Homemade Pull behind grader

[JCByrd24]

Doug, nice work, I just joined TBN as well. Can't wait to borrow the grader!!

 

[Tig]

Nice build! If you do decide that you need weight, try a barrel of water.

 

[Taylortractornut]

I made one a few years ago for a hobby farmer that was maintaining some logging roads. THis blade on an angle would side pull like a big grader so what I did was put on an old rear axle and pivot off an old 205 MF combine it was a smalled machine and the the axle wasnt really all that wide. I na serious angle cut you could adjust the drag link on the steering with a toplink. Also used the pivot for the tilt with a cylinder. We had a weight box on this rig to.

 

[kdlamoreaux]

Thanks for all of the tips, as promised here are a few pictures of the grader in action. Also a pic of the roller I used after grading.

 

[Grayson Klassen]

After doing a lot of reading on this site and looking at all of the projects I decided to embark on a build of my own. This is a tow behind road grader that I built to reshape and rebuild my road and driveway. Please take a look and let me know if you have any suguestions, I am always looking to make it better.

thanks Doug

Just one question as I am thinking of building something similar, why did you use wood for the reach? was there a specific reason or am I not seeing what I think I am?:confused2:

 

[JCByrd24]

In case Doug doesn't check in to answer, I'll give you the version that I know, which is that he gets custom lumber for free because his family owns a bandsaw mill that lives on a family woodlot right at his house and steel for that piece would have been $$.

 

[smiley]

Thanks for all of the tips, as promised here are a few pictures of the grader in action. Also a pic of the roller I used after grading.

I am pretty amazed that you can carry that much on the blade without sliding sideways, but apparently you've got more weight there than it looks.
Lookin good.
Smiley

 

[tburk49760]

Wow! That is awesome! You have inspired me. I am building something similar starting with a front mount hydraulic blade. Gonna be interesting. Still not sure how far behind the blade to put the wheels. I hear logic in both close and far???

 

[smiley]

Wow! That is awesome! You have inspired me. I am building something similar starting with a front mount hydraulic blade. Gonna be interesting. Still not sure how far behind the blade to put the wheels. I hear logic in both close and far???

Close rides up and over the humps and down through the hollows. Far cuts off the humps and fills in the hollows.

 

[ray66v]

Wow! That is awesome! You have inspired me. I am building something similar starting with a front mount hydraulic blade. Gonna be interesting. Still not sure how far behind the blade to put the wheels. I hear logic in both close and far???

I don't see any logic in having the wheels close.

If you want a land plane that works really well, you want it really long, with the blade in the center.