Box Blades & Graders in Navasota, TX

It depends on the width and weight of the implement, and on your ground. Ground matters too. Tight Grimes County clay takes more tractor to pull a blade through than sandy ground does. Size the implement to the tractor you run, not the other way around. Frame size and weight hold a blade level as much as horsepower does. Implement manuals call for a ROPS-equipped tractor with the seat belt fastened. Some box blade makers also want at least a fifth of the combined tractor and implement weight on the front wheels. That's worth checking before you hitch up. Not sure what yours can pull? Call the store and ask about your tractor and your acreage.

Start with the blade sitting flat on level ground, then adjust the top link until the front and rear cutting edges both touch. That's your neutral setting. Shorten the top link to tip the nose down and the blade bites in and cuts. Lengthen it to tip the back down and the blade carries and spreads what it picked up. Most grading work is a few passes of each. Uneven ground fools you, so check the blade on a flat spot before you start a long pass. Grimes County clay will tell you fast when the angle isn't right.

Yes. A box blade is built for exactly that kind of work. The blade cuts down high spots and drags fill into ruts in one pass. A farm road stops handing your truck a rough ride. Grimes County gets its share of hard rain, and dirt and gravel roads don't stay smooth for long after it lets loose. Running a box blade over a road after a wet spell knocks the ruts back down before they get any deeper. If the road needs a finer finish afterward, a grader smooths what the box blade roughs in. Come by the lot to see what's there, or browse our implements on j5tractors.com.

Yes, once the ground firms up enough to work. Cattle traffic tears up ground fast around gates, feeders and water troughs. A grader rides over that surface and skims the high spots into the low ones. Deeper holes are a different job. For low spots that hold water after a rain, run a box blade first. It cuts and moves the dirt, then the grader finishes it. Grimes County clay holds water longer than sandy ground, so ruts don't dry out evenly on their own. Don't rush it. If you get ahead of it before first cutting, your hay ground is smoother for the equipment that runs over it later.

Site prep for a barn or shop pad is exactly what a box blade is built for. It cuts down high ground and carries it to the low side, so you don't have to haul in extra fill for small jobs. A grader comes in after to true up the surface once the box blade has the rough shape in place. Grimes County ground isn't the same from block to block, and how many passes it takes depends on what you're working with, from sandy rises to heavier clay. Bigger pads take more time. Uneven sites take more passes with the grader to get things flat.