Recent content by john40981

I wanted to buy one also but couldn't justify the purchase price. So I got an old 1998 KIA Sportage 4WD and striped and modified it to do the same job for about $3000 and you have car strength and lower parts cost. You can do the same with a Daihatsu terios, from about 1997 till 2003 models are...

Nice job, just finished my own version :thumbsup:

Re: buying a "land grader"/"leveling blade"/"bionic blade" I used a 44gal plastic drum full of water on mine to add extra weight

Re: buying a "land grader"/"leveling blade"/"bionic blade" I have made my own with angle blades. They are suppose to move material from one side to the other being angled but the angle doesn't let it move much but I do think it makes it cut good. The moisture content of the soil makes a big...

The latest pics showing the big *** back tyres out on our farm

Hi all, I have just finished my latest project. We had an old 1988 Mitsubishi Triton ute at our farm that the gearbox crapped itself and I couldn't justify the price they want for a side by side to replace it so I decided to custom make something that would do what we wanted. It started it's...

my play toys :laughing:

A land plain is my choice for road maintenance :thumbsup: my build http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/287452-land-plain-blade-height-help.html

My two bobs worth , I have angled blades ( about 25 Deg) and there is very little sideways movement of material. I don't regret making them angled but it doesn't make a crown as it just doesn't move enough material sideways but I think it does cut good. If you are going to pull it with a...

Just finished the next project, a set of fork lift forks that fit onto the bucket in 5 seconds flat and fully adjustable for width. Used them the last couple of days for heaps of stuff. Used the off cuts of the grader blades from building the land plain for the connection onto the bucket. Just...

A land plain is much easier to use and gives better results in most cases if you just want to level ground. A floting top link on your box blade I think will just make your box blade lift up at the back. I was going to do that with my land plain which is 8' long and a lot heavier than a box...

looks good, I also used grader blades on the skids to lengthen their life. Used a 44gal drum to add weight. link to my build:thumbsup: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/287452-land-plain-blade-height-help.html

I have recently purchased a MZT 26 which is 48" cut base model here in Australia for $7150. I don't know why things are so much more expensive here. I would love to buy your ZT60 for $3750US. I love the mower they are great and bullet proof. I droped it off the ramps while putting it on our...

just finished about 4 hours on the tractor using the land plain. Works well, I thought at 8' long I would be able to use chain top link and just let it find it own level but not the case, as the front blade digs and cuts (at 10mm down) it has a tendency to lift the back so I had to use the solid...

well after a few weeks of night and weekend work I have a finished land plain finally. Just finished the paint job today so I thought I would show some pic of the finished product with a bit of a time line of getting to the end. I used some steel I already had and had to buy some all up it cost...