mikefunaro
New member
Hey all--
New here. I live in a part of Connecticut where it seems no one knows how to/has interest in crowning smaller gravel roads to ensure proper drainage. We own about 4 acres on which we have a gravel road that is also a deeded right of way to several other owners.
In years past we have either graded it with a bobcat, or a backhoe loader, or a paving company has passed it over with a huber maintainer. None of this equipment has succeeded in establishing and maintaining a proper crown. The road is steeply sloped in some spots and so the flat road turns into a u shaped road and carries quite a bit of water. We've put in swales in the past but these do too little too late.
I have been trying to rent a rear blade with tilt function but nobody rents them. Someone suggested I rent a KX 121 with the 6 way blade. I feel that between the 6 way blade and a wide ditch cleaning or grading bucket, I should be able to establish a nice crown and also put some ditches on the side of the road and actually get it to drain water off of it before it all accumulates at the bottom.
So...
A. Does the blade on a 121 have the ability to apply a significant amount of downward pressure? Will it have trouble working moderately wet item 4/process gravel?
B. Does the tilt have the ability to go below the plane of the excavator?
C. Does this sound like a reasonable idea?
I can rent a beautiful new one with the ditch cleaning bucket for $250 a day, which seems pretty fair.
New here. I live in a part of Connecticut where it seems no one knows how to/has interest in crowning smaller gravel roads to ensure proper drainage. We own about 4 acres on which we have a gravel road that is also a deeded right of way to several other owners.
In years past we have either graded it with a bobcat, or a backhoe loader, or a paving company has passed it over with a huber maintainer. None of this equipment has succeeded in establishing and maintaining a proper crown. The road is steeply sloped in some spots and so the flat road turns into a u shaped road and carries quite a bit of water. We've put in swales in the past but these do too little too late.
I have been trying to rent a rear blade with tilt function but nobody rents them. Someone suggested I rent a KX 121 with the 6 way blade. I feel that between the 6 way blade and a wide ditch cleaning or grading bucket, I should be able to establish a nice crown and also put some ditches on the side of the road and actually get it to drain water off of it before it all accumulates at the bottom.
So...
A. Does the blade on a 121 have the ability to apply a significant amount of downward pressure? Will it have trouble working moderately wet item 4/process gravel?
B. Does the tilt have the ability to go below the plane of the excavator?
C. Does this sound like a reasonable idea?
I can rent a beautiful new one with the ditch cleaning bucket for $250 a day, which seems pretty fair.