Which land plane today?

[Sid Post]

I waffled and never got an EA landplane ordered, thank goodness.

Who builds the better landplanes today for reasonable money, not cheap and not expensive? I need appropriate for my Massey 5711D so, construction and design quality matter so I don't tear it up on my farm property or my driveway. It also needs to be weighted properly to cut well, not just to keep it from falling apart; meaning it has enough structure (aka weight) to not warp, bend, or fail in reasonable use!

TIA,
Sid

p.s. General pricing and specs for reference would be helpful to me today and others in the future.

 

[oosik]

Look at Land Pride. They make a very tough LPGS. I have a 84 inch one ( GS2584 )and use it on my mile long gravel driveway.

All my implements are class 2 or 3. So specs and prices would not do you much good.

 

[sea2summit]

I got an iron craft brush hog last fall and am very impressed with it. Brushhog brand would be another I’d look at, Rhino or Dirt Dog as well. Landpride seems way over priced to me.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Iron Craft makes some good implements. I’ve been highly impressed with my 72” tiller.

Id make sure not to buy their economy models though.

 

[oosik]

I have a mile long driveway. The surface is a combination of gravel, sand, volcanic ash and silt. It dries out, after the spring rains, as HARD as concrete. I have scarifiers on my LPGS. They are very important to break this surface "crust". Otherwise it takes two or three passes to "break" the surface. It's nice and clean - just washed all the dirt off.

 

[oosik]

A LPGS implement is MOST easy to learn to use. Hook it up - drag it.

However - it is not THE implement for ALL jobs.

If I were to have only ONE implement - heavy duty rear blade OR box blade.

I've used a rear blade on my mile long gravel driveway for 42+ years. Still can not say that I'm REALLY proficient/expert at its use. That's just the way with a tractor and rear blade.

Zero time with the LPGS. Hook it up - drag it down the driveway. It does worlds better at smoothing and leveling - than the rear blade. That's just the way with a tractor and LPGS.

 

[Sid Post]

A LPGS implement is MOST easy to learn to use. Hook it up - drag it.

However - it is not THE implement for ALL jobs.

If I were to have only ONE implement - heavy duty rear blade OR box blade.

I've used a rear blade on my mile long gravel driveway for 42+ years. Still can not say that I'm REALLY proficient/expert at its use. That's just the way with a tractor and rear blade.

Zero time with the LPGS. Hook it up - drag it down the driveway. It does worlds better at smoothing and leveling - than the rear blade. That's just the way with a tractor and LPGS.

On driveways, box blades tend to exaggerate the hills and valleys along its length, and catching the tops and filling the bottoms is challenging, to say the least. YMMV.

 

[D&D]

I waffled and never got an EA landplane ordered, thank goodness.

Who builds the better landplanes today for reasonable money, not cheap and not expensive? I need appropriate for my Massey 5711D so, construction and design quality matter so I don't tear it up on my farm property or my driveway. It also needs to be weighted properly to cut well, not just to keep it from falling apart; meaning it has enough structure (aka weight) to not warp, bend, or fail in reasonable use!

TIA,
Sid

p.s. General pricing and specs for reference would be helpful to me today and others in the future.

depends on what you want and what price range. Adjustable and replaceable blades, heavy weight are 2 big pluses.

Road Boss Grader

Simple Affordable Efficient

www.roadboss.org

 

[Sid Post]

depends on what you want and what price range. Adjustable and replaceable blades, heavy weight are 2 big pluses.

Road Boss Grader

Simple Affordable Efficient

www.roadboss.org

The "heavy" Armstrong Ag weighs more and has the replaceable blades. In terms of adjusting the blade angles, I believe it has that feature too but, it is not one I really consider being important. With all the structure involved, I think changing it would a real pain without much gain. YMMV

 

[D&D]

The "heavy" Armstrong Ag weighs more and has the replaceable blades. In terms of adjusting the blade angles, I believe it has that feature too but, it is not one I really consider being important. With all the structure involved, I think changing it would a real pain without much gain. YMMV

It is for setup. Glad to see you found what you wanted.