Dirt Moving Cutting a ditch

[Rutman]

I have some sloping land I want to cut ditches across to help with water runoff.
All I have to use is a box scrape.

Assume I’m driving left to right.

My question is should I drive on the high side and tilt it to the right or drive on low side and tilt the left side?

 

[jaxs]

Regardless of travel direction,low end (digging corner) of blade should be up-hill. Reason being that front of tractor will be pulled in same direction as resistance created by blade.

 

[LouNY]

That will depend on the profile you wish for your ditch, especially using a box blade;
with the cutting corner on the uphill side you will have a flat ditch,
with the cutting corner on the lower side more of a sharp containing ditch.

 

[Redlands Okie]

May need to be on downhill side to remove dirt easier at first. Then uphill side to get the ditch bottoms grade the way you want it.

 

[Rutman]

That will depend on the profile you wish for your ditch, especially using a box blade;
with the cutting corner on the uphill side you will have a flat ditch,
with the cutting corner on the lower side more of a sharp containing ditch.
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Thanks.
Just what I needed.

 

[BrokenTrack]

If the ground is quite sodded up, you might consider getting a roll over plow to help bust the sod up first so your box blade will cut a little better. But I am not sure how much you are ditching/putting in swales either.

 

[FTG-05]

About 5 minutes in, Ted and Peanut show how to cut a ditch with a BB:

How to Use a Box Blade - YouTube