shine
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The big question how much $$$. I feel sure it would be the best for road maintence.
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The big question how much $$$. I feel sure it would be the best for road maintence.
schmism
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i wouldnt do road maintenance with anything other than a rear blade.
box blade you can not angle to drag loose material from the edge back to the center, does not roll the material over to mix the fines with the larger rocks to give you a good surface.
box blade you can not angle to drag loose material from the edge back to the center, does not roll the material over to mix the fines with the larger rocks to give you a good surface.
shine
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I have a box scraper, rear blade and a rake. What works best for me is the box scraper then the rake for reshapeing and knocking down windrows.I use the rear blade for working the ditches and removeing snow, my loader and tire chains really help with the snow removal.If I could use just one it would be the rake, have to wait till the moisture conditions are just right.
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I said a box blade IN ADDITION to an angle blade.
Sometimes you get areas you need to dig out or mound.. and a box digs better than a scrape blade..
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caddison
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I have the Dura-Grader and there is nothing better for maintaining gravel drives and roadways in my opinion. They do work best when there is a little moisture in the ground. They will churn up the old gravel and lay it back out nicely.
JoeL4330
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I have a dura grader, too, and have a roller on back end, raises and lowers hydraulically, so not only packs down, but acts like gauge wheels to keep depth of cut constant ...but, mine is HEAVY.
(I went to the site and no longer see the roller as an option??? but, for me that's the best part)
(I went to the site and no longer see the roller as an option??? but, for me that's the best part)
mjncad
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MM charges about $5k for the belly grader blade.
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The Road Boss is a good piece of equipment. Pricey, but good. I have had one for about three years. Use it 2 - 3 times a year, depending upon the amount of rain we get.
eepete
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Note to the Mini Maintainer people: I like web sites that have at least a town and state so I don't have to do a reverse area code look-up. A real address is better. Also, give me some idea of cost. At least a "MSRP". Cost is as important a specification as any dimension or weight.
On topic: I'll be using a box blade for my driveway, but I have a problem I've not seen discussed on these threads: my driveway base is a thin layer of crusher run , then railroad ballast, then more crusher run. If I tear it up too much, the big rock comes up and will never go down again. So I'm working to find a source of screened crusher run so I can have a top layer of 1/2" rock and smaller/fines that I can re-work without tearing up the base.
Boxblad will be on a TNT, I don't see using the scarifiers for the above reasons. Once I get it right (again), I have used my landscape rake to tweak it. If it's beyond tweaking, it's box blade and possibly more gravel.
For the $s, I'd probably get a land plane before a rear blade, but just because of the other implements I have. I would have no other use for a rear blade.
Pete
On topic: I'll be using a box blade for my driveway, but I have a problem I've not seen discussed on these threads: my driveway base is a thin layer of crusher run , then railroad ballast, then more crusher run. If I tear it up too much, the big rock comes up and will never go down again. So I'm working to find a source of screened crusher run so I can have a top layer of 1/2" rock and smaller/fines that I can re-work without tearing up the base.
Boxblad will be on a TNT, I don't see using the scarifiers for the above reasons. Once I get it right (again), I have used my landscape rake to tweak it. If it's beyond tweaking, it's box blade and possibly more gravel.
For the $s, I'd probably get a land plane before a rear blade, but just because of the other implements I have. I would have no other use for a rear blade.
Pete
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Obviously this is only my opinion, but to be clear, you are asking about maintaining the road. I also maintain over one mile of road. I have 4 implements that I use at different times. I have a roll-over box blade, a landscape rake, a rear blade and a grader blade very similar to a Road Boss grader. They each have a purpose, and each can and will maintain a road. But, if I only had one, the one that I would prefer to have to maintain my roads would be the Road Boss type of grader blade. Relatively easy to use, hard to screw things up with it and no moving parts to fool with. A very tough implement. I actually have 2 of them, a 7 footer for my bigger tractor and a 5 footer for my 32 horse tractor.
Is your road on flat ground, or do you have inclines that you have to go up? If flat ground you may be able to get away with a 6 foot wide grader, but if you have to go uphill, I would stay with a narrower blade, 60"-66" I would think. If you consider a grader type of blade, check around, there are several makes and check the weight of them, the heavier the better for this type of work.
