jackpine savage
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I have a 1/4 mile driveway that I just put 2000 yards of Class 5 gravel on. I used a 3 point blade to do the initial grading. Then purchased a LP GS2584 for maintenance. Having a little trouble. I used the LP a week ago, it came set up with blades about 1/2" deep. I made two passes, on the first the gravel didn't flow evenly over the back blade, but rather in 'waves'. On the second pass it really started digging in so I lifted it a bit with the draft control and sped it up to probably 4 mph. It still ended up with some ripples. I was thinking part of the problem might have been the gravel was too damp, we had a couple tenths of rain the day before. Class 5 has some clay in it and I think that's what is causing it not to flow evenly. After driving on it it was like washboard.
We didn't get any rain for a week so I went out yesterday for another try. I set the blades 1/4" deep. I made one pass, running about 2.5 mph. Then I rolled it with a heavy field packer. It's better but I can still feel washboard with the truck.
I'm afraid this is what it's going to be with the clay in the class 5. I think I have the LP set up right as far as tilt adjustment.
Anyone ran into this issue? Any ideas on what to try?
We didn't get any rain for a week so I went out yesterday for another try. I set the blades 1/4" deep. I made one pass, running about 2.5 mph. Then I rolled it with a heavy field packer. It's better but I can still feel washboard with the truck.
I'm afraid this is what it's going to be with the clay in the class 5. I think I have the LP set up right as far as tilt adjustment.
Anyone ran into this issue? Any ideas on what to try?