cleaning out ditch with scrape blade

I have a 1/2 mile road in NC Mountains and I was wondering if the Scrape blade would be the tool to cut a ditch in the side of the mountain beside the road. It doesn't have to be a deep ditch just enough angle to keep the water in the ditch. The road was cut about 25 years ago with a Dozer. the mountain dirt has slowly washed and fallen down the mt and filled the ditches. We need to just drag this red clay dirt out of the ditch.

I am thinking about renting a Mahindra 5500>Link
with>Link a front end loader and scrape blade.

I am being told that the 3 point hitch will raise the blade up and down but not cock the blade at a angle to cut the ditch.

Will a 3 point hitch angle this blade or does it take a special blade.

Any advise

I have a blade that allows me to swing the blade around, stopping at several adjustment points with the blade pointing forward and backward. It also allows me to tilt the blade to either side at various angles. The final adjustment on the blade allows me to slide the blade further to one side or the other for an offset cut. This would allow the tractor to remain on the road and still make a cut several feet off to the side. If the rental tractor you look at has the kind of blade, you're set. If not, you may not have the adjustability to make the necessary cuts.

The leveling box on the tractor allows you to angle the blade several inches which may be enough to do the job for you as well.

Check out the equipment before you rent it so see if it will do the job.

Tim

You usually have to pull a pin out, move the blade to the position you want, then replace the pin.

The really nice blades have hydraulics to make those adjustments.

Nathaniel