W5FL
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- Apr 7, 2000
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- Central Texas
- Tractor
- TYM T-1104/TX10 Loader Kubota M6800SD/LA1002 Loader Kubota RTV900
I came across a really neat attachment for maintaining my gravel driveway called a GradeMaster.
As soon as I get the money I am going to get one. The six foot model looks like it is about 6 ft x 6 ft x 1 foot high, looks rugged and hooks up to the 3 point. It has two cutting blades set at an angle where the gravel spills over each blade.
With a conventional box blade, I have not been able to make a good gravel drive without a wavy surface and can't keep the crown in the drive. I see that some users do this by backing up so the tractor is on the level part of the road and they regulated the height of the box blade to get a fairly level cut. Actually my landscape rake works better for leveling road base on my drive than the boxblade.
There are two local dealers in the North Texas area that carry this GradeMaster implement. Mark asked for more details about it and this is what I found:
The brochure says "The GRADEMASTER BLADE is simple in design but outperforms complex motorized graders. Consisting of two forward cutting blades mounted on a strong high-grade steel frame with runners and side pans, the GRADEMASTER BLADE has an A-frame hitch that mounts to any three-point-hitch tractor with a minimum of 24 horsepower.For gravel road maintenance, the GRADEMASTER BLADE fills potholes that stay filled longer and virtually eliminates corrugating or washboarding of the roead surface. The GRADEMASTER BLADE does not leave windows and churns and shifts aggregate materials so that the finer aggregate levels out in more uniform layers with the coarser aggregate deposited on top."
They come in 5 ft size at about $800 for the utility model, 6 ft at about $900 for the utility model or $1550 for the HD model, 7ft at about $1900 for the HD model, and on up to 12 feet. The factory quotes $300 per foot and the brochure I have is scribbled on says $200/ft.
They are listed as GRADEMASTER BLADE OF TEXAS, LLC, PO BOX 191, Forney TX 75126 (800) 299-8582.
As soon as I get the money I am going to get one. The six foot model looks like it is about 6 ft x 6 ft x 1 foot high, looks rugged and hooks up to the 3 point. It has two cutting blades set at an angle where the gravel spills over each blade.
With a conventional box blade, I have not been able to make a good gravel drive without a wavy surface and can't keep the crown in the drive. I see that some users do this by backing up so the tractor is on the level part of the road and they regulated the height of the box blade to get a fairly level cut. Actually my landscape rake works better for leveling road base on my drive than the boxblade.
There are two local dealers in the North Texas area that carry this GradeMaster implement. Mark asked for more details about it and this is what I found:
The brochure says "The GRADEMASTER BLADE is simple in design but outperforms complex motorized graders. Consisting of two forward cutting blades mounted on a strong high-grade steel frame with runners and side pans, the GRADEMASTER BLADE has an A-frame hitch that mounts to any three-point-hitch tractor with a minimum of 24 horsepower.For gravel road maintenance, the GRADEMASTER BLADE fills potholes that stay filled longer and virtually eliminates corrugating or washboarding of the roead surface. The GRADEMASTER BLADE does not leave windows and churns and shifts aggregate materials so that the finer aggregate levels out in more uniform layers with the coarser aggregate deposited on top."
They come in 5 ft size at about $800 for the utility model, 6 ft at about $900 for the utility model or $1550 for the HD model, 7ft at about $1900 for the HD model, and on up to 12 feet. The factory quotes $300 per foot and the brochure I have is scribbled on says $200/ft.
They are listed as GRADEMASTER BLADE OF TEXAS, LLC, PO BOX 191, Forney TX 75126 (800) 299-8582.