Ok guys.... I want a rear blade for my BX23. The dealer says to stay at or below 60 inches wide. I would like one that tilts as well as swivels. Any help on who makes this type of annimal? Any other points of interest will be fabulous. Thanks
Take a look at Midwest. http://tinyurl.com/6gtt7 I have a Model 22 coming for my BX2230. Midwest is the OEM for Kioti and soon to be another impoprt tractor for the rear blades and rakes. I looked at several and decided for the money Midwest was pretty hard to beat.
Modern Equipment in Beaumont, Texas makes a 5' tilting blade but I don't know if they have any dealers up your way.
I have the 6' tilting blade and I would rate it as "OK". It is pretty loose where the adjustment pins go in. In other words, I suspect the tilt pin would allow the blade to move about 1" from horizontal on the ends. I may try to tighten that up since I probably won't be using the tilt on the blade.
I would prefer a tighter fit but have not looked at other brands so I don't know if they are all that way or not.
I like the Modern PHD and the the BB looks pretty nice too. I might have to give them a serious look for other toys. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I have a Midwest RB22-60 on my BX23 - it has the tilt, offset, and swivel features. When I was looking around at rear blades the Midwest seemed like the best deal of the bunch if you want all those features. The offset in particular is easy to use - you just take out some pins and move the blade and put the pins back in. I believe the Woods and most of the others you need to unbolt the blade and rebolt it up to offset it. I did not want that because I wanted to able to move the blade without carrying tools around. Midwest also makes blades for Kioti and for Corriher. The blade I got is actually a Kioti blade for two reasons - there was Kioti dealer in my area that had it in stock ( and I couldn't find any Midwest dealers) and because it is orange it matches my BX23. The 60" size works great with the BX.
Now for the downside - you will have to modify the blade to get it work on the BX 3pt because of the limited lift capacity. The modification is pretty easy - you need move the lower mounting points downward about 6" - this will change the geometry so that you will get as much lift out of the blade as any other BX sized implement. I have attached some pics of the mod I did - it has worked out great. I can even spin the blade around 180 degrees with it attached to the tractor with this mod.
The brackets to lower the mount points were made with 5x5 angle iron and bolted to the frame - they could be removed and the blade used on a regular Cat1 3pt.