JJT
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2001
- Messages
- 1,820
- Location
- Upstate NY, USA
- Tractor
- Kubota L3710 HST and a Kubota ZD21 60Pro
8\' Backblade, is 38 hp enough?
I'm considering buying a backblade to do some site grade work and some serious driveway maintenance for my parents. The ground is sandy with lots of fist sized cobbles. The 1000' driveway is basically a steep, narrow tractor lane, it needs to be widened 2 - 4', ditched and have the grade cut down, 1 - 2 feet for ~ 200'. I have access to a little International 350 crawler/loader for any heavy pushing.
I have a Kubota L3710, 4wd, w/R4's, is an 8' blade too much? I have a 6' box scraper with scarifiers for breaking the sod and doing the heavy landscape work as well as a 7' rake for the finish work.
I'm considering buying a backblade to do some site grade work and some serious driveway maintenance for my parents. The ground is sandy with lots of fist sized cobbles. The 1000' driveway is basically a steep, narrow tractor lane, it needs to be widened 2 - 4', ditched and have the grade cut down, 1 - 2 feet for ~ 200'. I have access to a little International 350 crawler/loader for any heavy pushing.
I have a Kubota L3710, 4wd, w/R4's, is an 8' blade too much? I have a 6' box scraper with scarifiers for breaking the sod and doing the heavy landscape work as well as a 7' rake for the finish work.