Grading box blade or scraper/grader blade?

KiotiJohn · Aug 16, 2005

( What I need to do is dig these ditches out and take down the high spots at the edge of the roadway. Which would be better to to this? )
A rear blade probably would work best for the ditches, but it can be done with a boxblade by dropping the right adjustable hitch arm down lower than the left side, but it would be harder than using a grader blade. I have a backhoe to do any ditching, so I haven't tried the boxblade for that. Having a top and tilt hydraulic system running a boxblade would sure make all that easier.
John

JerryG · Aug 16, 2005

If you are ditching with the box, as you are dragging a box of dirt, it will speed things up if you will take a load in your loader also. That way you are taking about twice the amount of dirt with each pass.

HODAK · Aug 17, 2005

Tforan, I'm with you on the BB and digging up rocks. My driveway has about 2" of stone max and if I went over it with rippers, I'd have a lot of taters on the surface. Like a lot of attachments, I guess it depends on your intended use. I borrowed a landscape rake and it worked great for my drive. Probably buy one next year, hate borrowing stuff. I have a rear blade also and rarely use it, although it could be handy for light snowfalls.

TForan · Aug 17, 2005

It really depends on the way the road was constructed. If I had solid clay,I'm sure I'd have better luck with a BB. What I do is wait for a rain and then hit it with the LR. I was really suprised at how well it worked. I leave my rake on almost all the time. Very handy!

TractorLegend · Aug 17, 2005

OK so Im gonna get a landscape rake--likely a Howse from Northern tool---local dealer doesn't have Kioti product /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif and Im not driving out of my way for it.
im thinking at least 6 foot to be wider than tires--
what about 7 foot---too wide???
Whats a wheel kit do on a rake??

HomeBrew2 · Aug 18, 2005

Seems as though the rake should be big enough to cover your tracks even when it's rotated to max, maybe 30° (rake has a leading and trailing edge like a motor grader). This setting allows you to windrow material.
The wheels create a land plane effect so hills can be drug into vallies and mostly eliminating the washboard effect.
Cheers!

KiotiJohn · Aug 18, 2005

( im thinking at least 6 foot to be wider than tires--
what about 7 foot---too wide??? )
You have to be able to turn the rake around at times, and I don't think a 7' will turn on the CK30. I'm not even sure you can turn a 6' for that matter.

I have only a 4' on my CK20, and I can just turn it all the way around without hitting.
John

HomeBrew2 · Aug 18, 2005

Fair enough, if you have to turn it around while it's on the tractor. I have a 6'er on a BX23 ... if I need it turned around, I just unmount it, turn it around and mount again ... probably just a matter of preference and at this point I prefer to have the widest rake possible. Good thought for a prospective buyer to consider though.
Cheers!

TractorLegend · Aug 18, 2005

whats the function of turning the rake around??

KiotiJohn · Aug 18, 2005

( whats the function of turning the rake around?? )
The way the tines are angled when it's turned around gives you a whole different aggressiviness. In the normal mode, you have aggressive tines digging in in a forward movement. Turned around, the tines sort of ride over the ground more than dig in. This is handy for leveling dirt when you don't want to have aggressive digging in. I also find it useful for dragging debris around as the debris builds up under the tines and begins to drag other debris along without tearing up the soil/grass.
Of course the top link still needs to be adjusted to have the angle you desire.
John