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Grading First Time Road Grading.. any tips
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dex3361
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Great job it always is more work than you think.
Paul004
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I think it would be a good idea to create a slope on that road. Otherwise the soil will wash out in the first rain. Even some simple rolling will help reduce washout. Other than that a pretty good job.
The sherwood grader i posted a picture of before can be moved to the side past the width of the tractor.
What exactly were you doing when you scratched the fenders?
The sherwood grader i posted a picture of before can be moved to the side past the width of the tractor.
What exactly were you doing when you scratched the fenders?
Redbug
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Hey Phill,
Looks good and you broke the ice with the neighbor. That's good! And thanks for the pics. We all like to see pics and share what we are doing. And nothing else gets us involved in a thread like showing pics!
Your road looks like it has a combination of gravel and clay. That is a pretty good combination for a good road bed and easy to keep maintained.
Looks good and you broke the ice with the neighbor. That's good! And thanks for the pics. We all like to see pics and share what we are doing. And nothing else gets us involved in a thread like showing pics!
Your road looks like it has a combination of gravel and clay. That is a pretty good combination for a good road bed and easy to keep maintained.
sandman2234
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If training wheels doen't come up in a search, try guage wheels.
David from jax
David from jax
I know you are done with your grading, but here is the way I have been doing it on my 1/4 mile gravel/dirt driveway.
1) start with the grader blade at a sharp angle, maybe 30-45 degrees, and only a small amount of tilt. Go along the sides and either do a small ditch or just pull in the material from the sides on the first pass or two.
2) next adjust the blad so that it has less angle, and probably less tilt and make a pass to form the crown using the material you pulled in on the first pass, plus new stuff you scrape up. How much angle and tilt depends on the material and what you are trying to do.
3) after you have a crown from making one or more passes in both directions, I've found a york rake to be very helpful for smoothing out the surface and putting a final finished shape on the road. Me and two other neighbors went in together to purchase a used rake and we just share it when needed.
Mostly, you figure all this out by trial and error. The first time I tried it, it took a long time and the result wasn't so great. Now I can usually just touch it up with the york rake and save the grader blade work for maybe once or twice per year.
1) start with the grader blade at a sharp angle, maybe 30-45 degrees, and only a small amount of tilt. Go along the sides and either do a small ditch or just pull in the material from the sides on the first pass or two.
2) next adjust the blad so that it has less angle, and probably less tilt and make a pass to form the crown using the material you pulled in on the first pass, plus new stuff you scrape up. How much angle and tilt depends on the material and what you are trying to do.
3) after you have a crown from making one or more passes in both directions, I've found a york rake to be very helpful for smoothing out the surface and putting a final finished shape on the road. Me and two other neighbors went in together to purchase a used rake and we just share it when needed.
Mostly, you figure all this out by trial and error. The first time I tried it, it took a long time and the result wasn't so great. Now I can usually just touch it up with the york rake and save the grader blade work for maybe once or twice per year.
sandman2234
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A wise (and rich) lady once told my mother "I set the style where I go", so who cases if your rear blade gets a little tacky looking. Most of us look past the color of your paint, past the size of your tires, past the horsepower of your engine and what flavor fuel it is running. What we want to see is pictures!!!
Before you cut that single hole for a "Reese hitch" receiver, or mount that tang, consider doing it twice, to allow the training wheels to be added or removed. Just a thought...
David from jax
Before you cut that single hole for a "Reese hitch" receiver, or mount that tang, consider doing it twice, to allow the training wheels to be added or removed. Just a thought...
David from jax
