1 man's experience with a box blade.

Be very careful NOT to raise the box blade without the TOP LINK being secured in place. If you do, the ripper teeth will suddenly swing forward and destroy the both rear tractor tires and anyone's leg that is standing in their path

Several years ago, I was going to use my 3-pt hitch boom pole to move some logs. I was distracted by a visitor while connecting the boom pole and I forgot to put the lower linchpins in the boom pole. When the visitor left I proceeded with my task. As fate would have it, the 8N’s 6-volt battery was low and she wouldn’t crank. So, I got her started rolling down a slight incline to jump start it and she fired right up; I had her in 4th gear and the bouncing around caused the lower part of the boom pole to come out of the lift bar holes. The result was the boom pole hit the ground with the top hitch connected and the long end of the pole flew up and hit the fender with enormous force just to the right of my head. If it had hit me in the head I would have, most likely, met my maker. I guess it wasn’t my time to go, thank God. Rick H. Ga.