Thoughts on this Boxblade???

sjm1580 · Feb 27, 2016

Looking at this Land Pride HD MR3572 Boxblade and want to see if anyone has any opinions on the quality and what would be a reasonable offer on this unit. What I like is the floating back blade and the retractable scarifiers. Any input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

jenkinsph · Feb 27, 2016

Looks good so far, but a few better pics showing sides and hitch would help.

sjm1580 · Feb 27, 2016

jenkinsph said:
Looks good so far, but a few better pics showing sides and hitch would help.

TripleR · Feb 28, 2016

It's a great, heavy duty scrapper modeled after the Gannon, I have a HR3584 that I use on our L5740 as well as M8540.

I would just be guessing on price, but new the MSRP is about $4000 for mine, so they sure aren't cheap. I believe another member bought a manually operated one and converted it to hydraulic.

sjm1580 · Feb 28, 2016

Do you think $1250 is a reasonable price? My other option is a a plain Jane HD model fro everything attachment for about $1000.

xring100 · Feb 28, 2016

I'd buy the landpride in a minute over a lighter JD Model. A Little time and paint would have it looking new again. TripleR is correct the new models are around $4K. I have about $4k in My Gannon the weight of these heavy units is very nice for ripping hard ground

TripleR · Feb 28, 2016

sjm1580 said:
Do you think $1250 is a reasonable price? My other option is a a plain Jane HD model fro everything attachment for about $1000.

Personally I'd snap it up. Heck I'd pay that just to have one for each tractor. As xring100 said, a little bit of work would essentially give you a like new, quality cutter.

Cataclysm · Feb 28, 2016

For $1250 thats a heck of a deal!!!
If for some reason you dont like it put a good paint job on it and make some money reselling it.

jenkinsph · Feb 28, 2016

sjm1580 said:
Do you think $1250 is a reasonable price? My other option is a a plain Jane HD model fro everything attachment for about $1000.

I would rather have the old heavy duty box blade, but would want to build up the sides as they are worn down. Look at the side plates on Triple R's box blade and you will see the difference.

TripleR · Feb 28, 2016

LP no longer offers that model, the choices now are HR3584 and HRL3578.

The HRL3578 is referred to as the lowback. It has a 19” lowback frame with a 17” moldboard.
The HR3584 is referred to as the highback. It has a 24” highback frame with a 23” moldboard.

I considered the narrower HRL3578 as it would cover my tracks quite well on my 574 and be a bit more maneuverable in the woods, but I needed one to fit both tractors, kind of a compromise as I'd really like one a bit wider on the M8540.