Back blade question - Kubota b6100

[Stan Coryell]

Im contemplating buying a used back blade for my Kubota.
I think its 6' wide. Will that work?
Want to use it to scrape gravel back onto our road.
Any advice on this?

The blade needs to be wider than your rear wheels. There is somewhat of a learning curve.

 

[Ray,IN]

Too wide a scraper blade will overload a smaller(read that lighter) tractor rather easily. IMO it's best to use a narrower blade and make more passes unless your tractor weighs over 5,000#.

 

[BobnUt]

I've maintained miles of roads for years with my 2n and 6' landscape rake
Works wonders on roadbase and 1"- gravel. Anything bigger, not so much.
Angle it and pitch it for crowning, plus it tends to skip over any baseball size or
bigger rocks you'll end up hand picking to get rid of. solid blade is my choice for snow

 

[Blackhole49]

A 5' is well suited for my B7200HST and BX25.

 

[paul]

That might be a bit big of a blade for your size tractor. Might be hard to keep the front end down.

Back blade isn’t a perfect tool, but it can do a good job with some practice.

Angle the blade to get rid of washboards. If you leave it straight you will just magnify the ripples, but angled will flatten them out.

Adjust the right 3pt arm to crown your driveway.

Lengthen the top link to cut more aggressively. Shorten to drag less. Turn the blade around and pull with it backwards to groom the gravel hardly cutting at all.

Paul

 

[Caryc]

That might be a bit big of a blade for your size tractor. Might be hard to keep the front end down.

Back blade isn’t a perfect tool, but it can do a good job with some practice.

Angle the blade to get rid of washboards. If you leave it straight you will just magnify the ripples, but angled will flatten them out.

Adjust the right 3pt arm to crown your driveway.

Lengthen the top link to cut more aggressively. Shorten to drag less. Turn the blade around and pull with it backwards to groom the gravel hardly cutting at all.

Paul

I have a roll over two blade box blade that can just roll over so the other blade is angled backwards on the dirt.

 

[Tom R S]

The blade needs to be wider than your rear wheels. There is somewhat of a learning curve.

My tractor us a Kubota 6100 4wd. 3 cylinder 20hp.
Thank you all for your comments!

 

[504]

The light weight blades most commonly bought are almost worthless. I have a LandPride that came with cat2 pins. On an angle it will stop my 656. I have broken two hitches on two different tractors with that blade. After a little rain I can cut my driveway so it looks like a grader was there. You don’t have to go a foot down with the first pass