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Box scraper

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  1. Reloader

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    I think I’m going to get more use out of the box scraper than the brush hog.
    It makes quick work grooming the trails. [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]


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  2. fox9988

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    My box blade stays on my tractor 99% of the time. Very useful implement.
     
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  3. Erik B

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    Reloader Aren't you bothered by tree roots exposed on your trails when grooming them?
     
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    They look great! Looking to grey one here at some point!
     
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    I totally suck with a box blade, your trails look great !
     
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    I like mine too... But I really need 4wd to reap the benefits...Just not enough traction going back up hill. So I have to throw the front loader on and bring all the gravel back up hill to relay it back down...
     
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  8. Reloader

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    Hasn’t been an issue so far.


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  9. Erik B

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    Here are a few pics of my trail showing exposed roots. I have started covering them with splitter trash and pine needles.
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  10. clemsonfor

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    You must have a lot of trails and not many open areas. I have a box blade but seldom use it.

    90% of my seat time is bush hogging . The remainder would mostly be disk harrow or box blade, but I don't use it that often.
     
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    Those trails were put in decades ago and erosion has exposed a lot of tree roots.
     
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    Erosion and soil compaction.

    Remembering back to my Forest Recreation class in college. About all I remember is "Scuffing of leaf litter, Soil compaction and erosion". Haha. Good thing I am not what I call a Recreation Forester!
     
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    1+, summertime brings a lot of mowing and very little dirt work.

    I used a box scraper back in my youth and decided it was clumsy and bothersome, so I’ve always relied on a 3pt blade ( that angles!). It is on the tractor about 50% of the winter for pulling snow away from buildings and 2% of the summer.
     
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