Grading TC30 rear blade ideas
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stuartshomepc
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I had a real heavy duty 5' back blade that worked pretty good on grave, but when you angled it for the snow it was only about 4' across and was not doing a good job on the snow. I got a 7ft blade from TSC and it does a great job in the snow, but is too wide for my 1620 to pull through heavy gravel. I think that a box blade would work best on gravel and you would be pulling a bunch of gravel along with you to fill in the low spots. A back blade spills it all off the end and I ended up using the bucket to bring gravel to the low spots in the drive.
brin
Super Member
I agree on a box blade with scarificers and a roll over box blade is really nice...My regular back blade is just too light to do much good on gravel.
Thomas
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Woods make heavy rear blade..RB72..I use mine on gravel/snow driveway.
djradz
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A six foot blade would probably be ideal, certainly anything bigger could on occasion be too much. Lots of manufacturers out there and it won't take you long to see which look to be built better than the others. You really get what you pay for. One nice feature, in addition to being able to angle the blade, is also the ability to offset it. Some accomplish this by simply allowing the main beam to pivot (angle) right up close to the tractor 3-pt connection, while others have a sliding mechanism on the back of the blade. Stay away from the really cheap blades as they'll have no features, are typicaly made of very lightweight steel, in both the board as well as the bracing, and will likely bend the first time you hit anything solid, which you eventually will.
