BrokenTrack
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 13, 2018
- Messages
- 1,551
- Location
- Maine
- Tractor
- Tractors, Skidders, Bulldozers, Forestry Equipment
This past summer I needed to extend my logging road up over a fairly steep grade, and include rock check dams, crown, water bars, etc. A great importance however was getting a road that was flat along its length. I had a grader blade that could mount to the 3 point hitch, BUT the problem with those is, as the tractor rides into a hole, the grader blade dips down, and coming out of it; it goes up. For a smooth, flat road that is no good.
To cure this, I welded my grader blade to a goose-neck shaped I beam that bolts between the front hitch of my log trailer, and the back portion of it. This lengthened my trailer to 18 feet giving me a much more smoother road. The walking beam suspension of the trailer also allows the blade to stay flat even when it hits a rock or bump helping to make a smoother road as well, And of course the goose-neck design allows the grader blade to be angled in each direction.
It does lack a tilt function, but honestly I can reestablish any crown with my bulldozer much easier, and then just smooth up my roads with my grader. The worst issue is that it can be a pain to bolt and unbolt from the trailer. But as for a finish, it leaves my roads satin-smooth.
To cure this, I welded my grader blade to a goose-neck shaped I beam that bolts between the front hitch of my log trailer, and the back portion of it. This lengthened my trailer to 18 feet giving me a much more smoother road. The walking beam suspension of the trailer also allows the blade to stay flat even when it hits a rock or bump helping to make a smoother road as well, And of course the goose-neck design allows the grader blade to be angled in each direction.
It does lack a tilt function, but honestly I can reestablish any crown with my bulldozer much easier, and then just smooth up my roads with my grader. The worst issue is that it can be a pain to bolt and unbolt from the trailer. But as for a finish, it leaves my roads satin-smooth.