GUAGE WHEELS

[ALHILLDIRT]

Yet another set of guage wheels for a boxblade. I raided the scrap pile to put this together. The bolts, chain and other hardware came to about $20. Not as pretty as some of the others I've seen posted here, but it works.

[Barnboy]

Looks good to me. If I had a box blade I too would be tempted to make a set of gage wheels. They sure work good for landscape rakes or rear blades.

[Egon]

That's a nice set up for box blade gauge wheels. Gives a long wheel base for better levelling.

If you want to see ugly just think of the gauge wheels on my backblade!!

[HomeBrew2]

Great job! Time to get to work now!
Question: are the wheels tracking well for you? The first set of casters I made did not track because I didn't cut the sides for a ~30° angle.

[Tig]

Nice job! I think if you were to put turn buckles on those chains you may be able to easily adjust the height of each wheel a bit by tensioning the chain.

[kwolfe]

Question, would you all prefer the wheels to be inside the cutting width of the box or outside. It would seem to me that it would be better on the outside so that what you are cutting or spreading would not also effect the wheeel height. For example, if you were using wheels in order to limit your cutting to 1 inch. Wheels inside would then be one inch down after you cut. this would thenhaev the affect of cutting down 1 inch more than one inch more. I am slow, or does what I am saying making any sense.

[ALHILLDIRT]

Originally Posted by HomeBrew2

Great job! Time to get to work now!
Question: are the wheels tracking well for you? The first set of casters I made did not track because I didn't cut the sides for a ~30° angle.

I pretty much threw this together with odds and ends that I had, and as such made everything fit the material at hand. If I were to build the thing from new material, I would have put more angle on the sides of the casters. While they "track", they seem to be a little slow in centering.

[ALHILLDIRT]

Originally Posted by Tig

Nice job! I think if you were to put turn buckles on those chains you may be able to easily adjust the height of each wheel a bit by tensioning the chain.

I thought about that as well, but after hooking everything up, I found that I could easily adjust the height of the blade up or down by adjusting the turnbuckle on the box blade. Granted, in doing so it adjusted the angle of the blade some, but since the wheels are only used in the finish stage, that didn't really matter.

[ALHILLDIRT]

Originally Posted by kwolfe

Question, would you all prefer the wheels to be inside the cutting width of the box or outside. It would seem to me that it would be better on the outside so that what you are cutting or spreading would not also effect the wheeel height. For example, if you were using wheels in order to limit your cutting to 1 inch. Wheels inside would then be one inch down after you cut. this would thenhaev the affect of cutting down 1 inch more than one inch more. I am slow, or does what I am saying making any sense.

My thinking is that having the wheels on the outside would cause the blade to simply duplicate the existig structure. My purpose was not so much to maintain a specified depth of cut, but to even out the ripples that occur with a box blade everytime you go over a bump. Kind of like a plane.

[HomeBrew2]

Originally Posted by ALHILLDIRT

I pretty much threw this together with odds and ends that I had, and as such made everything fit the material at hand. If I were to build the thing from new material, I would have put more angle on the sides of the casters. While they "track", they seem to be a little slow in centering.

Sounds great to me. Just curious. Mine drug sideways like a rock. Glad yours work well