MtnViewRanch
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Re: Dragalong
You don't really have that problem, it never digs in much because the runners stop it. If you have the weight and power, you can just put the 3pt lever down so that you get full travel up and down and if you have a hydraulic side link with float mode, then it will pivot side ways and you have your smooth finished surface. The land plane grading blades are nothing like a box blade or a rear blade where you can get wash boarding ^^^^^ or the whoop tee doos ^--^--^--^--^.
I do like your land leveller Fred - the one i bulit was a quick knockup out of stuff lying around and is still a work in progress. What i like about yours is the way you say it takes the material over to one side to create a crown, handy having the adjustable cutters for depth & angle. The only thing i don't like on most 3 pt hitch attached levellers is that (unless I'm missing something) they stay fairly rigidly set (even like the berends one below is fairly rigid, but maybe float mode & a deft hand on a hydraulic top link would cover it) so when you transition between grades (i.e. lumps & hollows) that you want smooth transitions for they either lift off the ground or dig in - I know you can try & feather the lift height etc but thats why I like the tow behind (set & go).
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You don't really have that problem, it never digs in much because the runners stop it. If you have the weight and power, you can just put the 3pt lever down so that you get full travel up and down and if you have a hydraulic side link with float mode, then it will pivot side ways and you have your smooth finished surface. The land plane grading blades are nothing like a box blade or a rear blade where you can get wash boarding ^^^^^ or the whoop tee doos ^--^--^--^--^.