Box Blade

[nobody]

My driveway is app. 200 yds long. It has a good base and crown. Trees that are planted beside it are large and some of the limbs are hanging down thus preventing dump trucks from spreading gravel I need. I can cut the limbs which I don't want to do or buy a FEL for my tractor(TC30) to spread the gravel. This is about the only use I would have for the FEL and gravel would just go down once a year. Renting is not an option because the nearest place is 50 miles away. Anyway can a box blade do the work or will I need a FEL. All I really am looking for is a way to spread the gravel.I could get someone to do it for me but I really don't like to ask them or to borrow their tractor.
Thanks

 

[nobody]

My driveway is app. 200 yds long. It has a good base and crown. Trees that are planted beside it are large and some of the limbs are hanging down thus preventing dump trucks from spreading gravel I need. I can cut the limbs which I don't want to do or buy a FEL for my tractor(TC30) to spread the gravel. This is about the only use I would have for the FEL and gravel would just go down once a year. Renting is not an option because the nearest place is 50 miles away. Anyway can a box blade do the work or will I need a FEL. All I really am looking for is a way to spread the gravel.I could get someone to do it for me but I really don't like to ask them or to borrow their tractor.
Thanks

 

[N80]

I think a box blade would work better than an FEL but I bet just a basic rear blade would work even better since it can be tilted and angled. The box blade would be better for moving a lot of gravel but the rear blade would be better for shaping and crowning.

 

[N80]

I think a box blade would work better than an FEL but I bet just a basic rear blade would work even better since it can be tilted and angled. The box blade would be better for moving a lot of gravel but the rear blade would be better for shaping and crowning.

 

[Highbeam]

The problem is not so much the act of smoothing and spreading but more of bringing the gravel from a pile to the 200 yard road. You need a loader to scoop gravel from the pile and then spread it. You can do a pretty good job of spreading the gravel evenly with the bucket but to keep your good crown and to avoid creating holes, you'll want something like a boxblade, landscape rake, or rear blade to distribute the gravel. You say gravel once per year which to me means that you are interested in a nice drive. I would spend the money and buy a landscape rake.

 

[Highbeam]

The problem is not so much the act of smoothing and spreading but more of bringing the gravel from a pile to the 200 yard road. You need a loader to scoop gravel from the pile and then spread it. You can do a pretty good job of spreading the gravel evenly with the bucket but to keep your good crown and to avoid creating holes, you'll want something like a boxblade, landscape rake, or rear blade to distribute the gravel. You say gravel once per year which to me means that you are interested in a nice drive. I would spend the money and buy a landscape rake.

 

[nobody]

I do want to keep a nice drive. really all i need is to keep gravel on it. It is the kind that has a patch of grass growing in the middle and gravel paths on each side for the car. It has been there for 25 to 30 years so it is hard packed but needs gravel. All I really want is to be able to spread the gravel the length of the drive way then i take a hand rake and pull the gravel off the middle.

 

[nobody]

I do want to keep a nice drive. really all i need is to keep gravel on it. It is the kind that has a patch of grass growing in the middle and gravel paths on each side for the car. It has been there for 25 to 30 years so it is hard packed but needs gravel. All I really want is to be able to spread the gravel the length of the drive way then i take a hand rake and pull the gravel off the middle.

 

[BB_TX]

As Highbeam said, the FEL would make getting the gravel spread the lenght of the driveway easier and faster. But if the truck dumped a load of gravel at the start of your drive, you could drag it boxfull by boxfull the length of the drive dropping it a little at a time as you go. Definitely slower, but once a year would not be too bad.

 

[BB_TX]

As Highbeam said, the FEL would make getting the gravel spread the lenght of the driveway easier and faster. But if the truck dumped a load of gravel at the start of your drive, you could drag it boxfull by boxfull the length of the drive dropping it a little at a time as you go. Definitely slower, but once a year would not be too bad.