Grading BX Rear Blade

[willkraft]

I'm looking for a Rear Blade for my BX. I bought a Land Pride 0560 from my local dealer but it did fit right. It seemed the top link is too long and I couldnt get the unit level. The dealer tells me the LP 1560 is too big for the BX. I'm not sure I beleive him but I dont want to argue with him. Does anybody know a way to fit the 0560 to the BX or know a good RB for the BX? Thanks

 

[day13]

I have a Worksaver DC-5. Nothing fancy, but it works well for moving gravel around the driveway after a heavy rain. I haven't tried it on snow yet. I think you need to get creative when turning the blade around as it will hit the rear tires on the spin. It's real close to making it so there may be an easier way than disconnecting it from the tractor. You can see the unit on Worksaver's website: www.worksaver.com

Good luck
Dave

 

[NYTrainer]

I have the RB1560 on my BX2200 (I can turn it 360 degrees w/o hitting anything). I haven't used it with snow yet but used it (along with the box blade and rake) for a driveway grading and stoning project so I believe snow will not present a problem either. No problems whatsoever, in fact, because of the angle usually set to windrow materials I would think (IMO) the BX could handle to 1572 as well. The nice thing about the RB1560 is that it uses the same "arbor" (lack of a better word) as the landscape rake (a LR1560) and you just exchange the blade with the rake. Saves a few bucks. I also have skidshoes (just got them) from LandPride for the blade as I have stone, asphalt and block portions on my driveways. Hope this info helps.
David

 

[RPM]

I have the RB1560 on my BX also. No problems. Used it so far to remove some deep ruts left by the well-drilling truck in my back yard. Couldn't justify the box-blade as I don't have much landscaping to do and this has served me well.

I also have the skid shoes and will be putting them on the blade shortly ready for the coming winter.

Patrick

 

[Anonymous Poster]

How much roughly did the RB1560 Landpride backblades cost.

Thanks.

 

[RPM]

I think they are about $300 - mine was bundled as part of the deal with the BX.

 

[JackIL]

King Kutter has produced several implements sized specifically for the BX series. The horizontal distance across the hitch pins, the height of the mast, and the distance from the ground up to the hitch pins have all been reduced from standard Cat I. You can see photos on the Carver Website under implements for the BX.

 

[TractorTim]

I have a 60" RB from Tractor Supply Co. It is one of the few implements I would buy from them based on thier quality record. I paid $175.00 and it works greats. Turns 360 deg.

 

[willkraft]

Are you bolting or welding the shoes? Did you get them from a dealer or LP?

 

[willkraft]

I pickup an RB1572 over the weekend from another dealer. It works great, and turns 360. It had some rust but the dealer gave me a can of LP biege spray paint, I guess I cant beat it for $305. The other dealer charged me 325 for the RB0560!

 

[NYTrainer]

The shoes (from LP) are bolt on's with adjustable heights. They are the same PN for the RB1572. I think I paid @$85. It's worth that to me not to damage my asphalt or blocks.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I have the LP0560 on my BX and did find the similar situation with the top link adjustment being limited. One question though depending on how old your BX is is if you have the shorter top link on yours. The early BX's had a longer top link which was too long for just about everything you tried to hook up to it.
Now if I had the chance to buy a Landpride blade again I would go with the 1560 instead of the 0560 which is based on a category '0' hitch with cat '1' pins. The problem I did find was in the geometry of the top link which was too low and caused the blade to want to pivot down and grab or dig in too much and was hard to control. My solution was to modify my blade by adding to the height of the top link connecting point to increase the dimension to that of the cat '1' configuration.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Can anyone explain the differecne between Category 0,1 and 2.

I have a B7500 HST and have found that all of the implements I have used, I have had to turn the pins inward so as to attach to the lower arms. Does this have anything to do with the category classification.

I am looking into buying a rear blade and a local dealer (JD dealer) mentioned he typically sells the 0560 to customers with the 4100 but can order the 1560 for ~30 more than the 0560.

What does having Cat 0 hitch with Cat 1 pins mean?

Thanks in advance

 

[Bird]

Check the post I did a long time ago at http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=buyjd&Number=23048&Search=true&Forum=All_Forums&Words=Category 0&Match=Entire Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=23026 for the different categories.

Bird

 

[RPM]

Ditto NYTrainer - the skid shoes for the RB1560 are bolt-on's. You have to order them from a dealer - LandPride told me they wouldn't take an order when I called direct.

Patrick

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Thanks for the category information. Now I know!.