Which extra implement.

[rotaryjohn]

Getting a BX2380 with the pin on bucket and LPBox Blade. I don't see ever needing to remove the bucket for other attachments. How much need is there for a box blade if you have the FEL? Does the box blade do things you cant do with the FEL? If I can save a few hundred to put toward a rotary cutter I would rather do that and get a cheaper ballast box.

Thanks for any input

 

[pauly]

All depends what you want to do with a bb. If you have a gravel drive keep the box blade.

 

[PaulL]

An FEL doesn't do what a box blade does, other than in the barest possible way. But if you don't need a box blade, then yeah, an FEL does everything you need. What is it you'd use a box blade for around your property?

 

[rotaryjohn]

Not sure what I would need if for at the moment. Driveway is concrete, mostly wooded lot. Once I prepare yard for sod, I don't see much need for it.

 

[BensBX]

Box blades work well for gravel driveways. My driveway is about 500' and with an hour or so I can churn up packed down gravel into a nice even spread plus chewing out the grass and extend the time of having to buy new gravel. So my box blade has paid for itself a couple times over at the cost of gravel today. Also good for landscaping to cut up and level dirt pretty good. You may need to do finish raking but for a quick cut up and leveling it works better than your fel. All depends on your needs and how often you use something.

 

[PaulL]

If you have ground prep to do for lawn, may be very useful. You could always sell it once you're done with it. I did much of our new lawn by hand. It sucked. A box blade would have been good - but realistically I was raking and picking up stones, and I haven't seen a good way to mechanise that.

Implements don't depreciate that much - so if you'd get use then buy it. But if you don't have a use for a box blade then makes no sense to buy one.

 

[deathtoblackberries]

I used a box blade to rip roots out of the ground after I cleared this section of yard. Like you my drive is paved so after this job I sold the box blade.

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