drawn road grader

[J_J]

Yes. The wheels are about 2 feet from the end now, but I am thinking of a way to raise and lower the frame for height adjustment. Two trailer jacks, or hyd cyl. I believe this trailer was a jet ski or small boat. trailer. A longer boat trailer would work also. If the blade is in the middle, the blade would only raise half as much as the towing vehicle when going over a bump. After running over that bump several times, it would disappear.

 

[beppington]

Yes. The wheels are about 2 feet from the end now, but I am thinking of a way to raise and lower the frame for height adjustment. Two trailer jacks, or hyd cyl. I believe this trailer was a jet ski or small boat. trailer. A longer boat trailer would work also. If the blade is in the middle, the blade would only raise half as much as the towing vehicle when going over a bump. After running over that bump several times, it would disappear.

I guess I figured the 3PH would suffice to raise/ lower the blade ... Not good enough?

 

[J_J]

If the blade is mounted solid, you lower the 3pt to cut the tops off the hills, and keep lowering on each pass. If your tractor can pull a lot, it won't take as long. My Kubota is only 22 HP, but 4WD. A barrel of water will help to keep the wheels on the ground.

 

[zzvyb6]

What about using an old NH 55 or 56 hay rake frame to carry a grader blade? Seems like all the essential attachment points are there: raise/lower, tilt, and angle. Maybe a little reinforcement in some areas, but for simple driveway maintenance of semi-loose gravel, just add a used snowplow blade lip to a channel frame and put some weight on it.

 

[smiley]

What about using an old NH 55 or 56 hay rake frame to carry a grader blade? Seems like all the essential attachment points are there: raise/lower, tilt, and angle. Maybe a little reinforcement in some areas, but for simple driveway maintenance of semi-loose gravel, just add a used snowplow blade lip to a channel frame and put some weight on it.

You might have a heck of an idea there. If you set it up so each side could be raised or lowered remotely and mounted an angling backblade under it, add some weight and a little reinforcement as you suggested, you'd have the makings of a real grader.

 

[SSdoxie]

:welcome:
Had one once and figured it would be a much better rig if it was rigged like a trailer, with the front attached to a drawbar. The weight on the tractor tires will improve the pulling power, and the leveling and control of the grader blade will be much improved.

My Dad made this conversion to one of these old graders years ago, worked like a charm to adjust blade height. I still had to ride along behind to change blade angle for him.