best landplane

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ironman1952

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I have been searching the web for the best landplane. I had settled on the everything attachments model due to the heavier materials used. I sent 2 emails and no answer. I got suspicious and did a consumer complaint search and found some pretty facts, guess they had to close their doors and some paid but never received their attachments. Today I got an answer from them and they made it sound like they are still in business, anyone know for sure what the truth is?

So I am still searching, anyone have a strong opinion on which landplane is the best and an experience to show why? A Video of your plane?

Kind Regards, Joe
 
   / best landplane #3  
Yes, they are back in business. The way they treated their customers, they will never get a dime from me. There are other companies out there that make implements just as good as EA's that didn't screw any customers over. Homestead Implements is a great company who makes great products and from what I have heard, so is Catawba attachments. I would pick either of those over EA any day.
 
   / best landplane #4  
Just my opinion and that of the Goodyear research facility in Texas, the Road Boss is the best simplest unit made. (y)(y)

 

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   / best landplane #6  
I have been searching the web for the best landplane. I had settled on the everything attachments model due to the heavier materials used. I sent 2 emails and no answer. I got suspicious and did a consumer complaint search and found some pretty facts, guess they had to close their doors and some paid but never received their attachments. Today I got an answer from them and they made it sound like they are still in business, anyone know for sure what the truth is?

So I am still searching, anyone have a strong opinion on which landplane is the best and an experience to show why? A Video of your plane?

Kind Regards, Joe
I have been using the Land Pride 60" unit.
My tractor is approximately 57" wide, allowing just a little overhang.
Works great, even though I don't know how to use it correctly.
My road never looks better.
 
   / best landplane #7  
You need to clarify...are you talking about an actual land plane that is towed behind a big tractor, has a grader-type blade and is used to level uneven fields?

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Or a driveway scraper like posted above in photos by MtnViewRanch?
 
   / best landplane #8  
The EA Landplane does a good job. Reportedly, they are not processing payment until the unit ships under their reopening.

Before and after...(removed the top layer of bio, added and spread gravel with the landplane...)
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   / best landplane #9  
What you end up purchasing will depend upon several factors. Weight and price being very important.

I have a mile long gravel driveway. Straight as an arrow with a deep valley in the middle. I use three implements to maintain my driveway.

My Rhino 950 rear blade is 96 inches and 1050 pounds. Clean out the ditches - maintain the crown - clear snow. This implement takes lots of practice if you plan on using it to smooth, level and maintain the crown. It's because of the design of a rear blade. Picture a teeter-totter. One side goes up - the other side goes down. That is how the standard rear blade works. Even with my hydraulic top link - crowning my driveway can be a real PITA.

My Land Pride LPGS ( land plane grading scraper ) does a great job of smoothing everything out. It will NOT create or maintain the crown. It does nothing for ditches or clearing snow.
It weighs - 820 pounds.

My Land Pride ROBB ( roll over box blade ) is used to move material from here to there. Example - I pull gravel up and out of the driveway ditches with the rear blade. I use the ROBB to collect this material and move it down the road - to low spots. It weighs - 800 pounds.

How heavy does the implement need to be. Depends upon what the surface of your driveway is. If it's loose gravel - a lighter implement might do a fine job. If it's like my driveway - rocks, gravel, sand, silt & volcanic ash - think concrete when it's dry - then you need the heaviest implement you can afford and that your tractor can handle.

With my first tractor - I had a lighter Land Pride rear blade ( around 400 pounds ). It did great on clearing snow - struggled to clear the driveway ditches - was USELESS on smoothing the driveway or maintaining the crown. It just skipped along and created sparks while being pulled down the driveway.

In 2009 I bought my new Kubota M6040. I also bought the Rhino 950 rear blade. This blade is heavy enough to cut thru the surface "crust" on my driveway. Being heavy does not "fix" the teeter-totter effect though. Every time I use it to smooth or work on the crown - it's a fight between the teeter-totteer effect and my hydraulic top link.

So..... it was either get a rear gauge wheel for the Rhino rear blade or get a new LPGS. I choose to get a new LPGS.
 
   / best landplane #10  
I have been searching the web for the best landplane. I had settled on the everything attachments model due to the heavier materials used. I sent 2 emails and no answer. I got suspicious and did a consumer complaint search and found some pretty facts, guess they had to close their doors and some paid but never received their attachments. Today I got an answer from them and they made it sound like they are still in business, anyone know for sure what the truth is?

So I am still searching, anyone have a strong opinion on which landplane is the best and an experience to show why? A Video of your plane?

Kind Regards, Joe

Check out Woods models. Their best / heaviest have scarifier options and are very heavy. I'd be hard pressed to pay for shipping for a landplane or box blade, etc. when I could pick one up locally and save that expense.
 
 

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