Seems like it is a bit heavy.
I am all for solid construction and robust attachments. But this is massive. Perhaps too heavy....
Also, for something like this, if it is really a top shelf BB, would recommend hydraulic scarifiers.
For comparison....
When we do work with our boxblade, we are pulling a Frontier (Deere) BB4296H, 96" box blade with hydraulic scarifiers.
This is being pulled behind a John Deere 5095M, Cat 2 hitch, with fully loaded tires and always an attachment on the front.
The BB4296 weighs 1,310 pounds. For reference, our work is up in the mountains in Vermont. We use it for both road/driveway work, as well as grading fields; both overgrown meadows that we are restoring, as well as food plots we are carving out of the woods. Box blade takes more than its fair share of abuse when it hits big stones, that for whatever reason we did not kick up with the plow and remove before blading/grading/smoothing.
So 95hp tractor, fully loaded tires, another 1,000 to 1,500 lbs on the front typically. Plenty of weight, plenty of hp. But I am not sure that I would want to pull a box blade that is pushing 2,300 pounds. There are times when the tractor will struggle a bit, and even bog down, when conditions are wet and the box is full of wet dirt. I would guess that for this ETA box blade, when fully loaded, the combined weight of the box blade and the material will be pushing up against the specs for the 3pt hitch for many tractors at 100hp and below.
Bottom line, is that it strikes me as a bit heavy. This coming from someone who likes things overbuilt. Almost too heavy for Utility sized tractors. Also, for a top of the line BB, should have hydraulic scarifiers, at least as an option.
On a good note, great to see folks making things in the USA.
