Land plane/ grading scraper

[jenkinsph]

Thanks Gordon.

 

[crystallake]

Afternoon #1 of grader project started with a visit to the steel yard where I picked up materials using Gordon's list. $460 which included probably $50 of extra materials for another project. Back to hangar to unload and begin. Pulled out the plasma cutter and first made the 3x3 triangle cuts on the side boards. Using a Hypertherm 1000 and a Miller 350P on pulsed spray for the welds (MIG), getting good results. Cutting and welding runners. This is going to be so useful. Mine will be 6' wide x 5' long, using used motorgrader blades. The upper structure I did not have to buy as I had scrap tubes for that. Although I was once told there is no such thing a scrap metal!! LOL

 

[clevalley]

Both of my lpgs use the blades set straight. Most of my use (75%) is for smoothing pastures when grading for flood irrigation. This week I am using the small 4' lpgs to smooth over a customer lawn area.

Here are the two lpgs , 3ph spike tooth harrow and roller that I have built for smoothing and rolling my jobs. About $2000 total in everything plus my time which is cheap.

Curious - where did you get the wheels for the roller and what are they called?

 

[Ford850]

Curious - where did you get the wheels for the roller and what are they called?

jenkinsph is a master of custom equipment to level and finish land, amongst other things. Here's a thread on that roller build. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...mented-3ph-roller-build.html?highlight=roller

Here's another thread he gave more details. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/370258-roller-attachment-3ph.html?highlight=roller

Jenkinsph, I hope you don't mine me posting these links.

 

[garc]

Theses projects are very impressive and a lot of work to build.
I am surprised that no one else has tried the ridiculously simple train rail solution to grading (see post #63).

Here is a picture of my driveways after yesterday's 'tune-up' of my hard packed gravel during some damp weather ...

The dark fines will be washed down during the next rainfall so the gravel will look like gravel

 

[bcp]

Theses projects are very impressive and a lot of work to build.
I am surprised that no one else has tried the ridiculously simple train rail solution to grading (see post #63).

Here is a picture of my driveways after yesterday's 'tune-up' of my hard packed gravel during some damp weather ...
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The dark fines will be washed down during the next rainfall so the gravel will look like gravel

Please post photos of your train rail grader. Those I've seen are usually a single rail or several chained together, with no front-to-back structure. They do good work side-to-side leveling, but do little for full width direction-of-travel dips and bumps. They don't cut the high spots and fill the low spots in that direction, just sideways.

Bruce

 

[garc]

Please post photos of your train rail grader. Those I've seen are usually a single rail or several chained together, with no front-to-back structure. They do good work side-to-side leveling, but do little for full width direction-of-travel dips and bumps. They don't cut the high spots and fill the low spots in that direction, just sideways.

Bruce

As i mentioned, see post 63 for pics I have since added end plates to reduce the spillage off the ends of the rail.
You raise a good point regarding the dips and crowns. My driveways were already established when I started using the rial but I can still move crowns into the dips on the fly using my 3 point hydraulic top cylinder to tilt forward for digging/lowering and back for smoothing/filling.

Edit: Just figgured out how to post full image

 

[crazyal]

I use to drag a 5' section of I-beam. But that doesn't do a very good job on potholes and washboards. If I was building a GS I would make the blade height adjustable from about 1" below the side rails to about a 1/2" above them. I would also add rippers. Rippers may not be needed in other parts of the country but having them to break up packed gravel makes a world of difference for me.

 

[clevalley]

jenkinsph is a master of custom equipment to level and finish land, amongst other things. Here's a thread on that roller build. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...mented-3ph-roller-build.html?highlight=roller

Here's another thread he gave more details. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/370258-roller-attachment-3ph.html?highlight=roller

Jenkinsph, I hope you don't mine me posting these links.

Thank you very much!

 

[jenkinsph]

jenkinsph is a master of custom equipment to level and finish land, amongst other things. Here's a thread on that roller build. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...mented-3ph-roller-build.html?highlight=roller

Here's another thread he gave more details. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/370258-roller-attachment-3ph.html?highlight=roller

Jenkinsph, I hope you don't mine me posting these links.

Thanks for the compliment but I just enjoy building implements I can use on projects. Sometimes simple builds are cost effective and can save the tractor folks a lot of money. Gordon did a great job with his lpgs, I have been torn between adding a floating roller to the rear of mine and adding the tailgate like his. I have already purchased the 6" pipe for a roller to add and may try that first.

I did go back tonight and added to the roller build thread too. Thanks for finding the thread I had forgotten about it.