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Box Blade Purchasing advice

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Stretch in NM

07-21-2004 22:01:27

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I have a 1970 Ford 3000 with a 730 loader. I'm ready to purchase a box blade. I do light work around the house on 1.5 acres and some light clearing work on 10 acres.
I know my tractor width is a little over 5 feet, so I'm thinking I want a 6' or wider box blade. Does that sound right? Any recommendations on brand or things to watch out for?
Thanks,
Stretch

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wirehair

07-23-2004 04:03:32

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Re: Box Blade Purchasing advice in reply to Stretch in NM, 07-21-2004 22:01:27

Stretch,

I have a 6 foot scraper blade and a 6 foot box blade. Both King Kutter brand much maligned on this board. I run them behind Ferguson TO-30.

Box blade is much better at leveling ground then scraper blade. This year I put in over an acre of lawn and landcaping with mine. I don't think I could have done that with just a scraper blade. I also leveled about 1500 feet of rutted trail to the point that I can now mow it with lawn tractor.

I tried to do my trail work with a scraper blade last year and even after adding a lot of weight across the top it just was not effective.

Anyhow, there you have my 2 bits worth.

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mac

07-22-2004 17:23:19

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Re: Box Blade Purchasing advice in reply to Stretch in NM, 07-21-2004 22:01:27

I like Gannon. An accidental meeting with a root, rock etc will ruin light or even med duty one.

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John (MO)

07-22-2004 10:04:26

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Re: Box Blade Purchasing advice in reply to Stretch in NM, 07-21-2004 22:01:27

Forget the box part and just buy a good heavy blade. Get one that angles AND tilts. It will do everything a box blade will do, plus about 1000% more. Once in a while a box blade will do something in one pass that may take 2 or even 3 passes with a regular blade, but those times are rare.

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Robert in W. Mi.

07-22-2004 06:23:01

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Re: Box Blade Purchasing advice in reply to Stretch in NM, 07-21-2004 22:01:27

I'm unclear about about whether you intend to use the box blade for light clearing of your property????

What exact use do you intend to use the box blade for???

Robert

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Stretch in NM

07-22-2004 22:04:07

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Re: Re: Box Blade Purchasing advice in reply to Robert in W. Mi., 07-22-2004 06:23:01

Thanks fellows for your thoughts.
Are there any websites for Gannon blades? Also, I've heard people say they prefer a regular blade to a box blade before. Maybe I need a regular blade.
Robert, I'm just leveling things on my land. I'm not tearing up any heavy brush or anything... or even expecting to find any rocks. I live in southwest NM so it's mostly desert. But I want to level parts of my yard and land. My tractor has a 730 loader, but it just doesn;t level things very well...or maybe I'm not very good at it.
Any more advice, even from you same guys, will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Stretch

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