Grading Cheap rear blade

[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: