8 ft box with 38 HP tractor?

[hks003]

Hi,
Would a 38 HP LS G3038 handle an 8 ft box blade? Found one at an auction for dirt cheap.

 

[George2615]

I would think 6' would be more appropriate. 8' would be more of an anchor.

 

[4570Man]

It might be alright for light surface dragging. For burying the rippers and trying to move any dirt it would be useless. And it’s going to stick off the sides 18”. It would be a huge pain to maneuver around things.

 

[bcp]

I would fix a driveway with it, but not dig a pond.

Bruce

 

[nybirdman]

I can strain my 44 H.P.,/7000 lbs,4WD with a six footer.8' is too big for yours.

 

[aczlan]

Depends on what you want to do with it. If you just want to take high spots off, you will probably be fine. If you want to take off 3-6" all the way across, you will probably be a little.

Aaron Z

 

[hks003]

Ok, it sounds like it's going to be too big for my needs. Thanks everyone!

 

[Shaneard]

Also if you want to find the weakest links on your 3 pt hitch, go for it. Otherwise a 6' would be better, maybe even a 5' if you have heavy grading to do.

 

[Fallon]

I ran a lighter 6' King Kutter box behind a L3200 (60" track 3k lbs). It did ok for most stuff but not great. I now run a 74" Gannon behind my over 5k 40hp L4060. Much heavier box & works much better.

I assume that big box will be either to heavy or to wide for a 40hp machine by a good margin. Weight & traction means more than HP for a box blade though.

 

[Deere Dude]

Hi,
Would a 38 HP LS G3038 handle an 8 ft box blade? Found one at an auction for dirt cheap.

Depends on how dirt chap dirt cheap is. If it was really dirt cheap I would get in and cut the sides off and re-weld it. 45 HP here and 6' is max for me.

 

[ovrszd]

Depends on how dirt chap dirt cheap is. If it was really dirt cheap I would get in and cut the sides off and re-weld it. 45 HP here and 6' is max for me.

If it was real dirt cheap, I'd buy it, sell for a profit, and buy a 6'.

 

[zzvyb6]

If it was really dirt cheap, clean it up and sell it. Use the money to buy what you need and can handle. I just sold a 6 footer for $500 after buying it a year ago for $200. Put the money into my concrete driveway fund.

 

[4570Man]

If it was really dirt cheap, clean it up and sell it. Use the money to buy what you need and can handle. I just sold a 6 footer for $500 after buying it a year ago for $200. Put the money into my concrete driveway fund.

Or take a torch to it and make the 5 or 6 footer that you need.

 

[hks003]

It's $140 at the moment, subject to rise as the auction goes on. Selling it for a profit might not be a bad idea!

 

[rangerfredbob]

I run a 5' box without teeth on my 26hp tractor and all it's good for is scraping the surface and or moving a box of dirt around assuming it's already broken up, but then again I think I got the thing for $50 and I've gotten my moneys worth

 

[fried1765]

If it was really dirt cheap, clean it up and sell it. Use the money to buy what you need and can handle. I just sold a 6 footer for $500 after buying it a year ago for $200. Put the money into my concrete driveway fund.

From the Concrete Institute advertisements of old.
"Concrete for Permanence"

Yep, exactly!
Until it cracks and heaves over the first winter in frost heave Michigan.
A concrete driveway in Michigan is the same kind of good idea as trying to pull an 8' box blade behind a 38HP tractor.

 

[4570Man]

From the Concrete Institute advertisements of old.
"Concrete for Permanence"

Yep, exactly!
Until it cracks and heaves over the first winter in frost heave Michigan.
A concrete driveway in Michigan is the same kind of good idea as trying to pull an 8' box blade behind a 38HP tractor.

Plus salt eats concrete. It’s sold as the more durable option to asphalt. I’m not convinced. Asphalt is only 2” thick on residential driveways and concrete is 4”. I think if asphalt was the same thickness it would last longer.

 

[biodegraded]

If you're careful about bite, it could be used, especially if you have top and tilt hydraulics. There would be little margin for slop, though. If the tractor is too light or ground too gravely, the tires will spin. If traction holds, then the engine will stall. I use a 7' with a 7000 lb, 54 hp tractor. It anchors me if I get careless.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I'm pulling a 6' box on a 7000 lb tractor, 37 hp. Only time I've been stopped was when I was pulling a full box with the scarifiers down in M range and was in 2wd instead of 4wd. Stopped me cold when I hit a tree root (single back tire spinning). Switched to 4wd and L range on the HST and kept right on going.

Concrete works just fine up here. We get frost heaves all the time. Only time it's an issue is when some of these fly-by-night contractors come here from out of state, and don't know what they're doing. Or don't care. Either way.

 

[fried1765]

Plus salt eats concrete. It痴 sold as the more durable option to asphalt. I知 not convinced. Asphalt is only 2 thick on residential driveways and concrete is 4? I think if asphalt was the same thickness it would last longer.

Two layers of asphalt, to a 4" total, is the better driveway solution in the North.
Even heated concrete suffers salt damage, and a heated concrete driveway is VERY expensive
Trouble is, that most people are not willing to pay the cost for two layers of asphalt.
Asphalt has yet another North advantage.
It is black, and absorbs heat from the Winter sun.
Snow melts much more quickly on asphalt driveways, once they are partially exposed.