Best method to clean up a long stone/dirt driveway

[Tig]

If you are using a straight blade you can set it at an angle to drag material to the ceter as well as adjusting the TPH arms. If you are using a BB then it's all TPH arms.
I found top&tilt invaluable for road repair. I use it to manipulate the grader mod I made for my BB. It allows one to gather material from the curb side and then move to the center and feather it out. Someone expert with a BB could probably accomplish the same without the grader mod or the T&T, but there are no BB experts behind the wheel of my tractor.

 

[jenkinsph]

I use top and tilt with my rear blade angled to build a crown, that is the easiest way.

 

[amg280]

I use top and tilt with my rear blade angled to build a crown, that is the easiest way.

Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is "top and tilt"? Remember, im a newb here

 

[Diamondpilot]

Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is "top and tilt"? Remember, im a newb here

Top and tilt is replacing your 3 point top link with a hydraulic cylinder and then using a valve to adjust its length. Much easier than turning the turn buckle thing most of us have and allows for adjustment on the fly. This is the top part.

The tilt part is replacing atleast one of you lift arms vertical pieces with a hydraulic cylinder. This allows you to tilt a implement like a box blade or rear blade and again you can do it on the fly.

Here is a picture of a members set up.

Chris

 

[Tom_H]

How does one put a crown on the road though?

As I suggested earlier, you would benefit from reading this thread:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-buying-pricing/138952-land-pride-grading-scraper.html

 

[brandoro]

I bought a LandPride grader scraper this year, very impressed. It does a nice job with only a few passes. Too easy actually, hardly any seat time at all to maintain my drive now. I even did the neighour's drive when they were away, just for fun. It was much like your photos, I made a couple of passes to cut down the center ridge then dragged up the shoulders. They still really need a couple of loads of gravel to make it nice but, they are on their own for that. Don't think they have figured out yet how that happened.
This fall I smoothed out the parking area at the local grocery, it was a mess. The first couple of passes didn't look like much but once the worst humps were dragged into the worst pot holes it cleaned up quickly.
The owner cut me a few steaks.

 

[amg280]

As I suggested earlier, you would benefit from reading this thread:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-buying-pricing/138952-land-pride-grading-scraper.html

Ive read through that thread, very good advice. I think im going to look into such an implement come the spring time.

Thanks for all the friendly advice. So many attachments I want, so little $$$. haha.

 

[Tig]

Here's the low buck version on the grader.
I'm still very happy with it.

 

[Tig]

If T&T is of any interest here is the thread where the good folks at TBN gave me lots of good advice when I built mine, rear remotes and all.