Box Scraper Frontier Box Blades: 2072 vs 2172

[lipancreek]

I was about to buy a Frontier 2172 box blade. Looks like a good heavy box blade that will last for years. Dealer now says they don't have any in stock and suggested a 2072 because those are in inventory and they're cheaper. I use my box blade for maintaining 1/2 mile of private road and then general farm road and dirt work. I tore up the last one, so I want a good one. The 2072 is rated at 55 hp max, and I plan on using it hard on JD 5065e, so I'm concerned it won't be heavy enough. Thoughts?

 

[jenkinsph]

I prefer the heavier built models, currently I have a Frontier BB1284 very happy with it. Good match for a 5065 too.

 

[xring100]

I was about to buy a Frontier 2172 box blade. Looks like a good heavy box blade that will last for years. Dealer now says they don't have any in stock and suggested a 2072 because those are in inventory and they're cheaper. I use my box blade for maintaining 1/2 mile of private road and then general farm road and dirt work. I tore up the last one, so I want a good one. The 2072 is rated at 55 hp max, and I plan on using it hard on JD 5065e, so I'm concerned it won't be heavy enough. Thoughts?

Howdy have you considered a grading scrapper. These are awesome for road mantainince way faster than a BB
GS25 Series Grading Scrapers | Land Pride

Is that 55 hp rating bassed on compact tractor weight or utility? Its to bad they don't rate them bassed on machine operating weight like some do for their backblades. At 534lbs it seems light duty although they preffer standard duty because it sounds better. Even the 2172 seems light but at least it has clevis style category 1 versus the cat 1 pin on the 2072.

Id probably worry more about ripping a shank out than bending the box but who knows of you hook a large rock.
The land pride HR series is only rated for 65 hp yet it weighs almost twice as much but unfortunately cost 2.5 times as much.
I personally like gannon it weighs more and cost less than the land pride. And has replaceable side plates. The volume of dirt that the bigger scrappers hold is amazing. Its even more amazing how quickly it fills up a small one would require lots of patience. You'll have no trouble with the blade just bouncing along on hard pack clay like my neighbor does with his light dity scrapper. I only need the shanks for busting up roots or soil. I know money is usually the constraint.

 

[rustyshakelford]

I have a 3284 frontier. It's behind my 5055. I wouldn't want anything lighter

Brett

 

[EverythingAttachments]

I think you'd be very pleased with one of these. I'm not sure how the price compares to either of those frontiers that you've been considering, but I do know that you'll get way more for your money with ours.
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Travis

ETA BoxBlade for 50-75hp

If you really want an extremely heavy one, these are awesome:
ETA Hinged BoxBlade for 60-100hp
or
ETA Hinged BoxBlade with Xtreme Shanks for 60-100hp

 

[oosik]

You know, Dave - xring100, makes a very good point. For years & years I tried to do summer maintenance on my mile long gravel driveway with a heavy rear blade. My driveway sets up like concrete after spring time and it would just laugh at the rear blade as it bounced along behind the tractor. So five years ago I bought a new, bigger tractor and a Land Pride GS2584 grading scraper - with manual scarifiers. What a difference - a couple two or three passes to loosen the top with the scarifiers and then passes with the scarifiers up and the driveway is just like it was in the beginning. I do use my Bush Hog roll over box blade(RO720) to move dirt around but for driveway maintenance, in the summer, I definitely recommend a land plane grading scraper.

 

[lipancreek]

Thanks everyone, I will check into the grading scraper, that looks very useful. I'll also check out the other box blade ideas. I asked the dealer if they thought the 2072 was heavy enough and they never replied, so I'm thinking that's my answer. The EA box blades look serious!