Horse Mat.....

[dmftoy1]

Does it do much for gravel driveways? I can see it on the blacktop, but I wonder how much it would help on a compacted gravel driveway?

Regards,
Dave

 

[BrettW]

Dave,
I'm thinking of trying the horse mat on my gravel drive/concrete pad. I have a concrete pad that will be cleared as well. If I put my landscape rake wheels on the rear blade I may be able to do both. Wheels up for the pad, using horse mat, and down for the gravel drive. Leaving about 1 inch. Problem is my driveway has a crown for drainage and I'd rather not plow it flat. Any ideas? bw

 

[shoppintractors]

<font color="blue"> Problem is my driveway has a crown for drainage and I'd rather not plow it flat. Any ideas? </font>

You'd have to tilt your blade down slightly(to match the crown) on one end and then go down your driveway on one side and come back up the other side being cautious not to reverse the pattern, because you'd then have the reverse crown effect.

Don

 

[markie61]

Actually, yes, it is good on a compacted drive - with the back blade. You don't seem to disturb as much gravel.

I use my front end loader mostly on the paved surfaces and the back blade mostly on the gravel surfaces.

The backblade is kept backward for snow on gravel kind of like this:

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and at a slight angle.

Mark

 

[dmftoy1]

Last year I just turned the blade backwards and was real "gentle" with it until the ground froze . .then I ran it in it's normal orientation. This year will be a little tougher because I put down 2-3 inches of new gravel in August. Most of it is pretty compacted but I know I'll be pulling more than I was.

Should be interesting! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I'm just hoping for an early freeze.

Have a good one,
Dave

 

[LBrown59]

Truck bed mats have a lot of uses too

For cutting any mats I put the mat between 2 peices of 1/4" plywood or wafer board and saw reght through both peices with a hack saw blade in a jig saw.