homemade road grader

[chkntrktr]

Nice looking rig. It looks like it does a good job.

Is that a trailer tongue jack at the back, and what do you adjust with it?


Oops. You were posting pictures while I was asking questions.

 

[CNC Dan]

Nice looking rig. It looks like it does a good job.

Is that a trailer tongue jack at the back, and what do you adjust with it?

Thanks, and yes that is a $40.00 Harbor Frieght jack. It makes the wheels(free trailer axel) go down to lift the blade up.

 

[lockhaven]

CNC I think that you have been using company equipment? nice ground plate on what looks like a large granite surface plate. Very nice job by the way:thumbsup:

 

[CNC Dan]

CNC I think that you have been using company equipment? nice ground plate on what looks like a large granite surface plate. Very nice job by the way:thumbsup:

The boss lets me work in the shop anytime I want. A nice perk.
That ground plate was a drop(cutout piece) from a job we did. Had to rescue them from the dumpster(scrap guys only take Al and SS). All the welders are mine.


Sorry the picture is sideways.

A miller Dynasty 200DX
And a lincoln SP125+
Had the Lincoln since the late 80s
I also have a Hypertherm powermax30 plasma cutter.

 

[sixdogs]

Im in NE Mass. Good guess sixdogs.

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I used to live in Northern NE. Pretty hard to hide glacial till bank run gravel and granite walls.
The blade setup you have will do a great job. Maybe even better is a wide--8 ft--landscape (rock) rake on a small tractor that has draft control. I got my 5/8 mile road as flat as a pancake using a graderblade like yours and then followed by the rock rake.

 

[Bob77064]

Welcome, looks good.

 

[PhysAssist]

Thanks, and yes that is a $40.00 Harbor Frieght jack. It makes the wheels(free trailer axel) go down to lift the blade up.

Very very nice- I may need to use your design as a (general) template.

I bought a roll over box blade to dig in the yard, and spread fresh gravel, but we really need something on a long axis and wheels like your beautiful build to grade our long gravel driveway.

Welcome and thanks heaps for sharing (and the inspiration).

Thomas
No matter where you go; there you are...

 

[texasjohn]

:welcome: Good job!

 

[Tig]

Great job. With regular maintenance that road is going to be beautiful. People will forget how bad it ever was.

 

[Mike476]

Great job, and welcome.