Box Blades & Graders in College Station, TX

A box blade cuts, carries and spreads dirt between its side plates, so it takes down high spots and fills low ones in one pass. A land grader rides over the ground and skims high spots to smooth a surface. Both level ground. That's the goal either way. A box blade suits fill work on pads and driveways. A land grader suits the finish on a longer run, like a lane or a cleared field edge. Bad Boy builds both, and our Bryan store can order either. Come by the lot, or browse our implements on j5tractors.com.

Box blades prove themselves on uneven ground: ruts from a wet spring, low spots near a gate, or a driveway that's gone soft and rutted. Brazos County clay swells and shrinks with the weather, so ground that was flat last year won't always stay that way. A box blade's scarifiers break up packed dirt first, then the blade levels it behind. Whether you're grading a pad site or smoothing a lane, a box blade gets the ground back to flat.

Yes. Box blades carry scarifier shanks up front to break up caliche or packed clay before the blade smooths it. Drop the shanks for hard ground. Lift them for a finish pass. A land grader does its best work on drier ground, since wet clay balls up on a blade fast. Brazos County soil runs from sandy loam to heavy clay, depending on where you are. Both implements handle it. If your ground is mostly hard-packed, the box blade's shanks do their best work. Ask what's on the lot when you call, since it changes.

Most box blades and land graders hook to a tractor's three-point hitch, the same setup used for a lot of other implements. The size you need depends on the tractor pulling it. A smaller compact tractor runs a narrower blade, while a bigger utility tractor can pull a wider one without strain. Width is only part of it. Weight matters too, since a heavier blade holds its cut better in hard ground. Check your hitch category against the blade's before you buy. Bad Boy box blades come 4 to 7 feet wide, and its land graders come in 5, 6 and 7 foot widths.

Late winter and early spring usually show the most rutting, right after heavy rain softens the ground. That's often a good time to get out with a box blade, while the dirt's workable but not sloppy wet. Dry summer ground packs hard. A box blade with its scarifiers down may need a couple of passes to break it loose. Timing depends on the ground, not the calendar. Wait a few days after a soaking rain, and don't grade mud. Whenever your ground is ready, come by our Bryan store and look at Bad Boy blades.