Grading Rear Blade For Kubota B7610

[maxtractor]

I need advice on a rear blade for a Kubota B7610. I was thinking I probably want a 5 ft blade. Am I on the right track or would a 6 ft blade be better? A local dealer has a new Frontier blade for $275. I know they are JD and green but none of my implements match my tractor color so I can live with the awful /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif green color. Are they good? What about the price? It looks like it tilts as well as has adjustable angles. The salesman wasn't very knowledgeable. My Kubota dealer had a land pride for $270.00 but the Frontier looked heavier built. I have a box blade, I want this for grading with the blade angled and for snow.

 

[8561]

I would recommend you consider the 6 footer, especially if you are using it for snow. I have a 5' angle blade and I sometimes wish it was a foot wider. It somewhat depends on where you have the rear wheels set. I have mine at 54" so the 60" angled to the first notch barely covers. As far as your choices, I believe the Frontier is made by Woods for JD. Mine is a Midwest sold through Corriher Implement (RB 2260) at www.corimpco.com. It is a very good unit.

 

[khd]

They say it should cover your tracks when angled but I have a 60" for my 7610. You will like the tilt feature for trenching. They are all in the same realative price catagory, features and heft should help make your descission. Mine is a Rhino mid grade and is quite beefy.

Regards,
Kevin

 

[Bob_Skurka]

I agree with what "khd" wrote about the 60" blade, that is what I use on my TC24 and with snow the tractor has no problems, but the blade is all the tractor can handle when it engages my hard clay soil. There have been times when I wished for a smaller blade when I was doing work in the ditches. I don't have the Rhino blade khd has, mine is a "Midwest" blade, it has tilt, offset and swivel features and is a heavy blade for the modest price they charge. I liked the Midwest because all the blade adjustments can be done without tools since they use pins instead of bolts.

 

[maxtractor]

This may be a dumb questions. Will a 6 ft blade turn all the way around without hitting the tires so you don't have to unhook it to turn the blade backwards? Does anyone have a 6 ft rear blade they use on a B7610 or similar size tractor? If so how well does it handle it?

 

[jim_wilson]

I bought a Kioti RB22-60 rear blade for my BX23 and it has worked out very well. The Kioti blade is manufactured by Midwest for Kioti and is the same as the Midwest RB22-60 and the Corriher blade (also manufactured by Midwest). The reason why I got the Kioti was because it was orange, I liked the Midwest blade of all the ones I looked at, and there was a Kioti dealer somewhat locally that had it in stock. The RB22-60 has tilt , swivel, and offset and I have used all three. Unlike some of the others you don't need to unbolt the blade to offset - you just remove some pins - which is a huge convinience. The Midwest/Kioti blade also had the highest weight of all the blades I looked at which I figured would help when dragging a lot of dirt. There is also an RB22-72 version which is the 6 foot wide version

 

[SeymourBota]

I have a 6 footer on a 2410- your bulked up cousin.
I also have a 4 footer which I usually use with my older Honda 4wd cat 0 3ph. Hooking the 4 footer to the 2410 is a waste of time.
You will easily handle the 6 footer and that is what I would recommend. I also have a 5 foot box blade with over twice the weight and that is no problem either.

Yes, the 6 foot blade will turn completely around when lifted.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

<font color="red"> This may be a dumb questions. Will a 6 ft blade turn all the way around without hitting the tires so you don't have to unhook it to turn the blade backwards? </font>

Yes it will spin around, at least on a well designed blade it will. The wider the blade, the farther back the blade is held behind the 3pt via the blade's frame. The manufacturer simply increases the length of the frame to hold the blade a little farther back so it can spin around.

 

[8561]

I know my 5 footer does, I can't say for sure on the 6, although Bob assures you it will, and I have no reason to believe otherwise. Mine is the same 22-60 others have referenced. In my opinion, you will have no issues pulling a 6 footer with that tractor. Mine has calcium loaded R4's and I have no issues. I can pull a 30 series 5 foot midwest boxblade (540 lbs) full of clay unless the going gets really steep. I know, I spread 5 dump truck loads (14 wheelers) on my property when I landscaped it.

 

[Bob_Skurka]

There is obviously some issue on what size blade the tractor can handle so let me weigh in one last time by saying the blade size a machine can use is really dependant upon how you are going to use it.

For a modest weight 24hp machine, the blade sizes most commonly used are probably 60" & 72". If you are using the blade to move lose dirt, or light snow, then 72" will easily be handled. If you are digging into the ground, such that you are not simply "grading" but in fact are using the length of the cutting edge to engage and break up ground, then 60" is better suited. The greater the resistance on the blade the more trouble the tractor will have.

I found that under heavy slush conditions, driving in reverse, 60" of blade, angled to one side, was about all the tractor could handle, but under lighter snow conditions (even if the snow was deeper) the tractor could move the mass of the snow with no problem at all using the 60" blade. The tractor could easily us a 72" blade in those conditions.

Under heavy slush conditions, blade facing forward & angled to one side, I could not PULL the heavy slushy snow in a straight line because the tractor would be push in the direction opposite to the way the blade was angled (I was NOT using tire chains, this was done on a paved driveway).

So I think we each need to look at our needs. Will freshly dumped stone or dirt be moved? If so, a larger blade can be used. Will digging and gouging of hard packed soil be attempted? If so, a smaller blade would be more effective.

As for snow, after only 1 season of using a blade, I gave up plowing and bought a new 60" blower (I had previously used a 48" blower on a different tractor for 8 years) But if you get modest snows and typically lighter snows a blade will work great. We just get heavy-icy-slush where I live! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif