OK, I've got a decent cutting edge sticking out about 2 inches below the box end plates now so I did some work scraping off new weed growth today.
I found that the solid top link really held that blade in and did a good job of scraping off the weeds in mostly one pass. It also unearthed some rocks that managed to be sticking up just enough for it to catch them. Some of them were big, I mean too heavy for me to lift. Good thing I had the front bucket to move them. The dirt is pretty dry now so it didn't try to throw me over the hood, it just pulled up the rocks. There was one really big one that I didn't even know about until I looked back and saw it pulled up.
I never knew they were there because the sliding link let the box blade jump over them. The area I was doing was hilly with little dips and little hilly parts. So naturally when the tractor started going up or down the blade either dug in or raised up and let a pile of dirt out. That's the only thing I don't like about the solid top link.
I didn't worry about playing with the lever and trying to quickly adjust the blade to prevent this since I had planned all along to go over it again with the sliding top link on the new blade.
I have got to say that for scraping and smoothing I prefer the sliding top link. It lets the blade stay in contact with the ground and it doesn't jump up if the tractor starts down a little hill.
As I said before, I do think that the solid top link will be quicker to do my dirt road repair after storms but I'm still glad I have that sliding top link.
While looking for that solid top link I didn't see any sliding top links for sale anywhere. That's too bad because they are really good to have.
If any of you guys with a box scraper ever run into a used one for sale somewhere go ahead and pick it up if you have some cash. I think you'll be glad you did.
I found that the solid top link really held that blade in and did a good job of scraping off the weeds in mostly one pass. It also unearthed some rocks that managed to be sticking up just enough for it to catch them. Some of them were big, I mean too heavy for me to lift. Good thing I had the front bucket to move them. The dirt is pretty dry now so it didn't try to throw me over the hood, it just pulled up the rocks. There was one really big one that I didn't even know about until I looked back and saw it pulled up.
I never knew they were there because the sliding link let the box blade jump over them. The area I was doing was hilly with little dips and little hilly parts. So naturally when the tractor started going up or down the blade either dug in or raised up and let a pile of dirt out. That's the only thing I don't like about the solid top link.
I didn't worry about playing with the lever and trying to quickly adjust the blade to prevent this since I had planned all along to go over it again with the sliding top link on the new blade.
I have got to say that for scraping and smoothing I prefer the sliding top link. It lets the blade stay in contact with the ground and it doesn't jump up if the tractor starts down a little hill.
As I said before, I do think that the solid top link will be quicker to do my dirt road repair after storms but I'm still glad I have that sliding top link.
While looking for that solid top link I didn't see any sliding top links for sale anywhere. That's too bad because they are really good to have.
If any of you guys with a box scraper ever run into a used one for sale somewhere go ahead and pick it up if you have some cash. I think you'll be glad you did.
