Land Plane,...Mfg?

   / Land Plane,...Mfg? #11  
sandman2234 said:
Several people have built their own, so you might consider that. I have a post somewhere with about 80 pictures in the build and several other people have documented their builds. It isn't rocket science, just a little fabrication. Mine is heavy for a 70 hp 2wd tractor, but it handles it.
David from jax
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Is this the one you mean? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/175396-dava-grader-process.html

Also, check out one of my threads here, I learned a lot from some of the similar questions I asked. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/235032-help-landplane-choices-land-leveling.html
 
   / Land Plane,...Mfg? #13  
gwdixon said:
Is it going to be used for road grading, land leveling, or what?

I don't need to do roads but this is what I use for "land".

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That looks pretty impressive! Can you give us some more information on it? Did you build/buy it? How long is it? What do you pull it with?
 
   / Land Plane,...Mfg? #14  
Piston said:
Can you give us some more information on it? Did you build/buy it? How long is it? What do you pull it with?
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It was purchased on eBay (obviously local pick up only). I was the only bidder at $50. Getting it loaded and transporting it was a chore.

There are no labels or places where a metal tab might have been mounted. Thus, the manufacturer is unknown.

Width is 8' and the length is about 11'.

It is pulled by a 3PH drawbar on a Kubota M7040. Amount of bite is regulated by the 3PH. It does a very nice job of flattening a pasture after plowing or discing...looks like a parking lot.
 
   / Land Plane,...Mfg? #15  
gwdixon said:
It was purchased on eBay (obviously local pick up only). I was the only bidder at $50. Getting it loaded and transporting it was a chore.
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Holy Smokes! That was the deal of the decade! Looks like a really great tool for smoothing and leveling fields.
 
   / Land Plane,...Mfg? #16  
Piston said:
Is this the one you mean? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/175396-dava-grader-process.html

Also, check out one of my threads here, I learned a lot from some of the similar questions I asked. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/235032-help-landplane-choices-land-leveling.html
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Yes, Piston, that is the one I was referring to. That big ole heavy brute is sitting behind the garage right now, waiting on it's next chance to impress me further.
David from jax
 
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sandman2234 said:
Several people have built their own, so you might consider that. I have a post somewhere with about 80 pictures in the build and several other people have documented their builds. It isn't rocket science, just a little fabrication. Mine is heavy for a 70 hp 2wd tractor, but it handles it.
David from jax
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I have read alot of the builds and would like too. My biggest problem is time to do it with all the other projects I have going on. For me, no more than these cost new, its better to buy new and stay on my other projects and save money on those.
 
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saltbranch said:
I have read alot of the builds and would like too. My biggest problem is time to do it with all the other projects I have going on. For me, no more than these cost new, its better to buy new and stay on my other projects and save money on those.
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My issue with building one is actually finding the steel. There are a few steel yards around my area but they only sell in large batches. They don't want to waste their time selling 1,000lbs worth of steel. I actually have no idea how much it would cost to build one of these nowadays??

This is one of those things I really want to build someday. I need to finish my backhoe thumb project and my box blade guage wheel project first though!

I've been bookmarking all these threads to go back and reread when the time comes to build. Where are some good places to buy steel from? Can you get this kind of thing from a scrap yard or is that mostly junk stuff?
 
   / Land Plane,...Mfg? #19  
I have the Industrial version of the Cammond Industries 7 footer that is Cat I/II capable. Weighs 935 lbs. Built real tough.

Works great but it can load up and I always use in 4WD especially since I have a hill that I have to grade up as well as down to keep the crown.

http://cammond.com/Cammond Grading Scrapers.htm
 
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