got a few comments, everyone will know what I'm replying to when they read them
1. I don't believe backblading wears your bolts, after all the cutting edge is where the real pressure is on the ground.
2. I don't see how you can put much force on a machine backblading when the cutting edge is angled to pack and not to cut.
3. With a high track, you're going against an Idler in forward or reverse so you're not wadding the tracks under the machine, so the wear factor can't be that much higher.
4. When you work with you have you do what you have to do to get by, this pad passed the compaction test.
5. R.E. Goodson a multi million dollar company that only bids on 50+ million dollar road projects, their packer had a flat tire Thursday so they rolled it in with a loaded truck...hmm.....
6. Why would I spend $150 and take 2 hours bringing in a box blade when I can spend 3 minutes with the dozer and finish the job?
7. It doesn't matter how many years someone has been working in this line of business, nobody knows it all and everyone can learn something rom just about anyone.
8. No I have never seen cutting edges fall off from worn out bolts, if you wear your bolts that far, you won't have a moleboard when you go to put the new edge back on.
9. The guy that I think is one of the best dozer operators in my area, especially with a rake, likes to backblade certain things.