save my money and get done a little slower.