Re: Inexpensive Box Blades on Ebay

Posted by john_bud on February 11, 2005 at 06:59:26 from (66.73.211.188):

In Reply to: Inexpensive Box Blades on Ebay posted by SkyHarborCowboyJoe on February 10, 2005 at 22:48:00:

Sky,

The deal with box blades is that weight is needed for them to do a good (or even decent) job. You might be able to buy one cheap and then weld on 7-800 pounds of steel and make it work, but at that weight, it will probably fail. The 3 point setup is pretty cheezy on them. It"s up to you, but you do get what you pay for.

Rule of thumb -> 20-30 pounds of implement weight per tractor Hp for ground engaging implements.

My box blade is a Gannon Landscaper LB120 (IIRC) that is 66" wide, has retractable scarifiers and weighs about 900#. I don"t worry about hitting a root or a rock...

Let us know what you do and how it works out!

Cheers,
jb

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