To my Implement experts out there, maybe you can give me some thoughts. I'll try to make sense of this and you'll understand. I take care of the grounds and maintenance of our gun club and there has been this Box scraper sitting for years and years, I mean years and years in the same spot. Nobody ever seen it used and 1 person said it was used back in the early 90's and thats it. I was going to scrap it and I had one person who wanted it to take to the junk yard but then the bell went off, I have land up in New Hampshire and maybe I could just use it for my drive way and in road. So, after inspecting it and rolling it over, the blades are in pristine condition, (No wear) the tines look great and other then surface rust, it is in GREAT shape. It's a (gill) 50. I can't find much about it, but I did find out Woods company bought them out years ago. I think I'm going to clean it up, give it a paint job and make it pretty again.... What's your thoughts? I found one in an auction for $500.00 so it's gotta be worth restoring. P.S. I can tell you this, It's a HEAVY bast@rd. It took 3 of us to lift it in the truck. Thanks, Dave
Being older it’s likely to be be heavier and better built than something of recent manufacture. Although it probably worth $500 pretty easily, the cheapskate in me would probably offer to take it off their hands for scrap iron price.
First thought is..... I'll bet that rope really held er in place good for the ride home. Second... i can't believe you would even think about scrapping a peice of equipment like that. There's no moving parts to go bad and like Sandhillbilly said, it's more than likely over built unlike the junk available today. People get so hung up on how something looks. Nevermind if it actually works.
Yeah $500 seems a lil strong to me, but a new one will be more for sure! Those are very hand tools...but they take more weight/power to operate properly than most people would ever guess, (if ripping hard ground) put it on a "too light" (or underpowered) machine and its like you just dropped anchor!
I WAS in the US Navy and the US Coast Guard for 27 years, I did learn something.... P.S. It's not (Rope) anymore when it's cut from the spool, it becomes "line"....
I had another on it, it didn't move. That particular 5/16" double braided line has a parting strenght of about 2500lbs. It wasn't going to break!
I was mostly joking. I assume the weight and how you drive mostly would hold it in place. It's just kinda funny, like seeing a skid steer secured with ratchet straps.
Jeff, if you live where I live, most people wouldn't even have an Idea what it was! After I asked many of the former guys around the club, the words "Junk it" came up a half dozen times. I've been there 33 years and never seen it move. Back when we had "Clam shell roads", I believe this was donated to even it out. We have a steel beam with a bridal chain that flattens out stuff now. Again, to many here at the shore, It resembles a Boat Anchor! And a rusted one at that. I never got up and close to it till yesterday and realized what great shape it was in. Nothing my wire wheels and a can of spray paint can't fix!
I have something else in the works going on right now related to that. But, yes I do, I gotta get up there and have a few days dedicated to it.
Just happen to stumble across this on e-bay, I don't need it, NOT for $15.00 either but it's interesting. It's the one!
I have a woods 60” it works great for what you will be using it for. I will warn you if the rippers are put all the ways down and they grab a root it will pretty much throw you over the steering wheel!
That's a great score! A good name brand new will cost about $1500 and used $600-$900. Now you have an excuse to buy a tractor!
