Caryc

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I was out repairing my roads today. These roads are not flat, they are up and down hills. I've used my rollover box blade for ten years.

But today my neighbor was scraping roads adjacent to mine and I noticed that his bade was mush more versatile than mine. It was a regular Rhino single blade open on the ends. Of course he could set it at any angle he wanted. I watched him work for a while and talked with him a bit and I'm now convinced that I want a regular single blade like that.

There is a TSC in my town and they want $399 for their 6 foot county line blade. I know they are not made as good as his Rhino.

But have you guys used one of their blades and how did it work for you? Any problems with it falling apart that I should be aware of?
 
I use a 7' back blade on my Jubilee and 850. I would look around for a heavy duty unit that has substantial weight to it and bracing behind
the blade. The cheaper ones will bend over time or if you used hard. I bought a cheaper one once and had to weld on additional bracing on the
back of the blade to support it. Once welded like that it worked great. I have 7' unit shown in the pictures that is a heavy duty unit and it works great
without any further weight or support.

A 7' blade allows the blade to be set at an angle and still cover sufficient ground and width to extend up to and beyond the back tires set
at normal spacing. Here are a few pics.
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I have one of the tsc blades. It's heading for the scrap heap soon as i can get a rhino. Just spreading gravel with it and pushing snow it is now bowed. The blade itself is actually cracked all the way through and the gussets waffled on one side. Total junk!
 
I have a land pride, seems a lot heavier than a TSC blade, I would spend the money and get hydraulic swivel, real PIA getting off to do it.
 
I have a 6' Rhino that's 30 something years old, still works great to this day. It's not bent in any way, and is no where near ready to go to the scrap yard. You get what you pay for in a back blade.
 
My parents have a tsc blade. Junk. Might be
ok for a lighter compact tractor, but they
have used it on their 2640. Caught on one
little rut plowing snow and twisted it up. I
don't know what kind of dirt you have, but
if it's packed heavy stuff you'll want a
heavier blade anyway or it'll just skip
along the top and not dig in. You can find a
good older used blade for what those tsc
bladed cost new.
 
(quoted from post at 03:52:00 01/26/17) My parents have a tsc blade. Junk. Might be
ok for a lighter compact tractor, but they
have used it on their 2640. Caught on one
little rut plowing snow and twisted it up. I
don't know what kind of dirt you have, but
if it's packed heavy stuff you'll want a
heavier blade anyway or it'll just skip
along the top and not dig in. You can find a
good older used blade for what those tsc
bladed cost new.

I posted this same post on two forums and got the same advice about a used blade. The thing you guys don't understand is that Southern California is not tractor country. There are not old tractors and implements sitting decorating everyone's back yard around here. I wouldn't mind even renting a trailer to bring a blade home on. But they are just not around here.

Even checking Craigs List there is nothing there.
 
You can take one of the heaviest/cheaper ones you can find, and reinforce it a lot. Since the 3 point doesn't have power down the heavier it is the better it will work. You may want to lookup "tractorhouse" also for your search.
 
I'm with the other guys - Those cheap blades are junk.

My suggestion would be to buy the heaviest blade your tractor can pick up without straining. The extra weight, strength, and versatility are worth it.
 
I posted this same post on two forums and got the same advice about a used blade. The thing you guys don't understand is that Southern California is not tractor country. There are not old tractors and implements sitting decorating everyone's back yard around here. I wouldn't mind even renting a trailer to bring a blade home on. But they are just not around here.

Even checking Craigs List there is nothing there.

Might be a bit pricey compared to my area, but here's a decent looking old, heavy unit:
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/grd/5924872626.html
 

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