box blade or rear blade

[number two]

Tony,if I recall you're getting the cab model?If so,they come with the quarter-inching valve or position control,depending on getting the cold weather package or not.This may affect your implement choice.
I've got several Woods implements,72" rear blade for use in the winter behind my 63" front blower,and 60" box blade for dirt/gravel work and counterweight for loader work.In retrospect,I should have gotten a 65" or 72" boxblade,but the 60" is nice working in the woods doing firewood duty with the loader.
Woods is good quality at a fair price as are others.Good Luck!

 

[crazyal]

I'm not sure how well a grading scraper will work in the winter.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I'm not sure how well a grading scraper will work in the winter.

True, but does he not have a blower? With a simple modification the grading scraper would work just as well as a box blade. But I do agree, I would not want to use a grading scraper for snow removal.

 

[TripleR]

The grading scraper is an excellent road maintenance tool, but for all around use, I prefer a box scraper. Now if I could afford both...

 

[MtnViewRanch]

A land -plane grader blade has many uses, not just road maintenance. But I'm sure that ground conditions along with many other circumstances contribute to how and what can be accomplished with any certain implement.

 

[TripleR]

A land -plane grader blade has many uses, not just road maintenance. But I'm sure that ground conditions along with many other circumstances contribute to how and what can be accomplished with any certain implement.

I use my box blade for digging and moving lots of dirt as well as quantities of rock. I also use it to push dirt and rock as well as brush up into piles. With a good responding 3-point and hydraulic top-link, I can get a really good finish on a road with my box blade also. From my experience and use, I just can't see a land plane grader working as well for me, but as you say conditions/need vary.

 

[tony binkowski]

thx for all the info, i will have to put alot of thought into this before i buy!!!! do we all agree that the box or the rear blade will add good ballast for front snowblower?? thx tony

 

[Tom_H]

I use my box blade for digging and moving lots of dirt as well as quantities of rock. I also use it to push dirt and rock as well as brush up into piles. With a good responding 3-point and hydraulic top-link, I can get a really good finish on a road with my box blade also. From my experience and use, I just can't see a land plane grader working as well for me, but as you say conditions/need vary.

Have you ever used a land plane grader? I have all three and in my own experience, it is superior to the box blade and rear blade for road use. Now granted, the BB is a more versatile tool, but for road grading, I find my Land Pride Grading Scraper better, and for two entire miles of road, there's just no way I'd settle for anything less than the best implement.

Tony: some rear blades are not all that heavy and may not give you the ballast you think it will.

 

[crazyal]

thx for all the info, i will have to put alot of thought into this before i buy!!!! do we all agree that the box or the rear blade will add good ballast for front snowblower?? thx tony

Box blade, yes. Rear blade, probably not going to give you a lot of weight. When you said you wanted a blade for snow removal I assumed you meant for light snowfalls or cleaning up after snow blowing. If you're thinking of it more for ballast then that's a whole different subject. The grading scraper will give you as much weight as the BB but is a lot longer so if you are working in tight areas it'll really hinder you.

For simple rear ballast I took a 55 gallon drum and turned it into a ballast box for real cheap (i had a drum, some scrap steel, and a bunch of 80lb bags of cement that hardened before it got used).

 

[Redneck in training]

Here is my take on the subject. Box blade is used not only for grading but also dirt moving. Then I would get a landscape rake instead of the rear blade. Then in the winter attach a piece of conveyor belt (some people use horse stable rubber mats) or similar material to the rake. You can cut it quite wider (in example two pieces one slightly larger than the rake and the other three or four feet) Single piece is used for mud scraping from concrete and both for snow. I also use the rake with every other tine removed to spread material or to rake branches or large rocks without dragging dirt in front of the rake.