MikeFLA
Silver Member
I discovered something along the way. During my driveway wide-ining, re-grading project, I was jumping on and off the tractor all the time adjusting the tilt to crown the road just right.
After that experience, I thought I just had to have tilt. But now that I am in the maintenance mode, I realize that it is not really necessary.
My drive is now 10 feet wide, and has a nice crown to it. When maintaining it I drive my tractor up one side of the drive and down the other with the 5' rear blade level to the tractor. The crown in the road naturally tilts the tractor and blade at the correct angle of the crowned road. The only adjustment I make is so that the blade windrows loose soil on the crown. I have no "need" for tilt with this arrangement. I still have "want" for tilt though.
The 5' blade works perfect on a 10' wide road. If I had a 12' wide road I would want to have a 6' blade.
I also found that turning the blade around backwards but running the tractor forward makes for super smooth finish grading of my mostly sand driveway.
After that experience, I thought I just had to have tilt. But now that I am in the maintenance mode, I realize that it is not really necessary.
My drive is now 10 feet wide, and has a nice crown to it. When maintaining it I drive my tractor up one side of the drive and down the other with the 5' rear blade level to the tractor. The crown in the road naturally tilts the tractor and blade at the correct angle of the crowned road. The only adjustment I make is so that the blade windrows loose soil on the crown. I have no "need" for tilt with this arrangement. I still have "want" for tilt though.
The 5' blade works perfect on a 10' wide road. If I had a 12' wide road I would want to have a 6' blade.
I also found that turning the blade around backwards but running the tractor forward makes for super smooth finish grading of my mostly sand driveway.