ditch digging/clearing

RedTailHawk · Feb 21, 2016

What attachment do you use to create and maintain roadside ditches?

I found this modified box blade with a middle buster bolted on to the side. I知 not sure if it is offset enough from the tractor tire. Otherwise the tire would just mash down the edge of the ditch and then the middle buster has more to clear out.

Do you know of any tools, tips, techniques for digging and maintaining roadside ditches?

davesl708 · Feb 21, 2016

A rear blade tilted and angled will cut a ditch and keep it cleared.

/pine · Feb 21, 2016

RedTailHawk said:
What attachment do you use to create and maintain roadside ditches?

I found this modified box blade with a middle buster bolted on to the side. I知 not sure if it is offset enough from the tractor tire. Otherwise the tire would just mash down the edge of the ditch and then the middle buster has more to clear out.

Do you know of any tools, tips, techniques for digging and maintaining roadside ditches?

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I've given a lot of thought to doing something like in the picture...but I do have good success using my rear blade to clean out 6' of ditch at a time/pass...

I set up perpendicular and back the blade to the back side of the ditch and lower the 3ph...then slowly moving forward I extend the (hyd.) top link curling the blade forward and raising the 3ph so the blade with the ditch debris slides up and over the near side of the ditch and onto the road...if it's mostly gravel and sand (fines) I re-spread if it organic matter I move it off with the loader...

Budweiser John · Feb 21, 2016

I suspect the attachment combination pictured was cobbled together for something other than cleaning road side ditches but haven't a clue what it's purpose is....