Rear Blade What size rear blade for my John Deere 1026?

denverdave66 · Feb 1, 2013

What is a RB0560? The landpride 1560 does not tilt. He is going to get me a price on the one that tilts RB1660 Saturday. Is woods as good as landpride?

xring100 · Feb 1, 2013

Woods usually makes very good implements too

Dave

94BULLITT · Feb 1, 2013

denverdave66 said:
What is a RB0560? The landpride 1560 does not tilt. He is going to get me a price on the one that tilts RB1660 Saturday. Is woods as good as landpride?

The RB0560 is rated for tractors up to 25hp. It is more of a SCUT only blade. It only weighs 143 pound and has a 13.5'' high moldboard. The 1560 is rated for tractors upto 40hp but I would not use it on anything that big. It is a good blade for a SCUT or a small compact like a Kubota B series or a JD 2000 series. It has a 14'' high moldboard and weighs 248 pounds. The RB1660 is pretty much the 15 series but it tilts, it weighs 283 pounds. All 3 of these LP blades have a 1/4 thick mold board. The Woods RB60 weighs 262 pounds. Their website says it has a 3/16 moldboard but mine has a 1/4." Either it is a miss print or since mine is older it is thicker. The Woods blade only have a 3 position tilt 15* left, 0* and 15* right. It looks like LP's website says the 1660 will tilt in 5 positions: 15* left, 7.5* left 0* 7.5* right and 15* right. I think the LP is braced wider where it bolt to the moldboard the the Woods RB60. The woods blade would be fine for your tractor or even a little bigger. Woods uses a better park stand, I think. The Woods rb60, LP 1560 or 1660 would all be a very nice blade for you.

murphy1244 · Feb 1, 2013

Land pride makes some good implements. Hey Roger, have you heard anything from Creekbend?

94BULLITT · Feb 1, 2013

94BULLITT said:
The RB0560 is rated for tractors up to 25hp. It is more of a SCUT only blade. It only weighs 143 pound and has a 13.5'' high moldboard. The 1560 is rated for tractors upto 40hp but I would not use it on anything that big. It is a good blade for a SCUT or a small compact like a Kubota B series or a JD 2000 series. It has a 14'' high moldboard and weighs 248 pounds. The RB1660 is pretty much the 15 series but it tilts, it weighs 283 pounds. All 3 of these LP blades have a 1/4 thick mold board. The Woods RB60 weighs 262 pounds. Their website says it has a 3/16 moldboard but mine has a 1/4." Either it is a miss print or since mine is older it is thicker. The Woods blade only have a 3 position tilt 15* left, 0* and 15* right. It looks like LP's website says the 1660 will tilt in 5 positions: 15* left, 7.5* left 0* 7.5* right and 15* right. I think the LP is braced wider where it bolt to the moldboard the the Woods RB60. The woods blade would be fine for your tractor or even a little bigger. Woods uses a better park stand, I think. The Woods rb60, LP 1560 or 1660 would all be a very nice blade for you.

I wanted to reiterate that I am not sure if a blade tilt on your tractor. You should do some measuring and calculating before you spend the $$$$ for tilt. My BX lift arms are 26 1/4" to the center of the ball and 27 3/8" to the center the QH fully raised and my Woods RB60 will tilt.

denverdave66 · Feb 2, 2013

94BULLITT said:
I wanted to reiterate that I am not sure if a blade tilt on your tractor. You should do some measuring and calculating before you spend the $$$$ for tilt. My BX lift arms are 26 1/4" to the center of the ball and 27 3/8" to the center the QH fully raised and my Woods RB60 will tilt.

I put my draw bar on and raised my lift arms up all the way and measured the center, its 24 1/2" will a tilt blade work?

94BULLITT · Feb 2, 2013

denverdave66 said:
I put my draw bar on and raised my lift arms up all the way and measured the center, its 24 1/2" will a tilt blade work?

That was how I measured mine. Was that measurement to the quick hitch or lift arms. I am going to have the blade on toady I will raise it to 24.5" and see if mine will tilt.

denverdave66 · Feb 2, 2013

Roger, I got my quick hitch on, I raised it up as high as it would go and measured from the center of the draw bar to the ground and that's 24 1/2".

94BULLITT · Feb 2, 2013

denverdave66 said:
Roger, I got my quick hitch on, I raised it up as high as it would go and measured from the center of the draw bar to the ground and that's 24 1/2".

Here is how the blade was sitting before I raised it. It is sitting a little low in the front but it is close to level.

Here is the blade @ 24.5"

A closer shot, a 2x4 just barely slide under it so there was a hair more than 1.5" of clearance

This picture is without the blade tilted.

You can use these pictures as a idea. It may vary some on your tractor.

denverdave66 · Feb 2, 2013

Thanks for all your time taking the pics for me, I really appreciate you and everyone else that has been trying to help me make a decision.

94BULLITT · Feb 2, 2013

No problem.

94BULLITT · Feb 5, 2013

I was at the dealer today. He had a Woods RB60. It was $699. Back in the summer he told me $650, maybe he was going to give me a deal since I had just bought 2 tractors.

xring100 · Feb 5, 2013

Roger,
Steel prices have gone up as well. I just ordered an 84" construction attachments extreme duty extended tooth bar to go over my bolt on cutting edge. The dealer quoted me $590 he called and placed the order with CA today. they said that 2013 prices have gone up 4% due to steel cost. So new price is $613 he called to make sure i still wanted it. I don't think they care if they had it last year they just look at book prices and then mark it down to their normal discount %

Dave

94BULLITT · Feb 5, 2013

xring100 said:
Roger,
Steel prices have gone up as well. I just ordered an 84" construction attachments extreme duty extended tooth bar to go over my bolt on cutting edge. The dealer quoted me $590 he called and placed the order with CA today. they said that 2013 prices have gone up 4% due to steel cost. So new price is $613 he called to make sure i still wanted it. I don't think they care if they had it last year they just look at book prices and then mark it down to their normal discount %

Dave

This blade was a new one, it does not take long for the woods orange to get flat. I bought a woods RB72 about 2 years ago and it was $650 so things have gone up a lot since then.

denverdave66 · Feb 7, 2013

I talked to the John Deere Dealer that sold me my JD 1026 they sell Landpride equipment and asked him if my 1026 would lift the RB1660 high enough for the tilt to work and he said it should. I hate to tell him but he is $75 higher on his price than his competition. I asked him if $750 was the best deal he could make me and he said yes funny how his competition only wants $675! It kinda makes me mad I have spent close to $20,000 at the JD dealer and he can't cut $75 off his price, guess I will be buying it elsewhere.

trktrman · Feb 8, 2013

If the competition is a Kubota dealer, that may be the reason they're cheaper. Kubota has a deeper relationship with Land Pride. Just a thought.

denverdave66 · Feb 8, 2013

Hey trktrman I see your from Wilmington NC. I have been there many, many times in the last 30 years, as my sister lives in Delco NC and works in Wilmington.

trktrman · Feb 11, 2013

Cool, I love the area. The NC coast is beautiful!

denverdave66 · Feb 18, 2013

I just went and bought the Landpride RB1560, I talked to the salesman and he was very helpful and honest. I told him mainly just want to use it to grade my driveway or blade snow and he suggested the not buy the one with the tilt. I don't think I would get enough use out of the tilt for the price difference. I got the RB1560 for $495.