Scafer for Boxblade

[bakerg]

I bought a used box blade a few years ago to do our driveway (800+') as well as neighbors plus family members & I think I have used the scarifiers grading twice. I will cut ALOT more than you think.

Mine is a Woods/Gill blade with the flip over scarifiers, which make it easier to engage the rippers than the standard type, & I still don't really use them very often.

I'd try yours as-is & see if you really need them.

Tried out blade in fall without the scarifiers and it worked ok but I would like to loosen up the high spot in driveway and thought the scarifiers would help.

 

[David Devuono]

I found out that the high spots on my driveway were there for a reason, large rocks or stumps. (Dad built the road with an axe and a chainsaw. No tractors)

 

[dex3361]

Agrisupply has the best deal on scarifiers when I was shopping for them a while back. Scarifier

 

[bal0123]

I made my own out of leaf springs off a Mack truck, cut them to the desired length with holes in the top to place a pin through, cut them to a point on the bottom. They ain't much but they were free, they serve there purpose and they haven't broke YET.

 

[spanico]

When I built my box blade I just used some scrap 1/4" diamond plate cut to the shape of the commercially available ones, they have held up well. I did add some angle iron to the end for a more aggressive action in virgin soil.

 

[bakerg]

Well I made my own scarifiers out of 2X4 tubing, seems to work good.:thumbsup:

 

[bakerg]

Got everything welded together, just have to paint. Took it out for a trial run and works better then expected.:thumbsup:

 

[bakerg]

Heres the box blade all painted, green and yellow sure look good.:thumbsup:

 

[bakerg]

Well I had some time so I thought I would do a little mod to the boxblade. Originally I had just nipped off the corners.



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But what I found was, when I made an adjustment on the 3rd link, the side would dig into the ground. So I figured I would add a lead in to stop the sides from digging in.



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This works so much better now. I can adjust how much snow I leave on the driveway with out worrying about gouging the driveway and digging up stones.

 

[Gary Fowler]

When I was at my LS dealer and rummaging around, he had several stacks of scarifier teeth and I had bent a few of mine so I asked how much. $10 each so I bought 3 for spares. I couldnt build one for that price and they all had the replaceable chisel teeth on them