couchsachraga
Gold Member
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2001
- Messages
- 306
- Location
- Adirondacks, NY, USA
- Tractor
- John Deere 4520 cab... formerly Yanmar 336D
I've had the usual assortment of road maintenance item for 10 years or so (box blade, back blade, and landscape rake (all woods at this point, had a Leinbach rake originally). When I upgraded to a bigger tractor last year i also "splurged" and got a Land Plane as I'm doing more road maintenance now (about a mile). WOW. The road is in the best shape it's ever been - the Land Plane seems to not only level, but pop up most rocks (and I go slow). If you've been to the Adirondacks you know most areas are glacial till - LOTS of rock. Ours is no different. The leveling action works very, very well, and I find on our one-lane road I don't need to crown the traveled lane either (first I put in the ditches / clean them, then land plane... so the sides are beveled already), as where folks drive does that quite nicely.
If you don't have a lot of bigger rock in your road this would be a great solo implement. BUT in cases like mine a pass in each direction with the rake after the land plane is pretty much mandatory. It does a far better job than either implement solo, and leaves a great road surface with no to almost no rock picking.
I have top and tilt which I find useful for varying how much cut there is, and feathering things off at times, but this is one of the implements were I use the TnT the least.
If you don't have a lot of bigger rock in your road this would be a great solo implement. BUT in cases like mine a pass in each direction with the rake after the land plane is pretty much mandatory. It does a far better job than either implement solo, and leaves a great road surface with no to almost no rock picking.
I have top and tilt which I find useful for varying how much cut there is, and feathering things off at times, but this is one of the implements were I use the TnT the least.
