Box Scraper What all can you do with a box blade?

[dieselfuelonly]

Sorry if this doesn't belong here, but I did a search and not much came up...

Anyway, I am interested in what I could do with a smallish box blade for my tractor. I have a pasture that it looks like someone drove a large tractor/truck through the field at one point, and left some pretty good ruts in there, and I would like to smooth it out. Would a box blade be good for this kind of task?

I have tried just cutting the ruts down with my dirt scoop, but it is very time consuming since the dirt scoop fills up fast, not to mention it is very hard to get it digging into the hard ground.

Thanks!

Dennis

 

[john_bud]

Yes, you can do what you list with a box blade. You probably will have to add weight to make it dig in if the soil is dry and hard.

jb

 

[chrisjbell]

Get a box blade with scarifiers to break up the dirt. Also remember that softer dirt is easier to grade (add a bit of water) but you can't grade mud.

 

[wushaw]

You list you have a tiller... since you don't own a box blade you could run the tiller over the ruts to break up everything then pull a drag over everything to smooth things out.

 

[jbrumberg]

Run the tiller shallow enough to take out the ruts, but be careful about tilling too deep. You do not know what "surprises" await you and it could be an expensive discovery . You do not have to ask how I know this. You can then back drag the tilled area with your dirt scoop. Jay