Grading Cheap rear blade

[ron45]

I was looking at some rear blades @500.00. Everything attachments has some that are quarter inch moldboard with a steel blade on the bottom. It's a 3 pt. blade that swivels. Has anyone used one of these blades or know if my caution is well founded.

Ron

 

[coobie]

I was looking at some rear blades @500.00. Everything attachments has some that are quarter inch moldboard with a steel blade on the bottom. It's a 3 pt. blade that swivels. Has anyone used one of these blades or know if my caution is well founded.

Ron

Been this route with cheap rear blades.Last winter I bought a 84 inch woods HD model and could not be happier with it,s performance.I cannot comment on the everything attachments blade.They seem to make good products.

 

[ron45]

Well that's good news. Do you ever use it in rocky soil? I will take a look at the woods line also. It's not something i would use daily but I'm in New Mexico and our soil is rocky here.

Ron

 

[worthb]

I have a Dirt Dog brand 5006 rear blade. It has been great. Dirt Dog makes the blades for Bush Hog, but cost a little less.

 

[coobie]

Well that's good news. Do you ever use it in rocky soil? I will take a look at the woods line also. It's not something i would use daily but I'm in New Mexico and our soil is rocky here.

Ron

Ron, most of our soil is very rocky.I live on a 2 mile self maintained road,I try to buy the most heavy duty implements I can afford.I have used the Woods blade to grade our road numerous times after we get a gully washer that creates deep ruts.I also use a Befco land plane for some finish work.

 

[jeff9366]

Land Pride, manufactured in Kansas, is well regarded for their rear blades. Most Kubota dealers sell Land Pride.

Buy heavy. You will end up bending a light weight blade and then all you will have is scrap.

If you buy too light, the blade will just jitter along the surface of your rocky dirt. You require blade weight to cut.


LINK:

Dirtworking | Land Pride[0]=field_dirtworking%3A22

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Typically when it comes to NEW implements, you get what you pay for. Been there, done that.:ashamed:

After you waste thousands of dollars on implements that you know are not meant to be used behind your size tractor, but are told by your dealer that they will be fine and you are naive enough to trust the dealer, well I guess it is a costly learning curve. It was for me anyway.

At least I was smart enough to get the right size tractor the first time around.

 

[ron45]

Thank you everyone for your help and insights. Thepoint about size of tractor is very much on my mind. Believing people who stand to gain from what they are telling you is folly. It leads to the question is it possible to get a heavy blade appropriate for a 30 machine.? I hope so.

Ron

 

[cat fever]

Thank you everyone for your help and insights. Thepoint about size of tractor is very much on my mind. Believing people who stand to gain from what they are telling you is folly. It leads to the question is it possible to get a heavy blade appropriate for a 30 machine.? I hope so.

Ron

Ron i have a Land Pride rear blade. Very happy with it.

 

[ovrszd]

Search for used. I paid $75 for a Little Rhino, very heavy duty, 7' moldboard blade. Angles, tilts, and beam swings to each side. I used it on my little B2910 Kubota. Had to put 240lbs of suitcase weights on the front.

My suggestion is buy the heaviest blade you can carry.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Thank you everyone for your help and insights. Thepoint about size of tractor is very much on my mind. Believing people who stand to gain from what they are telling you is folly. It leads to the question is it possible to get a heavy blade appropriate for a 30 machine.? I hope so.

Ron

Right here(preferred) or here as a second choice. Either of this quality of blade will work good for you in my opinion. :thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

OMG, I'd never, ever, ever pay that kind of money for a rear blade. There's far too many used ones laying around. I believe you could buy 5 for that much money.

Sorry Brian.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

OMG, I'd never, ever, ever pay that kind of money for a rear blade. There's far too many used ones laying around. I believe you could buy 5 for that much money.

Sorry Brian.

So I guess that the $3600 that I paid for mine 8 years ago is out of the question?

Richard, maybe where you are at there are all those used implements. I have had my eye open for implements for over 10 years. I have once, and only once seen a rear blade that I would even consider purchasing for any size machine, let alone anything that I would actually want. All the used stuff that so many of you say is around you, well that is around you, not everyone else.

This sort of reminds me of all the dealers that so many people say that they have around them, and the dealers that let you actually take a tractor home to try out. I read these things and think to myself, "What world do these people live in?" Because it sure is not anywhere that is within a 100 mile radius of me.

I'm not saying that anyone is lying, just that circumstances vary immensely from area to area. You would think with California being the #1 money producer of AG products in the USA and San Diego County being # 12 of all counties in the USA, (a 5.1 billion dollar Ag market), that there would be all kinds of these places around. WRONG, I can think of 4 dealers that actually stock a few new tractors and the Kubota dealer really pretty much probably sells 80% of what is sold locally.

So we are back to, what is true for one area, is not for another. Circumstances vary, there is no doubt about that.

 

[ovrszd]

So I guess that the $3600 that I paid for mine 8 years ago is out of the question?

Richard, maybe where you are at there are all those used implements. I have had my eye open for implements for over 10 years. I have once, and only once seen a rear blade that I would even consider purchasing for any size machine, let alone anything that I would actually want. All the used stuff that so many of you say is around you, well that is around you, not everyone else.

This sort of reminds me of all the dealers that so many people say that they have around them, and the dealers that let you actually take a tractor home to try out. I read these things and think to myself, "What world do these people live in?" Because it sure is not anywhere that is within a 100 mile radius of me.

I'm not saying that anyone is lying, just that circumstances vary immensely from area to area. You would think with California being the #1 money producer of AG products in the USA and San Diego County being # 12 of all counties in the USA, (a 5.1 billion dollar Ag market), that there would be all kinds of these places around. WRONG, I can think of 4 dealers that actually stock a few new tractors and the Kubota dealer really pretty much probably sells 80% of what is sold locally.

So we are back to, what is true for one area, is not for another. Circumstances vary, there is no doubt about that.

I 100% agree with this post Brian. Over the next month I'll see at least 2 used blades for sale either in private ads or a farm sale within 30 miles of me.

Us Missourians are poor and rednecks. We pass our equipment around a lot.

In regards to buying used AG equipment, I'm sorry you live in such an area.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I 100% agree with this post Brian. Over the next month I'll see at least 2 used blades for sale either in private ads or a farm sale within 30 miles of me.

Us Missourians are poor and rednecks. We pass our equipment around a lot.

In regards to buying used AG equipment, I'm sorry you live in such an area.

So am I. :sigh:

 

[ovrszd]

So am I. :sigh:

Very nice to visit with you Brian!!!! Hope you have a great weekend!!!

 

[Kioti Lee]

There are often old heavy blades on craigslist in my area, resonable price. I always struggle with new vs used. New you get just what you want and know the history..used you save money and the pain of denting the new stuff. Guess it depends how specific your needs are,your budget and amount of use.

 

[cat fever]

While I have bought some used equipment; for the most part I prefer new.

I take very good care of my stuff, always stored indoors, cleaned after use. So if I buy new, it will still be new in 10 years. Meaning it will look and perform like new. Got to admit, it cost a lot more to think that way.
Next on my new list is a 3 point V-rake.

 

[/pine]

So if I buy new, it will still be new in 10 years. Meaning it will look and perform like new.

What is it like to operate a tractor with attachments in a "bubble wrapped" environment?

 

[cat fever]

What is it like to operate a tractor with attachments in a "bubble wrapped" environment?

After all the bubbles have popped the attachments work really good.:laughing: