Harv
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- Kubota L2500DT Standard Transmission
You guys came up with such good information on floating the bucket, I just gotta ask you for a little advice on using the boxscraper, too.
I was totally impressed when my broker guy (Miracle Mike) demonstrated grading with the box scraper. While driving in a circle he gently lowered the blade to the ground and immediately smoothed off the soil to a mirror finish (well... you know what I mean). Then, while continuing in his circle he raised the box a tad and the scooped up dirt was re-deployed in a nice even layer.
When he left, I couldn't wait to try this out on a stretch of my "tractor path". It started out beautifully, leaving an immaculate, smooth surface. When the box was full, I realized my folly -- this time I am not driving in a circle. What do I do with my box o' dirt now? I wound up just dumping the load and then using the blade backwards, with dubious results. I had to experiment to get just the right height so the rear-facing blade wasn't digging and the front blade did "just enough" spreading.
Later I was using the box scraper to begin clearing what used to be a small creek (prelude to a culvert here). Same problem -- it did a marvelous job of scraping a nice, clean channel, but then I had a box of dirt I didn't know what to do with.
Pretty basic stuff, huh? /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
I hope I don't wear you guys out with these kinds of beginner questions. Until I get that book that was recommended earlier, you're my best (and so far the friendliest) source of infromation.
I was totally impressed when my broker guy (Miracle Mike) demonstrated grading with the box scraper. While driving in a circle he gently lowered the blade to the ground and immediately smoothed off the soil to a mirror finish (well... you know what I mean). Then, while continuing in his circle he raised the box a tad and the scooped up dirt was re-deployed in a nice even layer.
When he left, I couldn't wait to try this out on a stretch of my "tractor path". It started out beautifully, leaving an immaculate, smooth surface. When the box was full, I realized my folly -- this time I am not driving in a circle. What do I do with my box o' dirt now? I wound up just dumping the load and then using the blade backwards, with dubious results. I had to experiment to get just the right height so the rear-facing blade wasn't digging and the front blade did "just enough" spreading.
Later I was using the box scraper to begin clearing what used to be a small creek (prelude to a culvert here). Same problem -- it did a marvelous job of scraping a nice, clean channel, but then I had a box of dirt I didn't know what to do with.
Pretty basic stuff, huh? /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif
I hope I don't wear you guys out with these kinds of beginner questions. Until I get that book that was recommended earlier, you're my best (and so far the friendliest) source of infromation.