Grading Front ballast necessary for box blade?

2Malamutes · Apr 1, 2008

I have a BB2048 Frontier Box Blade coming Thursday, and I don't know if there is any reason to add some front ballast to my 2320. I'm going to be tearing up some poorly established lawn for landscape beds and reseeding, so really not major work. I think it weighs around 350 lb. which would seem light enough to me that it wouldn't warrant ballast but I don't know. Any need for some suitcase weights?

flyngti · Apr 2, 2008

You certainly won't need it when you get your 200CX as that is plenty of weight in the front. Without it -- I'm not sure. When the BB is full of material, you may have to run with the MFWD on and lack of front weight will probably give you less traction (and help) from the fronts.

RoyJackson · Apr 2, 2008

You'll know if you'll need front ballast when you try to raise that box blade.
I do not use front weights when mowing with a 400 lb befco finishing mower, but my 790's front end gets a bit light if I raise the mower to transport. This is with the loader removed.
Your 2320 is a lighter machine. I'd suggest trying it without the front weights (and loader off, if that's how you plan to work) and see how it goes.
As flyngti wrote, leaving your loader on would provide quite adequate front weight.