Land Pride grading scraper

jenkinsph · Mar 8, 2011

Gordon Gould said:
Jaylegger - Your getting good info here. But I had a thought - I believe Land Pride makes a version of the GS1560 without scarifiers for less money ( Alas it is lighter but you could add wt ) anyway you could use your trusty boxblade for the scarifier passes and then switch to the GS1560 to finish up.
Just a thought.
Also the GS1560 has so many adjustment points: Blade depth, scarifier depth and number of scarifiers down, plus with your top link could lift the blades so you were just running the scarifiers. You could always make it work by picking the right day (conditions) or trading off the number of passes you make. But if you wanted to be fast about it on any given day go with the GS1548. Good luck.

I agree that using your boxblade for the scarifier passes and using a landplane grader without them would be a more economical approach. If you have limited power and weight I would go with the 48" model.

Jaylegger · Mar 8, 2011

Thanks everyone for the replies. irvingj, good luck with your grader and yes report back. I already have the Landpride on order but your thoughts on that particular grader would be appreciated.

Gordon, I thought about going scarifierless but where my boxblade is rather light (240 lbs.) the scarifiers always had trouble digging into the hard packed road so the extra weigh of the grader will definitely speed up that process.

I ended up ordering the GS1548 thanks to everyone's excellent input on the matter. Despite that, however, my gut is still telling me the 1560, on the ground I'm using it for, would be manageable for the tractor (yes I'm stubborn). I've also now had two Landpride reps (one head office employee and a local distributor rep) tell me my tractor should handle the 60" ok. Also, I was at a tractor supply outlet yesterday and they had a 4" boxblade on display and I was surprised at how small that thing was compared with my, only 1 foot larger, 5 foot boxblade. It gave me pause yet once again regarding the 4 foot grader being too small which didn't at all help with my post purchase anxiety.

The decision to buy my tractor took about 10 minutes.

By the way irvingj, I just installed the joystick for the chute and rotator motors and it's one slick unit. My wife has the camera but will post some pics in the MF thread later.

irvingj · Mar 8, 2011

"By the way irvingj, I just installed the joystick for the chute and rotator motors and it's one slick unit. My wife has the camera but will post some pics in the MF thread later."

Saw the pics, very slick!

And yes, I'll be happy to report back on the DR (60"); might be a while, however-- got a lot lof trees to clean up after the last storm! Thinking it would be nice to be able to actually see the driveway surface again; this is what it looked like yesterday, and then this AM.

powerstroke444e · Mar 20, 2011

Got a 48 inch landpride this weekend and got to use it, local dealer in litchfield il told me take it home if you don't like it bring it back LOL. I have half mile of drive with lots of heavy trucks on it and needless to say it will not be going back I should have taken photo but didnt think about it till I was done.
I am glad I went with the 48 as I am able to stay on each side of the crown. I put it behind the b26 and was amazed how it worked.

Gordon Gould · Mar 21, 2011

powerstroke444e said:
Got a 48 inch landpride this weekend and got to use it, local dealer in litchfield il told me take it home if you don't like it bring it back LOL. I have half mile of drive with lots of heavy trucks on it and needless to say it will not be going back I should have taken photo but didnt think about it till I was done.
I am glad I went with the 48 as I am able to stay on each side of the crown. I put it behind the b26 and was amazed how it worked.

:thumbsup: Congradulations on your new grader :thumbsup:

Another name added to the growing list of believers.
And I think the more you use it the better you will like it.

gg

powerstroke444e · Mar 21, 2011

:thumbsup:Gordon Gould;And I think the more you use it the better you will like it.

I agree just wish it was a little less wet as it still to wet to work on most of my drive.

Jaylegger · Apr 13, 2011

For a quick follow up, I picked up my GS1548 today and within 45 minutes after getting it home I had the road graded. Whatever apprehension I had with whether it would be worth the cost over just continuing to use my boxblade and the question of what size to get have all been erased or should I say obliterated. What a wonderful tool for grading these scrapers are, with no more than the dealers setup which set both scrapers approx 3/4 inch below grade the grader worked far better than I expected and has exceeded all expectations. I managed to finish the driveway, without using scarifiers, in about a third the time it takes with the boxblade and the end result is remarkably better (excellent mix of fines and course stone).

Regarding the size question of whether to get the 48" or 60" scraper I'm glad I listened to those here who convinced me to to go with the smaller unit. The pull on the tractor is a little more than I was anticipating with the grader loaded up. It's no problem at all in low range but more speed is definitely your friend with this grader than low range can muster. Operating the GC2600 in high range at 2500rpm is just about a perfect match of gearing and power, if I went with the 5 foot model I'm sure there'd be some bogging at times. The 48" model feels just right with the GC2600.

The only thing that has attempted to take the shine of this purchase is the dealer ordered it in orange not yellow and the scarifiers did not accompany the shipment. Despite the implement being this rather nauseating and putrid orange color to say I'm pleased with this purchase would be a slight understatement. :thumbsup::thumbsup: I thought my boxblade did a great job, and it did, but this grader/scraper is definitely the correct and better tool for the job.

Here's a couple photos of the grader and a couple snippets of the final product.

MtnViewRanch · Apr 13, 2011

You have become another believer, no longer a doubter. :thumbsup: These grader blades are simply unbelievable with how well they work. ALL of them, big, small, heavy, light they all seem to work very well. It seems like unless you have used or seen in person how well that they work, people just do not believe how well that they do indeed work.

I have not come across one single person here on TBN that has one of these grader blades that is not happy with it and yet when someone asks about them, there is always someone that is against them for one reason or another. Those of us that have them know better. Sorry about the paint job. You could always repaint it, that's what I did.

Gordon Gould · Apr 13, 2011

Thanks for reporting back. Glad you are happy :thumbsup: and got the size that was right for you. Seeing a picture of your tractor it looks to me like you made the right choice. As Brian said, everyone who has one new you would be happy. Have fun.

Jaylegger · Apr 14, 2011

Much of my apprehension purchasing this grader was due to watching the two videos floating around on youtube of the unit in action. Imo, both the Kubota dealer vid and the Everything Attachments vid both portray the grader in a rather unimpressive light. In both videos it appears to me that it would take an unusually long time to grade a road using this grader when, at least in my circumstances, nothing could be further from the truth. Perhaps it's just me but when both the blades load up with cascading gravel it's symphonic.