buying a "land grader"/"leveling blade"/"bionic blade"
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I have been looking at the Grademaster FR-8 with scarifiers for driveway and road maintenance. The 8' is 1100 lbs. according to web site but not sure that includes the weight of the scarifiers.
Anyone have any experience with the brand?
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Re: buying a "land grader"/"leveling blade"/"bionic blade"
Never seen them first hand, but they sure look good to me and are usually the first units that I recommend.:thumbsup: Have you check the prices yet? For some reason I have-had the idea that they were sold at a reasonable cost. :confused3:
The Road Boss is a very nice unit, but have a hefty price that goes along with it.
Never seen them first hand, but they sure look good to me and are usually the first units that I recommend.:thumbsup: Have you check the prices yet? For some reason I have-had the idea that they were sold at a reasonable cost. :confused3:
The Road Boss is a very nice unit, but have a hefty price that goes along with it.
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Re: buying a "land grader"/"leveling blade"/"bionic blade"
drainage is a big thing for roads. if ya don't have any sort of ditches, and rain just pools up on the road way. you are in trouble from the get go.
a TNT (top and tilt) one hyd cylinder for the top link, and another hyd cylinder one of the side links. can really help "shape" a long drive way more so one with turns. not every location on the drive may require a center high spot so water runs off from center to each side, but you may need water to drain off all to one side. say in a corner.
trying to mess around with generic 3pt hitch links that are not hyd, can be a hair teaser. will you can flatten the road out. and get it to look nice, once that rain hits. it all goes to waste. without dealing with how the rain runs off the road.
weapons folks generally have with a mix and match set...
3pt rear blade. (angle left or right) to bring dirt to and from center and can help maintain ditches or even make ditches
3pt box blade, with scraficers (teeth) that you can lower up and down.
3pt land plane
3pt harrow (basicly scraficers on a box blade to help break up the drive way)
not really a 3pt attachement, but a drag harrow or chain link fence with some chains wrapped back onto draw bar of tractor. smooths things out and drags large chunks out
large heavy piece of lumber, example portion of a old telephone pole. smooths things out
3pt rake *i forgets the actual type of rake* tines on it that scatter the rock and smooths things out. can help remove rock from yard, after snow plowing the driveway.
drive way rock, atleast the white crushed rock i have on my own driveway. relies on the rock interlocking together over 1" plus depth to create a good driving surface that does not sink into the mud. a land plane acts kinda like a dirt/rock sifter. to let the dirt fall down and bring the rock backup to the surface.
if you have bad compaction of crud under the driveway, then you may have issues till ya get the compaction problem dealt with.
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water, water, water... stay off the road if you can when it is wet and soggy, that will destroy any rock or dirt country road quickly. slow it down in all vehicles.
once ya get things in shape. load tractor up or truck up what ever you have that is heaviest. with extra weight and drive on the road a few times to compact it. let it rain. and after it dries out some run over it again with some weight to compact it some more.
ruts in road, = to much water in and around the road, perhaps ya need to do better grading to let water run off the road and some better ditches.
if you drive on the road "TO FAST" you can create pot holes, and/or old wash board effect. as your shocks and leaf springs of your vehicle pound the living daylight out of the road, yet you don't feel a thing in your vehicle. slow it down. if your own your tractor and you feel it in your rear. and you don't in your vehicle and your are going faster down the road in your vehicle. *coughs* slow it down!
drainage is a big thing for roads. if ya don't have any sort of ditches, and rain just pools up on the road way. you are in trouble from the get go.
a TNT (top and tilt) one hyd cylinder for the top link, and another hyd cylinder one of the side links. can really help "shape" a long drive way more so one with turns. not every location on the drive may require a center high spot so water runs off from center to each side, but you may need water to drain off all to one side. say in a corner.
trying to mess around with generic 3pt hitch links that are not hyd, can be a hair teaser. will you can flatten the road out. and get it to look nice, once that rain hits. it all goes to waste. without dealing with how the rain runs off the road.
weapons folks generally have with a mix and match set...
3pt rear blade. (angle left or right) to bring dirt to and from center and can help maintain ditches or even make ditches
3pt box blade, with scraficers (teeth) that you can lower up and down.
3pt land plane
3pt harrow (basicly scraficers on a box blade to help break up the drive way)
not really a 3pt attachement, but a drag harrow or chain link fence with some chains wrapped back onto draw bar of tractor. smooths things out and drags large chunks out
large heavy piece of lumber, example portion of a old telephone pole. smooths things out
3pt rake *i forgets the actual type of rake* tines on it that scatter the rock and smooths things out. can help remove rock from yard, after snow plowing the driveway.
drive way rock, atleast the white crushed rock i have on my own driveway. relies on the rock interlocking together over 1" plus depth to create a good driving surface that does not sink into the mud. a land plane acts kinda like a dirt/rock sifter. to let the dirt fall down and bring the rock backup to the surface.
if you have bad compaction of crud under the driveway, then you may have issues till ya get the compaction problem dealt with.
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water, water, water... stay off the road if you can when it is wet and soggy, that will destroy any rock or dirt country road quickly. slow it down in all vehicles.
once ya get things in shape. load tractor up or truck up what ever you have that is heaviest. with extra weight and drive on the road a few times to compact it. let it rain. and after it dries out some run over it again with some weight to compact it some more.
ruts in road, = to much water in and around the road, perhaps ya need to do better grading to let water run off the road and some better ditches.
if you drive on the road "TO FAST" you can create pot holes, and/or old wash board effect. as your shocks and leaf springs of your vehicle pound the living daylight out of the road, yet you don't feel a thing in your vehicle. slow it down. if your own your tractor and you feel it in your rear. and you don't in your vehicle and your are going faster down the road in your vehicle. *coughs* slow it down!