tc35dforme
Platinum Member
This may not be the right spot to list this but I figure it will have the most broad coverage.
I have pretty much decided on a box blade to maintain my 1300 ft gravel drive. It is made up primarily of 3” minus crusher run dressed with some 1 ½” minus stuff. Pretty good to work with. Experience shows that a rake just sorts out the gravel and I end up with all the nuggets on the surface. I figure the rippers will chew everything up and let the box set it all smooth.
My plan is to follow this up with a rolling to compact it all. Has anyone built one ? I’ve seen a bunch of old ones made from concrete. I was looking at some 24” sonotube form and thought that with an ’axle’ in the middle I’d be in business. I would plan on building it about 8’ wide and of maybe 4 sections to avoid cornering trouble.
Thoughts ???
I have pretty much decided on a box blade to maintain my 1300 ft gravel drive. It is made up primarily of 3” minus crusher run dressed with some 1 ½” minus stuff. Pretty good to work with. Experience shows that a rake just sorts out the gravel and I end up with all the nuggets on the surface. I figure the rippers will chew everything up and let the box set it all smooth.
My plan is to follow this up with a rolling to compact it all. Has anyone built one ? I’ve seen a bunch of old ones made from concrete. I was looking at some 24” sonotube form and thought that with an ’axle’ in the middle I’d be in business. I would plan on building it about 8’ wide and of maybe 4 sections to avoid cornering trouble.
Thoughts ???