Box Scraper question

[bhalv09]

I recently picked up a wee little 3ft box scraper for my b6000, kinda neat in that the rear blade is hinged and can flip out of the way.
As per usual, there were no rippers with it, I have a 15" (maybe 18") ripper that's approximately 2.5x.75" that fits in there, but the question is how in the world you would pin it with this setup? I'm sure somebody has run in to this before.

 

[marrmanu]

My box blade has rippers (scarifiers) with slots in them and I did not get the locking mechanisms when I bought it used. What I do is set the scarifiers at the depth I want with the notch set in the rim of the cross bar slot and then jam a wood wedge in between the ripper and the hole.

 

[Blue2Orange]

Picked up a lightly used 48" LandPride box scraper. Has these spring metal clips to wedge the scarifiers in position. Maybe an option?

Being a dolt I thought I could just pinch the clips to remove. I can pinch them up to a point, but not enough to remove. Today is day 3 of ownership. No tool box on the BX. NH had one as "std" equipment. But that was 24 years ago. Who operates a tractor without an onboard tool box? Need to pack at least a plier in that tiny by the seat compartment behind the cup holder. Larger compartment with no cup holder would have been ok with me. Tool box. Another add on the list.

 

[Lil Foot]

New keepers for shanks on box blade

The keepers that come on the Land Pride box blade are a pain to get out when you are trying to do work with and move the shanks up and down. I saw these on eBay and thought I would give them a try. They call them F-pins and were $26.74 with shipping for five of them. Seem to work so far, I...

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[Blue2Orange]

Ordered a set of F-pins. Didn't take long to get tired with those spring metal clips. Noticed a larger (too large for the BX) model of the LandPride box scrapers had pins. Better design. Only thing good about the clips are no one unless they plan ahead could "borrow" your scarfing shanks.

 

[bhalv09]

I ended up ordering the shanks with holes in them to match my other one, and will just add some angle pieces so I can use standard hitch pins.

 

[nbryan]

I ended up ordering the shanks with holes in them to match my other one, and will just add some angle pieces so I can use standard hitch pins.

Pics after installed or never happened .

 

[Blue2Orange]

Pics after installed or never happened .

Just arrived in the mail. Pics coming. No audio. Might be a few not too nice thing said removing the spring clips.

 

[Blue2Orange]

Images. Broke out the RoboGrips. Made life nice when it came to removing the clips vs. a regular ~6" plier.
Image of the original clips and F pins for the OP. F pins, no tools required. Ideally the pins could be a tad thicker. Will add some "keeper" line. Weight is probably adequate, but like wearing suspenders and a belt on the trousers. Bit more security against dropping.

 

[nbryan]

Images. Broke out the RoboGrips. Made life nice when it came to removing the clips vs. a regular ~6" plier.
Image of the original clips and F pins for the OP. F pins, no tools required. Ideally the pins could be a tad thicker. Will add some "keeper" line. Weight is probably adequate, but like wearing suspenders and a belt on the trousers. Bit more security against dropping.

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Where/How do those clips fit in there? They're not visible in the 2nd photo of the assembly.
My BB1560 has through-pins with lock clips. A different animal.

 

[Lil Foot]

Like this:

 

[Russell King]

Where/How do those clips fit in there? They're not visible in the 2nd photo of the assembly.
My BB1560 has through-pins with lock clips. A different animal.

It is either pin or clip, not both at once.

Sorry for the comment if you were aware of that already.

 

[nbryan]

So they get lifted out to allow the shanks to move forward and decouple their notches from the frame.
Ok, again a different system than my through-bolts, but learned something new.

 

[bhalv09]

Here it is in action. You can ignore the pallet forks perched on top , wanted some extra weight to help the little guy dig in.

 

[Blue2Orange]

F pins make life nice. Couple days ago along the garage I have a hedge of wild blackberries. They need to go. Plan is to replace the shingles this or next year. Dropping the old shingles on that side of the garage means .... So I attached the box scrapper and dropped the shanks to the lowest level. Would have been a pita with the clips. Less than one minute with F pins. A few passes made quick work of the blackberries. Then raised the shanks to level the area. F Pins!

Question regarding what minimum rpm most run their BX2380s at when box scrapping on level ground. Break in hours for the new BX. Have been maybe excessively gentle with the loads placed on the tractor. Slowly as the hours accumulate upping the max rpms, but still keep the loads light. Once breaking 50 hours what do you recommend for rpms?

 

[nbryan]

F pins make life nice. Couple days ago along the garage I have a hedge of wild blackberries. They need to go. Plan is to replace the shingles this or next year. Dropping the old shingles on that side of the garage means .... So I attached the box scrapper and dropped the shanks to the lowest level. Would have been a pita with the clips. Less than one minute with F pins. A few passes made quick work of the blackberries. Then raised the shanks to level the area. F Pins!

Question regarding what minimum rpm most run their BX2380s at when box scrapping on level ground. Break in hours for the new BX. Have been maybe excessively gentle with the loads placed on the tractor. Slowly as the hours accumulate upping the max rpms, but still keep the loads light. Once breaking 50 hours what do you recommend for rpms?

The tractor manual has the "operating" or best RPM to set at for most HP/torque. It's usually near the RPM that rotates the rear PTO at 540 RPM.

I run at that or near the rated RPM for work like snowblowing, rotary mowing, wood chipping, backhoe work. Anything that is made to run at the PTO rated RPM.

Usually 2000 RPM or less for loader/forks work, 1500-1800 for "puttering" light work.

My B2650 is rated best working/operating RPM at 2500RPM. That is NOT Wide Open Throttle which can send the RPM up past 2650.

Read the manual.