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Read articles →A Kioti CK3510 owner tries using a box blade's ripper shanks to till rows for blueberry bushes, a genuine improvisation, not a planned demo. He honestly reports mixed results: decent surface loosening but poor depth due to rocky soil, traction loss from industrial tires, and a conclusion that a chisel plow would serve better. Useful for anyone wondering whether a box blade can substitute for a tiller.
Posted by the Hometown Acres channel, where the host documents rural homestead projects from an owner-operator perspective with no apparent commercial affiliation.
It did an okay job loosening the surface but did not get as deep as a tiller, especially in rocky soil with deep roots.
He changed the pitch on the rear of the tractor so the tines dug in instead of the blade itself contacting the ground.
The tractor had industrial tires instead of R1 or Ag tires with deeper grooves, causing repeated traction loss and forcing the blade to be raised.
He concludes a chisel plow or similar tool would work better to shear through rocks and deep switchgrass roots.
