Box Scraper Box scraper for hard pack dirt/gravel road

[fried1765]

How about some pictures of your work?

I would post pictures, but I am in Florida until the end of April.
My "work" is in Atlantic Canada .....1934 miles away.
A bit too far (and too cold) for pictures.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Thank you for the enlightenment guys !! I will be forever appreciative. Now I am ashamed of my land plane and the road work that I do with it. I am also embarrassed that I posted so many pictures of such poor quality work. Hopefully I can get over it in a minute or two. Often some one will tell me that my roads are better than the town roads. Now I will have to say they can't be. It is just your imagination because I use a land plane and the town uses a grader.

Please don't take me seriously.

gg

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Thank you for the enlightenment guys !! I will be forever appreciative. Now I am ashamed of my land plane and the road work that I do with it. I am also embarrassed that I posted so many pictures of such poor quality work. Hopefully I can get over it in a minute or two. Often some one will tell me that my roads are better than the town roads. Now I will have to say they can't be. It is just your imagination because I use a land plane and the town uses a grader.

g

All I can say is that the Goodyear proving grounds in Texas has 4 motor graders and 1 Road Boss LPGS. I was told by the road maintenance supervisor that unless there is a washout, all they use is the LPGS. 8 Hours a day, 6 days a week. Now if the motor graders were so much better and faster, why would they pretty much only use the LPGS? Job security?

What I have found over the years is that the people that question the LPGS are all people that have never used them. Are some units better than others, most definitely, but they all seem to work fairly well.

Just my :2cents:

 

[Egon]

All I can say is that the Goodyear proving grounds in Texas has 4 motor graders and 1 Road Boss LPGS. I was told by the road maintenance supervisor that unless there is a washout, all they use is the LPGS. 8 Hours a day, 6 days a week. Now if the motor graders were so much better and faster, why would they pretty much only use the LPGS? Job security?

What I have found over the years is that the people that question the LPGS are all people that have never used them. Are some units better than others, most definitely, but they all seem to work fairly well.

Just my :2cents:

Then again perhaps LPGS users are not familiar with road graders or their operation.

The video does show a land plane in use.

 

[bcp]

That's not a land plane.

Bruce




PS: Here is the book mentioned in the video

Blading Aggregate Surfaces

http://www.countyengineers.org/Reso...ions/Documents/Blading_Aggregate_Surfaces.pdf

 

[fried1765]

Then again perhaps LPGS users are not familiar with road graders or their operation.

The video does show a land plane in use.

That Nebraska motor grader is THE VERY BEST..... "land plane"!

 

[CADplans]

That Nebraska motor grader is THE VERY BEST..... "land plane"!

So, I guess we will see the picture of your motor grader in April,,,
I can wait,,,

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Then again perhaps LPGS users are not familiar with road graders or their operation.

The video does show a land plane in use.

2 things. Have you personally ever used either, a road grader or a LPGS?

I have seen first hand a road grader put wash board into a road. Not saying that the operator was good or bad, just a simple fact.

I have been using a 5' & 7' LPGS for about 12 years now, not once have I ever left any wash boarding, never.

Obviously everyone can't afford a road grader, even a $7000 warn out unit. So based on that alone what do you feel is the best road maintenance implement? :confused3:

 

[downsizingnow48]

Found this on local Craigslist for $5500. Still in regular use. Called a "road maintainer".

 

[cat fever]

Thank you for the enlightenment guys !! I will be forever appreciative. Now I am ashamed of my land plane and the road work that I do with it. I am also embarrassed that I posted so many pictures of such poor quality work. Hopefully I can get over it in a minute or two. Often some one will tell me that my roads are better than the town roads. Now I will have to say they can't be. It is just your imagination because I use a land plane and the town uses a grader.

Please don't take me seriously.

gg

I just read this whole thread;
If I was going to hire someone to fix my gravel/dirt road, Gordon would be at the top of the list.
Very nice work and great pictures. Thank you.

PS: Of course I'd rather just borrow his land plane and do it myself. :laughing: