Road Grader Blade.. Progressing Pics.

[Groo]

The idea is to pull the loose material in to rebuild the "crown" in the road for proper drainage. I took a guess at the angle, and it is really not enough. As for the cutting edges, it's more of a question of how often are you willing to replace them, and how hard the materials are you'll be working with.

I see, you are doing it in 2 passes. I was picturing a single pass grader in my mind.

 

[beppington]

I see, you are doing it in 2 passes. I was picturing a single pass grader in my mind.

There & back, stay right both directions.

 

[J_J]

Nice workmanship on the landplane/roadgrader.

Is there a magic angle number that will make the material move to the crown?

 

[djradz]

The idea is to pull the loose material in to rebuild the "crown" in the road for proper drainage. I took a guess at the angle, and it is really not enough. As for the cutting edges, it's more of a question of how often are you willing to replace them, and how hard the materials are you'll be working with.

Are you able to raise the cutting edge height on the inside edge so it cuts less deep or actually deposits some material rather than cut?

 

[beppington]

Are you able to raise the cutting edge height on the inside edge so it cuts less deep or actually deposits some material rather than cut?

Just tilt your 3 point hitch. Lower the right side.

 

[Rustyiron]

Are you able to raise the cutting edge height on the inside edge so it cuts less deep or actually deposits some material rather than cut?

Yes, it has about 3" of travel on the skid shoes.
JJ, as for the angle, I looked at what Landpride puplished for an angle and studied pics of the "Roadrunnerblade.com" . They build a nice unit that I have used in the past. Without checking, I think that I put the angle at 15 deg short of square (or no angle). I built it to work with a 3pt. or my skid steer, both my tractor and SS have a track width of around 90" so it is pretty wide so that any angle increase would also increase the legnth while maintaining the spacing between the cutting edges, that I'm guessing is important for good performance. You know some projects are just fun to do, I had fun and learned some things on this one. I'm satisfied with the way it works and, who knows, I might sell it one day and build another with a few changes.