hosejockey2002
Gold Member
Anyone ever use a grade beam? Today I was working on a small grading job that turned into a literal mud bog that was about impossible to work in. To smooth it out, I clamped a piece of channel iron into my BH bucket with the thumb and it worked better than expected. I could change the beam angle by adjusting the outriggers, and it was a matter of slowly and carefully adjusting the dipper height as I pulled the boom toward me. It worked well in the moist, soft ground I was working but I doubt it would have been effective in hard, undisturbed soil.