box blade or rear blade

[tony binkowski]

hey guys, just pondering on which blade to get first? all info would be great! i have to maintain 2 miles of field road and move snow in conjunction with 63in. front blower. b3000 is coming in apirl, maybe also who makes the best bang for the buck on implements? thx tony

 

[TripleR]

Do you run ditches along side your road?

 

[tony binkowski]

no i do not run the ditches.

 

[Johndeere3720]

I have both and It really depends on what your terrain is like. Is there pot holes or deep ruts in the road? Is the road hard packed or softer ground? Is it gravel or dirt? For general filling in pot holes, ruts, and leveling hard packed dirt roads, I would look no further than a box blade, 6' for your new Bota. But when it comes to snow removal, i favor the rear blade. With a rear blade you can angle it, some can offset and tilt which is great for digging ditches and does an excellent job on putting the perfect grade on your roads. Here is my rear blade grading our driveway.
Using my blade on the driveway - Tractor Videos - Kubota, John Deere, New Holland and More Mine doesn't have the fancy tilt or offset, although i plan to add it later. anyways you can see how my rear blade works, I added some weights to it to improve digging effort and custom gauge wheels to get both the perfect grade on roads and for improved snow removal. One thing that a rear blade lacks is the ability to cultivate hard packed ground and it cannot hold material like a box blade, it will just pile it up either on both sides or to the side it is angled to which is good if you need extra gravel to move with a FEL but it requires the time to be smoothed out.

 

[tony binkowski]

what brand should i buy, landpride look nice. thx for the videos, thats a nice set up. thx tony

 

[TripleR]

no i do not run the ditches.

I have box blades and back blades. The back blades spend their time in the shed while the box blades spend their time on our tractors. I have not used a back blade in over a year and put it away shortly thereafter.

I am going to hook up to one some time this year, probably to get some of the rock back onto the road where the grand kids have been hitting the corners a little too fast.

I personally would buy the box blade first and it is obvious which brand I prefer though some of the more economical work quite well. I have an LMC for our BX2660 and my brothers use the LMC on their Ford 600's.

 

[Tom_H]

I have both the BB and the RB. For 2 miles of road, neither is the right tool. I recommend a Land Pride Grading Scraper, or its equivalent. It is much more effective than the other two, and for that much road, I think you need the best tool possible. Before you buy, you really need to read the following thread in its entirety:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/138952-land-pride-grading-scraper.html

 

[kidstrustfund]

I am using a friends ford 4x4 1708 with a box blade now. It is the first time I have used a box blade. His box blade has a second blade on the rear of the box. When you go forward you get the box blade working. When you go in reverse you push the material like a dozer. The tractor has an adjustable link so you can create a crown. It has 5 large teeth that are adjustable. They pull the box blade down into the material. They also create a gage that sets the blade up a bit when you go in reverse. The blade is very robust and the weight is very heavy. Its the most impressive tool I have ever used to grade. I am clearing some land and grinding the stumps which is leaving lots of roots and brush. I go forward and cut down into the roots and start to level the ground. I then go in reverse and push the piles of debris and further level the ground. I then use the FEL and pick up the piles and move the them to a large pile . The FEL also is being used to back drag the material. I can't believe how quickly I am getting a good sub grade going. My old skid loader would take 10 times longer to do the same job. Tom

 

[srs]

hey guys, just pondering on which blade to get first? all info would be great! i have to maintain 2 miles of field road and move snow in conjunction with 63in. front blower. b3000 is coming in apirl, maybe also who makes the best bang for the buck on implements? thx tony

Interesting video to watch here.

How To Series - Snow Removal - Tractor Rear Scrape Blade - Tractor Videos - Kubota, John Deere, New Holland and More

 

[MtnViewRanch]

For 2 miles of road, you definitely need a land-plane grader blade. These are the single best implement to maintain a road. It's nice to have a box blade and a rear blade and you may find yourself wanting one or both later on, but hands down a LPGB is the best implement to maintain a road with.

Land Pride Grading Scrapers

GradeMaster Grader Blades