Grading First Time Road Grading.. any tips

[Redbug]

Oh, and hey Phill...take a pic or three for us to see...

 

[CowwFace]

Hey Will,

The only differeance between a free man and a slave is the ability to protect oneself from thoes that would attempt to enslave him.

If we loose the ability to protect our rights, our government will most certainly take them away. Try to practice free speach / Free press, Right to privacy etc when there are others that have a bigger stick AND will use it against you.

Carry on,
Phill

 

[/pine]

Grade after a rain, when things are wet

I could not agree more with this...
There is a huge difference in the "workability" of wet material over dry...

Also...it will take mother nature (rain) to "finish" the job once you are done working the material...you won't know exactly how good of a job you've done until you get enough rain to "set" the gravel etc...

 

[KennyV]

Well Phill, you should be getting pretty good at 'roading' by now... well anyway you should be getting a stiff neck from looking over your shoulder, like I mentioned in my first reply.. Ha ha
enjoy, I always liked road building and maintaining.

I had not noticed your "2nd Amendment RIGHT protects all the others!" comment earlier...
That is so true and can never be stated often enough.
I exorcise mine regularly... KennyV

 

[kthompson]

The comment to work it when wet, could that depend on type of material the road is? If a true dirt road with no gravel it would seem best when dry. Maybe not brick harden dry. There is a small private drive over our property the county does work and so have I and when dry it works very well but work it when wet you have mud. I very much realize soil type varies a lot, even within a short distance.

 

[KennyV]

Well you are right ... it is never a good idea to work mud... unless you are working an oil rig. KennyV

 

[Paul004]

Yeah i do quite a bit of grader work on some farm road. Sure does give you a crook neck after a while. I perfer my road to be dry after recent rain. Currently its rock hard and can only cut it with the edge to shift soil.

What sort of grader blade are you actually using in this situation? I use an Australian made 6ft grader. It give me quite a few different options including rotation, skew and tilt.

Here's what it looked like new.

 

[KennyV]

The neck ache is part of a rear blade operation... If your neck is not complaining you are probably not doing it right. That is the main reason I bought a CAT motor grader, WOW what a difference.
The wet/dry= If you are trying to grade mud it's too wet, if you are making dust it's too dry.
I actually used a water trailer to wet my roads when the weather didn't cooperate.
Paul, nice looking blade. KennyV

 

[CowwFace]

Maybe road grading is how The Duke got his sideways gate?

It's possible?
Phill

 

[AchingBack]

Yeah i do quite a bit of grader work on some farm road. Sure does give you a crook neck after a while. I perfer my road to be dry after recent rain. Currently its rock hard and can only cut it with the edge to shift soil.

What sort of grader blade are you actually using in this situation? I use an Australian made 6ft grader. It give me quite a few different options including rotation, skew and tilt.

Here's what it looked like new.

Such a handsome blade - makes me wish I had a bigger tractor. How much does it weigh? Does it have gauge wheels?