Ballast box for BX2370; is the Landpride WB10 worth the price?

[homehank]

How hard is it for one older person to install/remove the 108 lb box onto the TPH?
How hard is it to empty the box of sand and gravel weight?
Can the box be set onto the ground by the BX, and How high can the box be lifted off the ground ?
Is there a less expensive way to make a ballast weight for the Bx2370 other than the Landpride box sold by dealer?

Thanks

 

[Roadworthy]

The difficulty installing or removing a ballast box would depend on the condition of the older person, I guess. I'm 75 and have no problem. The first time for me was the worst. My three point wouldn't go low enough to pick it up. I managed to work a couple chunks of 6 X 6 under it to get it high enough. I always set it back down on my improvised raised platform when I take it back off. I don't know if a BX can grab it from the ground or not, I have an L2510. Likewise I don't know how high your BX can lift it. I don't ever empty mine, though it does have a sliding door in the back for doing so. I just put three concrete blocks into it. They do the job. My box has two vertical tubes for carrying a shovel or rake and a two inch receiver below if I wish to tow something. Shop around, you are not restricted to Land Pride. I don't ever take the blocks out of mine and I can carry chains back there, too. Mine came UPS and I think shipping was free. I wish it was orange but for the price I'll live with red. https://www.palletforks.com/

 

[RCW]

I'm not much help with your questions, but certainly recommend a ballast box that's Quick Hitch compatible, and also getting a Quick Hitch.

 

[ctfjr]

I'm not sure why you want to empty it so my comments may not be apropos. I ordered an ebay special. iirc it was $240 and came from NJ in one day.
I made a frame that I dropped in it with a lifting lug and a couple of 1/2" threaded rods. The lifting lug came in handy - as another poster mentioned, I too had an issue hooking up because the lower pins were too low. Just lifted it with the lug and dropped it on a skid.

Then I filled it with concrete

I'll be 75 in a couple of weeks. Its no harder to hook up than any other 3 pt implenment.

 

[i7win7]

Nothing worse than bumping ballast box and it falling over

Ideas to make implements QH compatible

Get the most benefit from your quick hitch. Buying new get QH compatible. Here is a photo of an implement whose manufacturer has their act together. Note how it's designed for cat 1 & 2. Also the lift arm spacing can be adjusted. Some "QH compatible" only need minor modification. This TSC...

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[jimh406]

I agree buying a QH is a good purchase assuming you spend enough time with it to learn how to use it, and buy real QH compatible implements.

I bought a cheapie ballast box on ebay. It’s still on my list to make QH compatible the pins are also very low to the ground. So, the Land Pride would have been used more, and I think it is larger. Also, I had to add QH compatible bushings to have a chance to make it work. The top pin doesn’t have enough height/depth to allow it to work.

What I’ve been doing is leaving my 72 inch grader/scraper on which is very heavy. The downside is it is quite a bit longer, but for sure provides excellent ballast otherwise.