Box Blade for my SCUT?

[Tractor Seabee]

Might be the ticket, eh? We need to talk.

Send a private for my address and phone#.

Ron

 

[diesel85]

I use a Tractor Supply 48" SCUT box blade on my BX. Works like a charm and the color matches my tractor. Can't complain!

 

[dragoneggs]

Thanks for the data point, diesel.

And thanks to TractorSeabee, I now am the proud owner of a Landpride 48in Box Blade... and it is even the right color! Can't wait to give it a try!

 

[diesel85]

Nice!

Hint of advice: If the box blade is having a tough time digging into the soil, place a sandbag or two on the box blade. Just that little bit a weight makes a huge difference.

 

[dragoneggs]

Nice!

Hint of advice: If the box blade is having a tough time digging into the soil, place a sandbag or two on the box blade. Just that little bit a weight makes a huge difference.

Yeah thinking similarly, after reading a few posts on another box blade thread, I learned that 100lb per ft width might be ideal. I think mine is about 300lb or 75lb/ft. I will try it out and maybe play with sandbags before committing to deadweight that is maybe more permanent if needed.

My soil is very rocky and hard (not much clay at all but) glacial till... I am guessing the extra weight will help keep it from 'jumping' over softball sized rocks that are my best crop next to baseball and golf ball rocks.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Congratulations! I love to see a plan come together.:thumbsup::cool2:
In my opinion if one wants to do more than just mow with a tractor they need a FEL and with that extra weight on the front end they need weight on the rear (Those that don't have a BH back there). To me the most sensible, logical, usable and reasonable priced implement/attachment is a BOXBLADE!!!! I've had/have tried almost all attachments and still recommend a boxblade to most tractor users. I keep mine on my L3901 all the time unless I'm using the tiller or other job specific implement. When I go up or down my gravel mountain top road and on the dirt trails on my L3901 I just drop the BB without teeth and it keeps my gravel road and trails fairly smooth and fills in rain wash outs. I took the teeth off when I got this last BB and haven't put them back on, haven't needed the digging aspect, mostly use it for weight and leveling land areas and roads.

 

[check]

Yeah thinking similarly, after reading a few posts on another box blade thread, I learned that 100lb per ft width might be ideal. I think mine is about 300lb or 75lb/ft. I will try it out and maybe play with sandbags before committing to deadweight that is maybe more permanent if needed.

My soil is very rocky and hard (not much clay at all but) glacial till... I am guessing the extra weight will help keep it from 'jumping' over softball sized rocks that are my best crop next to baseball and golf ball rocks.

Good luck with that, Mark I have a heck of a time trying to grade my driveway with the box blade when there are rocks. The box blade keeps bumping over of them, and I have to have someone go and remove them.

 

[Rock Crawler]

Dragon, I have a Titan Implements #3105 that is a 60" wide and only 323 lbs, so 65 lbs per foot. The only way to really make it work into the ground is to have a person stand on it.

It works perfectly as is for spreading driveway #2 and light tasks, but when I want to go into my logging trails and do rain water repairs I have my father get on the tractor and I get on the box blade and then it does do great things. At 65 lbs per foot.... if I am alone.... it's pretty useless in the woods on trails.

I keep saying that I'm going to weld a couple hundred lbs of steel to the thing. I never got to it this year. Maybe I'll do it next year. If not, the year after that..... or the one after that....

 

[newbury]

Dragon, I have a Titan Implements #3105 that is a 60" wide and only 323 lbs, so 65 lbs per foot. The only way to really make it work into the ground is to have a person stand on it.

It works perfectly as is for spreading driveway #2 and light tasks, but when I want to go into my logging trails and do rain water repairs I have my father get on the tractor and I get on the box blade and then it does do great things. At 65 lbs per foot.... if I am alone.... it's pretty useless in the woods on trails.

I keep saying that I'm going to weld a couple hundred lbs of steel to the thing. I never got to it this year. Maybe I'll do it next year. If not, the year after that..... or the one after that....

Are you just fishing for the safety police?

 

[Rock Crawler]

Are you just fishing for the safety police?

No, I don't give two steaming craps for the safety police. They can post away if they feel that that it is the thing that they are on earth to do. But regardless, I will ignore them.

I just wanted to share my experience with a light weight box blade doing road/trail work as the OP described so that he knows what to expect. And to reiterate, adding my 200 lbs makes the box into a whole new animal. It is the king of destruction with an extra 200 lbs on it.