Rear Blade for B Series

[davatk]

More advice needed,

Hi all,

Would like some advice on rear scraper blades. I will be wanting to purchase one between now and next fall for my B2630. Would like recommendatons on blades, lengths (5 or 6 foot ?) and good durable models. It will be used primarily for pushing snow, maybe a little bit of grading. I'd like to get something as cheap as possible, but also something that will be durable. Not too concerned about a bunch of bells and whistles.

Of course some color that matches Kubota Orange would be preferred.

Thanks for any info !!

 

[KU Gator]

I opted for a 5' Land Pride blade that would tilt, RBT1560. The main reason I chose the 5' was because I wanted to be able to use it to dig a trench. I tried the 6' one on my 2920 and it was difficult to raise it high enough to be able to both angle it and tilt it to the max positions for that purpose. It will cover my tracks when I am pulling it and it is angled to the max position, but only just. You will probably find the 6' size is the more popular choice for that size of B. I happened to find a Kubota dealer that was going out of business and bought the blade from him.

 

[easygo]

Go for the 6' blade the B2630 should handle it with ease. I bought an old 6' King Kutter (TSC sells those) and pushed snow with it and graded my driveway. You would have to decide if you want one that tilts or not. Meaning the ends of the blade can be set at different angles ie. they move up and down like a see-saw. The tilt option is nice as you can just leave the blade to "float" and it will follow the changes in the terrain while plowing snow. Naturally it is more expensive too. Most manufacturers make light, medium and heavy duty models. I would say go for the medium. The light duty may not last and the heavy duty, well, may just be too heavy price wise.

 

[Jon Chanoski]

Go with a 5' blade for snow. 2 reasons off the top of my head are 1 you can pull the pin and rotate the blade 360 degrees without hitting anything on a B. You will change the position of the blade at least a few times pushing snow. 2 while your tractor has the hp needed for a 6' blade it doesn't have the weight to handle it when pushing more than a few inches of snow.

 

[easygo]

Go with a 5' blade for snow. 2 reasons off the top of my head are 1 you can pull the pin and rotate the blade 360 degrees without hitting anything on a B. You will change the position of the blade at least a few times pushing snow. 2 while your tractor has the hp needed for a 6' blade it doesn't have the weight to handle it when pushing more than a few inches of snow.

You can rotate the 6' blade on any of the B tractors 360 degrees I have done that on both B7510 and B7800. Yes the weight is a bit on the shy side but I have managed to plow 20" deep snow with the B7510 (1800 lbs) and it still worked. The 5' blade when angled would barely (if at all) cover the tire tracks of his B2630. If it is used for grading it would be a bit of a pain.

 

[bigdad]

I agree 100% with easygo

You can rotate the 6' blade on any of the B tractors 360 degrees I have done that on both B7510 and B7800. Yes the weight is a bit on the shy side but I have managed to plow 20" deep snow with the B7510 (1800 lbs) and it still worked. The 5' blade when angled would barely (if at all) cover the tire tracks of his B2630. If it is used for grading it would be a bit of a pain.

 

[Toolguy]

I would recommend getting the Landpride RBT1572. I have an RB1572. Wish I would have got the tilting model. I bought the 60" model with my B3030. I soon traded it back to the dealer for the 72" model. The 60" model is not wide enough when it is angled. The B2630 and B3030 will lift it high enough to do what you need it to do. It will not hit anything when you want to reverse it, either.

 

[aczlan]

I agree 100% with easygo

We have a 6' Landpride that goes on our B7510 at times, the B is really a little light to be pulling it (chains or R1s instead of unloaded R4s and front weights or more weight in the bucket would probably very helpful), but it does ok clearing loose snow.

Edit: I think ours is the RBT1572 as it lets you set the side to side angle with a pin. I pull the pin for snowplowing as the blade follows the ground better that way.

Aaron Z

 

[donn12]

In the spirit of being cheap I bought a 5' KK yellow blade from TSC. $300 and worked great. I thought an offset of a foot or so would have been nice and so would tilt but for the big blizzards we had it was great.

 

[Code54]

I had a 5' King Cutter for a 7610 and bent it all up. Caught some roots on a corner and that was the end of that. I am getting ready to get a Land Pride 60" RBT15, spend the money now or do like I did and pay twice. I personally would don't ever buy a light duty blade again unless all I ever wanted to do was move snow..

 

[nspec]

I've got a B2630 and this winter I bought a King Kutter blade from Tractor Supply. It's the professional series (PRB), 6 foot. It offsets and angles. I believe I paid under $450.00 for it. I looked at the woods, land pride, and bush hog and I really liked this one better. Seemed like it was built heavier - braced very well and weighs 320 lbs.

Can't beat it for the price. I plowed snow and have graded dirt with it - pulled up small stumps and rocks - so far and it works very well. 2630 has no problems at all with it.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

If you want to do it right the first time and get Kubota orange, get the Land Pride RBT1572.

Land Pride RBT15 Series Rear Blades

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I've got a B2630 and this winter I bought a King Kutter blade from Tractor Supply. It's the professional series (PRB), 6 foot. It offsets and angles. I believe I paid under $450.00 for it. I looked at the woods, land pride, and bush hog and I really liked this one better. Seemed like it was built heavier - braced very well and weighs 320 lbs.

Can't beat it for the price. I plowed snow and have graded dirt with it - pulled up small stumps and rocks - so far and it works very well. 2630 has no problems at all with it.

nspec, your KK blade does look pretty good, especially for the money. :thumbsup: Will it turn 360 degrees when hitched up?

 

[taborekle]

I had the Land Pride 5 ft non-tilt and found that it was actually great for pushing snow. The blade has a 1ft offset, and that really worked great, as I set that and used it to push the snow windrows further off the road.

I've since traded it in though for the 6ft woods blade that does tilt, and am less thrilled about it. I did it principally to get the tilt feature on it, but found a few concerns.

First off, for the lighter snows, the 6 foot will allow me to make fewer passes of our road to get it cleared off, and if I used it's offset feature, it will allow me to push the snow windrows an extra 6 inches. BUT, the Woods blade does not allow the same angles settings on the right, as on the left, which is pretty annoying (we're not talking tilt, were talking angling the blade). The Woods blade does allow me to 'flip it 360 degree's, but ONLY because I have a LP quick hitch installed, and that puts the blade 4 inches further back. With out the QH attachment, I could not turn the blade around.

For heavier snows that are deep, the added length of the blade quickly over powers my B2920 unless I set a high angle or pick the blade up and take off the upper layers first. The shorter blade actually did a better job of handling the heavier and deeper snow.

I've found that setting the top link to as short a setting as possible helps greatly in getting the blade up high for transport, and also keeps the blade from digging into the surface during snow removal.

Hope that helps.

Larry

 

[nspec]

Yes, the KK blade will turn 360 when hooked up - that was my question too. It has like 7 positions facing forward and 5 facing back.

 

[davatk]

I've got a B2630 and this winter I bought a King Kutter blade from Tractor Supply. It's the professional series (PRB), 6 foot. It offsets and angles. I believe I paid under $450.00 for it. I looked at the woods, land pride, and bush hog and I really liked this one better. Seemed like it was built heavier - braced very well and weighs 320 lbs.

Can't beat it for the price. I plowed snow and have graded dirt with it - pulled up small stumps and rocks - so far and it works very well. 2630 has no problems at all with it.

I can't seem to find any reference to the King Kutter blades at Tractor Supply, at least online. All I see is some kind of "County Line" brand, that doesn't look to durable.

 

[nspec]

TSC has apparently stopped carrying the professional line from King Kutter. Their standard line has now been renamed County Line. They have been phasing this in for some time. A couple of months ago, both online and my local store still carried the King Kutters, but now I see on line that they are not there any more. I believe it will vary from store to store until the old stock has been moved.

At least for the rear blade, I'm a big proponent of the King Kutter Professional line. Great quality, MUCH more heavily built, and about half the price of some of the name brands I looked at.

There's dealers around. Go to their website and you can do a dealer search. I'd recommend it.

 

[donn12]

I was wrong about mine- I looked at the KK blades on TSC a few times but mine is a county line. I think read that they are made for TSC and identical?

 

[bp fick]

TSC merely wants to use their name "County Line" the way Sears uses their name Craftsman. Sometimes, you can tell the implement is a Tarter Gate, a King Kutter, etc the way you can tell that a particular Sears washer is really just a Whirlpool. I picked up a 5' rear blade at TSC, on sale for $265 and I had a coupon for another few bucks off as well. For what I do with it, it is more than good enough. For the price? Hard to beat.

TSC lists a few grades of blades on their website. Your local store may not carry the heavier duty versions in stock, but they will order it in for you.

 

[bstrom]

I had the Land Pride 5 ft non-tilt and found that it was actually great for pushing snow. The blade has a 1ft offset, and that really worked great, as I set that and used it to push the snow windrows further off the road.

I've since traded it in though for the 6ft woods blade that does tilt, and am less thrilled about it. I did it principally to get the tilt feature on it, but found a few concerns.

First off, for the lighter snows, the 6 foot will allow me to make fewer passes of our road to get it cleared off, and if I used it's offset feature, it will allow me to push the snow windrows an extra 6 inches. BUT, the Woods blade does not allow the same angles settings on the right, as on the left, which is pretty annoying (we're not talking tilt, were talking angling the blade). The Woods blade does allow me to 'flip it 360 degree's, but ONLY because I have a LP quick hitch installed, and that puts the blade 4 inches further back. With out the QH attachment, I could not turn the blade around.

For heavier snows that are deep, the added length of the blade quickly over powers my B2920 unless I set a high angle or pick the blade up and take off the upper layers first. The shorter blade actually did a better job of handling the heavier and deeper snow.

I've found that setting the top link to as short a setting as possible helps greatly in getting the blade up high for transport, and also keeps the blade from digging into the surface during snow removal.

Hope that helps.

Larry

Thanks for that info - I was thinking about trading my 5 ft landpride for a 6 ft because I could do my drive in two passes then but with my B2620 I was wondering if I would bog down in heavy snow. Guess I will save my money and get done a little slower.