BX Rear Blade

[rookiefarmer]

I finally got my BX 2200 up and running. I'm looking for a rear blade for driveway maintenance and snow removal. I have both Rural King and Tractor Supply within easy driving distance. So basically I have King Kutter (TRB-60-XB) or CountyLine RBSC5.

Any thoughts on This? Any other brands to look for? The CountyLine is about $50 more but they sometimes run sales at Tractor Supply.

I appreciate all info.

 

[85Hokie]

Not so much the brands - rather the "type" of rear blade.
I had one (5') that could slide to one side - had the same number of holes for forward and rear push/pull.

I would look carefully at the holes that allow the blade to angle - I spent MOST of mine time in reverse - thus the angle was huge to have 7 different holes to go by - 3 holes is not enough.

Will tell you this too - an older style blades can be found cheaper than a new one - and the older ones were built better too. Check you local craigslist - be surprised what you might find - cash talks and the rest walks.

 

[fatjay]

I bought my rear blade on craigslist for under $200. It's probably 50 years old but very solid, only surface rust and a good cutting blade. It was 7' but I cut it down to 5.5' to more easily fit in the garage. It's heavy, about 250-300lb.

The price of new ones is what made my decision easy. I'm sure there's cost to produce, and a bit more engineering goes into it, but for the most part they're light weight, and the steel is extremely thin, I don't see them lasting for the long haul with rigorous use.

 

[rookiefarmer]

lots of 6' and 7' on craigslist around me, don't think the BX can handle anything like that lol. I also have read that on the smaller tractors you need to use a blade that is made for the subcompacts because of pin height locations? Anything to that statement?

 

[Bucky Badger]

I bought the county line blade for my BX2660. Mistake on my part. Only lift it up about 4-5 inches off the ground. My yard and property aren't flat so it would always dig in on one side or another I'm going to have to get the red XB blade

 

[fatjay]

Mine was like that, it was designed for something much bigger. However I modified the lift arms and made them shorter, causing the 3pt arms to raise higher. Now it clears no problem.

 

[StephenB]

Mine was like that, it was designed for something much bigger. However I modified the lift arms and made them shorter, causing the 3pt arms to raise higher. Now it clears no problem.

Do you have any pics of the mods you did? I would love to see what you did...

 

[dirtydeed]

lots of 6' and 7' on craigslist around me, don't think the BX can handle anything like that lol. I also have read that on the smaller tractors you need to use a blade that is made for the subcompacts because of pin height locations? Anything to that statement?

I have an old one from an 8N. it's a 6 footer that I used on my old BX23. Worked great for snow. Only issue is that you couldn't spin the blade around while hooked to the 3pt hitch..blade was too wide for that. didn't matter, as I always plowed in reverse using the backside of the blade on a gravel driveway.

It's now hooked to the B2650, still pulling snow duty...but there is enough clearance now to spin the blade in any direction.

 

[lordulrich]

Get as much adjustment as you can. I regret not getting a blade with tilt (beyond the adjustment in the 3 point). Also as many positions as you can get.

Large amounts of material move better in reverse. Running forward actually takes a bit more attention to do right. It works way faster on light snow falls, and give a bit nicer surface on the driveway but when removing snow it is also nearly gotten me in lots of trouble.

 

[D2Cat]

A long time ago I had a B6100. Bought a 7' rear 3pt blade from a farmer. Cut 12" off each end. Used that blade for years. Sold the B6100 but had a B8200 so I welded the ends back on!

Nice heavy blade that I paid $175 for.

 

[fatjay]

Do you have any pics of the mods you did? I would love to see what you did...

I'll see if I can snap some pictures tonight. I basically just drilled out where the arm goes into the Y of the lift and mounted it higher. About 2" shorter makes for about 6-8" at the blade height.

 

[fishinroc25]

We have a Woods RBS backblade. This specific Woods offers not only angling, but tilt as well! This is an incredible option to have when snow plowing and even grading dirt on uneven grounds! Also, I saw in early posts about height issues because being a compact, we made up (heavy duty) extension plates on the backblade that makes it so we can lift the blade significantly higher! I’ll try to get over there this week and take a pic, it’s not pretty, but works perfect!