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Read articles →An owner testing whether a 4-foot box blade is too small for a 4044M on a washed-out gravel driveway, and explicitly comparing results against a 2025R that repeatedly failed the same job. The video walks through scarifier use, blade adjustment, and a real before/after on a steep grade. Best for owners weighing box blade sizing or wondering whether a 4-series upgrade actually delivers meaningfully more pulling power.
Posted by the Woodward Acres channel, which appears to be an owner-operator sharing candid, unscripted impressions from work done on their own property.
No, the owner expected it to be a joke but said it did everything asked of it and the driveway looked as good as the day it was put in.
No, the owner said the 2025R never had enough power, could not pull the box blade up the hill, and scarifiers could not be used going up or down.
Drop the scarifiers to tear up the washed-out areas, adjust the shanks to move high spots into low spots, then drag a harrow back and forth to smooth it out.
![John Deere 4044m using 4' Box Blade [will it break?]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uUNhCXSgcvk/mqdefault.jpg)