npalen
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I've been playing around with the Johnson receiver on my box blade for a couple weeks now and I'm encouraged by the capability. The idea is to grade a pad for a building, for example, to a close tolerance without a very expensive automatic laser grading setup. Slopes are doable if the laser level has that capability. It certainly doesn't match the speed performance of the automatics, however.
It's a matter of watching the LED arrow and making adjustments to the box blade on the go with the rear remote. I find that controlling the blade level with the rear mounted rockshaft wheels to work best. Can also do it with the toplink cylinder.
I have not tried using the tractor's rear view mirror to watch the lights but that is a possibility. I'm used to watching the box blade work anyway so it "works" for me.
The mast holding the receiver is 1 1/2" EMT conduit (1 3/4" OD) mounted to the box blade. I also mounted a linear actuator to which the conduit can be attached for elevating the receiver above the tractor roll bar for full visibility 360 degrees.
There is a digital readout also mounted to the linear actuator for taking elevation readings on a field grid, for example.
The receiver will pick up any red laser from a rotating laser level.
https://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Level-Tool-40-6792-Display/dp/B003AM5DWA
Edit: Forgot to mention that this remote is available which plugs into the machine receiver and can be mounted next to the operator. Might be more cost effective, however, to just use the rear view mirror or a camera and monitor if one gets tired of looking back all the time. I've found, and others have told me, that its obvious when rough leveling an area where the high and low spots are and the laser becomes unnecessary until the final grading.
I've been playing around with the Johnson receiver on my box blade for a couple weeks now and I'm encouraged by the capability. The idea is to grade a pad for a building, for example, to a close tolerance without a very expensive automatic laser grading setup. Slopes are doable if the laser level has that capability. It certainly doesn't match the speed performance of the automatics, however.
It's a matter of watching the LED arrow and making adjustments to the box blade on the go with the rear remote. I find that controlling the blade level with the rear mounted rockshaft wheels to work best. Can also do it with the toplink cylinder.
I have not tried using the tractor's rear view mirror to watch the lights but that is a possibility. I'm used to watching the box blade work anyway so it "works" for me.
The mast holding the receiver is 1 1/2" EMT conduit (1 3/4" OD) mounted to the box blade. I also mounted a linear actuator to which the conduit can be attached for elevating the receiver above the tractor roll bar for full visibility 360 degrees.
There is a digital readout also mounted to the linear actuator for taking elevation readings on a field grid, for example.
The receiver will pick up any red laser from a rotating laser level.
https://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Level-Tool-40-6792-Display/dp/B003AM5DWA
Edit: Forgot to mention that this remote is available which plugs into the machine receiver and can be mounted next to the operator. Might be more cost effective, however, to just use the rear view mirror or a camera and monitor if one gets tired of looking back all the time. I've found, and others have told me, that its obvious when rough leveling an area where the high and low spots are and the laser becomes unnecessary until the final grading.
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