is this box blade too big for my tractor

Anonymous-0 · Apr 25, 2009

hey its me agian yall probly think im stupid , a guy is wanting to sell me a 8 ft box blade in great condition for $200 but i think its to big i was lookin for a 6 ft i have a 1975 ford 4000 3 cylinder diesel

larry cook · Apr 25, 2009

i think you should stick with a 6' blade, but buy the 8' anyway. could always sell it and you never know, might use it. think you would have to take little bites with it.
larry cook

Anonymous-0 · Apr 25, 2009

would my tractor lift it ok

usetob · Apr 25, 2009

It will lift it but a 8' is to big for a 4000. I use to have a 6' on one and it was all it wanted and more sometimes!
Good luck

larry cook · Apr 25, 2009

should not have any problem lifting it. not real familiar with the 4000, although we did have one when i was a kid. didnt use it much before i left home, do remember that it was a really stout tractor compared to what i usually used.
larry cook

Handyman · Apr 25, 2009

Equipment dealer I know has a 7 foot push-pull box blade that he is asking $600 for it, so for 200 your getting a good deal. as stated by others get it and resale or trade for something you can use.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 25, 2009

You could either trade it, or cut it down. Sounds like a good deal, if it is in decent shape..

Spook · Apr 25, 2009

Whatever you do, make sure it's not a cat 2 blade. The 3000 hitch won't spread far enough to mount up.

Ultradog MN · Apr 25, 2009

A 3 cyl 4000 will handle that 8' rake easily.
Heck, I use an 8' York behind my 3000 and it's not at all too heavy or too much to pull.
Your 4000 outweighs, out lifts and out pulls my 3000 by 40%. A 6' rake behind your tractor would be rediculous.

kyplowboy · Apr 26, 2009

Depends. There are alot of pull type box blades around here now that get pulled by small tractors.(hard to get a big tractor in a chicken house) A big heavy 8' 3pt blade might go up and down the drive way a few times a year behind a 4000 but if you were going to be doing alot of work with it, it would be real easy to take too big a bite.

If it is in "great" shape, buy it for $200 and try it, you can't loose money on that deal. A regular 8' straight blade will sell for over $400 at auction most every time.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Apr 26, 2009

Like seed you can run into problems with arm spread and lift hight with a cat 2. I have a 8ft blade on a 4000 and you need a very very short top link.

evilboweviel · Apr 26, 2009

jump on it
that 4000 will work that blade nicely
Ron

tg in VA · Apr 26, 2009

Buy it and if it doesn't work you can probably trade it straight for a 6' box blade to someone who has upgraded their tractor and would like an 8' box blade. You're still ahead.

Gary in TX · Apr 26, 2009

my cousing uses a 8' box blade on a JOhn Deere 2030 german tractor without any problems, I'm not sure of the HP difference between the two but like has been said, you can't go wrong with that deal, if it were close I would buy it!

Anonymous-0 · Apr 26, 2009

My 3000 plays with a 6 fter so a 4000 should handle an 8 ft easily.

Jerry

Leroy · Apr 27, 2009

The 4000 hitch is made for both cat 1 & cat 2 hitches, at least on the 4000 with 38" rear wheels. Had 2 of those tractors rated at 52 PTO HP but one I had put out 60 on the PTO.

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