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Fred Chartier

01-07-2006 00:08:24




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What is a box blade and what is it used for?




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herkpilot

01-08-2006 16:01:17




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 Re: BOX BLADE in reply to Fred Chartier, 01-07-2006 00:08:24  
A boxblade attaches to the tractor on a 3 pt hitch and can be used for a lot of things but primarily for leveling or smoothing a narrow or small area, such as a gravel driveway or a home lot. There are usually a number of spike-like gouges called scarifiers that break up packed material followed by a blade that smooths or levels what you just broke up. It is all contained in a box-like frame which will contain the material which in effect limits the working area to the width of the box-blade. A regular blade can be angled to channel the material to one side but doesn"t have the scarifiers to breakup material.
There"s some real talent to using one well and there are a lot of opinions about how effective it is. All depends on what you"re trying to do.

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John A.

01-07-2006 05:52:24




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 Re: BOX BLADE in reply to Fred Chartier, 01-07-2006 00:08:24  
Fred, I will add ...A Landplane is a extremly larger version of a wood Hand plane like you would use on a door. Most Landplanes will be on average 8 to 12 feet wide and 20 to 50 feet long. Most land plains were used in Row-water irrigation country. Where row length ave is 1/2 mile long.
We had a Holcolm mfn. plane made at Holcolm, KS. It was a 12w X 50l. It would load up a a 5020/6030 is heart beat. Our 8630 & 8640 did a lot better job of handling it. Soil has to be powerhouse dry and powery to for a plain to really work right.
Eversman and JD both made the Cammel back a version with detachable rear wheels. These two unit were almost identical. I think JD had a licensing agreement to build their version of Eversman original patten.
The draw type boxblades with the wheels in the rear are a smaller version of a landplane you just don't have the lenght needed to fine tune on a longer models.
Most of the draw-types are use to fix roads, feld and pasture washouts and the like. The clearences are easier to maintain while in operation. Unlike the 3pt versions that will move conserdably when a wheel of the tractor goes in a hole or over a hump. Hope this helps.
Later,
John A.

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JD9295

01-07-2006 01:49:10




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 Re: BOX BLADE in reply to Fred Chartier, 01-07-2006 00:08:24  
Your right about the draw bar hitch Logan, landplanes, landlevelers. Theres alot of differnt manufacturers.
there ae 3 different ones, draw bar, 3 point, and three point with guage wheels.
It just depends on your tractor and what your wanting to do on what you need.
Small dirt work, around the home, a typical 3 point, a large area(acreage) draw bar.
The 3 point with guage wheels will do a large area nicely also. I have a draw bar and a 3 point. Im looking at putting guages wheels with hyd control on the 3 point to be able to control the dump better. just look at your tractor size and job size and then you can pick what you need.

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Logan in SE Tex.

01-07-2006 01:18:32




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 Re: BOX BLADE in reply to Fred Chartier, 01-07-2006 00:08:24  
Well Fred, I'll go first. it is a scraping and/or leveling device usually attached to a 3 pt. hitch on a tractor although some are hitched to draw bar and have hyd. cylinders to raise and lower on a set of wheels/tires. I think these are sometimes called Landplanes, that may be a brand name, not sure. instead of just a straight blade that scrapes material and moves it to one side the blade has a "box" built on to it, that is it has metal plates welded to either side of the blade, forming a three sided box and can move larger quatities of dirt at one time. HTH Logan

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