Box Scraper Need boxblade buying advice

[AJ07]

I have a 40 HP NH and am in the market for a 6' boxblade. This will cover my rear wheels. What size end plates will be sufficient for my tractor? I would like 3/8" thick endplates, is this going overboard? Thanks for any help. AJ

 

[galaxie428]

I just bought a new BB this past week after looking at different brands and prices. I ended up buy a United BB from everythingattachments who advertises on here. It seems to be pretty well built and for my needs will work well. Now if I were doing something comercially, I probably would have looked at something that had the hydraulic scarifers.

The price was the best I could find and they have free shipping to within a 1000 miles of their shop.

The only thing I have issues with on the BB is that it came nowhere close to mounting up with my quick hitch. I really did not want to have to cut and weld on it but I ended up needing to modify it quite a bit to fit.

I have a 30hp Bobcat. I don't know for sure what the thickness of my endplates are but in my opinion, I don't think that has much to do with the function of the BB. As long as the frame is built heavy enough, the end plates should not have to be super thick, they just contain the material in the box. Other may have different opinions and I am in no way an expert, this is my first BB.

 

[roger4400]

Hi. Yes , take a BB yhat will cover your tracks. Take a heavy one, no pressure can be put on a BB it,s weight does everything, the ticker the better, it will work hard. Mine is a 6 ft Bushog on a 43 hp tractor (Massey 1643) and work well. Try to pick one with a double attach to your lower links, because you are always pulling and this part of the BB will suffer if not strong enough ( your lower links are attach with a pin between two pieces of metal , look many you will see what I mean ). Good luck and buy the best one your money can get you, you will have it for your life.....:thumbsup:.Roger

 

[AJ07]

I do appreciate the advice guys.

 

[TripleR]

As mentioned, on a box blade, weight is your friend, so I would buy as good and heavy as you can comfortably afford. At times I wish I had gone just a little heavier myself. I am adding weight to mine, but ideally that would not be necessary.

 

[ZLineFabrication]

As mentioned, on a box blade, weight is your friend, so I would buy as good and heavy as you can comfortably afford. At times I wish I had gone just a little heavier myself. I am adding weight to mine, but ideally that would not be necessary.

we have made box blades, in the past, where the moldboard and sideplates were all 3/8". in the retail market, landpride makes a great piece of equipment. but, you have to jump to the more expensive ones to get the thicker steel.

As others have said, weight is your friend.

 

[TripleR]

we have made box blades, in the past, where the moldboard and sideplates were all 3/8". in the retail market, landpride makes a great piece of equipment. but, you have to jump to the more expensive ones to get the thicker steel.

As others have said, weight is your friend.

I bought the BB2584 which is a pretty nice piece of equipment and weighs 593 pounds. The next size up would have cost much more than I wanted to pay.

We have a ten foot wheeled scraper if needed.

 

[AJ07]

Thanks again, I think I will go for the thicker sideplates. Checkin on Landpride and Woods.

 

[spruce Deere]

Weight is a box blades friend. Mine is a frontier BB2048 with 3/8 side plates, and is about the heaviest 48" box out there. And yes, more weight would be nice sometimes. Glad I chose the box blade I did.......

The heavier the implement, the more you pay. Especially if its the right brand and color

As long as your tractor can lift it a box blade cannot be overbuilt, cause' weight is what makes'em work

 

[galaxie428]

There are other ways to add weight without paying for the extra costs of thicker metal. I got a pretty reasonable price on my United BB and with its construction, I could easily add more weight to it if I ever need to. So far, I am happy with the job it has done.

I guess my opinion is that if you have the extra money laying around and it is buring a hole in your pocket then pay more for a heavier BB but if you are like me and don't have the extra cash then you can easily add weight for next t nothing.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

There are other ways to add weight without paying for the extra costs of thicker metal. I got a pretty reasonable price on my United BB and with its construction, I could easily add more weight to it if I ever need to. So far, I am happy with the job it has done.

I guess my opinion is that if you have the extra money laying around and it is buring a hole in your pocket then pay more for a heavier BB but if you are like me and don't have the extra cash then you can easily add weight for next t nothing.

While what you have said may very well be true, A 1000lb box blade will take far more hard use than a 500lb box blade with 500lbs of weight stacked on it. So yes when you start out both may give you similar results, but when the going gets tough, the 500lb box is going to fail in some manor. It just is not as strong.

 

[galaxie428]

While what you have said may very well be true, A 1000lb box blade will take far more hard use than a 500lb box blade with 500lbs of weight stacked on it. So yes when you start out both may give you similar results, but when the going gets tough, the 500lb box is going to fail in some manor. It just is not as strong.

That is a true statement and I see your point. I guess I did not explain that very well because in my mind I was thinking an additional 100 lbs, the OP was asking about 3/8 side plates which is not going to make up that much weight vs something slightly thinner like 1/4. I do not know how the OP plans to use his BB so depending on his uses, he may very well need something thicker.

I have a pretty good feel for my limits and the limits of my equipement so I don't try to exceed those, in my case and for my uses, I would feel perfectly fine adding some extra weight vs a few extra hundred $ for thicker metal. If the OP is going to use his BB as a battering ram then I would definetly say the thicker the better .

 

[allen in texas]

Has anyone mentioned getting as heavy as you can afford?








(Allen running away):confused2:

 

[TripleR]

Sometimes I have to go back to read the OP as I tend to get side tracked. In the end, for some a 500 bb is fine and for others a 1000 is needed, the trick is in figuring out which is which. We have 350/400 pound box blades that are well over twenty years old and have never bent/failed, so for those needs they are great and a heavier one would be a waste of money. We have one my dad used longer than any of us can remember doing site preparation for homes and other than it being quite rusty is in great condition.

The bb I have is fine for my L5030, but would not even consider using it on our M8540. I guess time will tell if I made the right choice.

 

[jenkinsph]

While what you have said may very well be true, A 1000lb box blade will take far more hard use than a 500lb box blade with 500lbs of weight stacked on it. So yes when you start out both may give you similar results, but when the going gets tough, the 500lb box is going to fail in some manor. It just is not as strong.

Pretty much my thoughts, mine weighs 1250 lbs and the heavy materials are utilized to strengthen the overall implement. I also think you have to consider the unknown when ripping. You can easily find something that will destroy a light boxblade before you have time to react.