Land Pride grading scraper

[JoelT]

Well, food for thought. Picked up a 5' Chinese AgriEase, the Land Pride twin, for $950 but I'm taking it back. It didn't even make it to the ground. As I prepared to adjust the scraper depth I noticed that the blades were flush to above the 4 or 5" angle iron backers - nearly 3/8" on one side. It'd probably work more or less but just seems like a stupid design. Supposed to pick up a $1200 Rankin (made in and engineered by Americans) Monday or Tuesday.

 

[jenkinsph]

Joel,
When I was building my landplane utilizing 6" wide double edged blades it was east to see that a minimum of 4" angle is needed to make them work. What was the size of the angle iron on this clone?

What I did to make mine heavier was use 8" wide x 5/8" thick flatbar and two pieces of 3x3x3/8" angle to box it in for extra rigidity. Combined that is alot more material than the 4x4x1/2" angle iron.

 

[JoelT]

Yours is waaaay stronger. This has 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3/16 (not even 1/2"!) angle backing each 5 7/8" x 3/8 blade. As it is the AgriEase backer hits the ground before the blade - not much, but wrong none the less. Can't tell you Rankin's matl thicknesses (I think more but all the 5 ft'er brands claim to weight about the same) but Rankin offsets the blade down on the backer matl so's to get some blade below the backer.

 

[jenkinsph]

Yours is waaaay stronger. This has 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3/16 (not even 1/2"!) angle backing each 5 7/8" x 3/8 blade. As it is the AgriEase backer hits the ground before the blade - not much, but wrong none the less. Can't tell you Rankin's matl thicknesses (I think more but all the 5 ft'er brands claim to weight about the same) but Rankin offsets the blade down on the backer matl so's to get some blade below the backer.

I will have to check mine out this weekend but I suspect my blades are extended about 1/2 to 3/4 inch below the flatbar. The grader blades on mine are 6" wide x 96" length x 5/8" thick doubled edged reversible. These are bolted down the centerline, some of the blades I found had the holes offset which made them worthless for turning over.

These planes are an easy build if you have some welding skills you can buy the materials for less than half the cost of buying one. Mine worked out to about $1 / lb.

 

[beppington]

I will have to check mine out this weekend but I suspect my blades are extended about 1/2 to 3/4 inch below the flatbar. The grader blades on mine are 6" wide x 96" length x 5/8" thick doubled edged reversible. These are bolted down the centerline, some of the blades I found had the holes offset which made them worthless for turning over.

These planes are an easy build if you have some welding skills you can buy the materials for less than half the cost of buying one. Mine worked out to about $1 / lb.

That wasn't my experience. I started pricing building my own, & the 4"x4" box to right off the bat was a huge cost. Of course, it's all about the source, & I don't have any special relationship with a steel provider - It was gonna be retail all the way for me.

 

[jenkinsph]

That wasn't my experience. I started pricing building my own, & the 4"x4" box to right off the bat was a huge cost. Of course, it's all about the source, & I don't have any special relationship with a steel provider - It was gonna be retail all the way for me.

I was able to cut some corners on price for instance the wide flange beams I used were two 5 1/2' drops in the cut off pile. Most of the bar and angle iron is running about .56/lb in my area. I buy the 4x4 tubing and other sizes in decent quantities as I use this to build gates and wrought iron fencing. The blades were about $220 each so these were easily the most expensive part of the build.

 

[JoelT]

I will have to check mine out this weekend but I suspect my blades are extended about 1/2 to 3/4 inch below the flatbar. The grader blades on mine are 6" wide x 96" length x 5/8" thick doubled edged reversible. These are bolted down the centerline, some of the blades I found had the holes offset which made them worthless for turning over.

The blades for both are drilled on center but the holes on the Rankin backer matl are offcentered down.

 

[gavinfred1]

Does anyone have a feel if a Kubota GL3540 would have any issues pulling a GS1572? From previous forums I don't think it would? I hate to go smaller as I plan on upsizing tractors a little later this summer. I hope they are as easy to run as everyone lets on. I have 0 experience with these. I want to maintain a 400' gravel drive and a 1/2 mile partial gravel drive. Thanks in advance for any insight.

 

[beppington]

Does anyone have a feel if a Kubota GL3540 would have any issues pulling a GS1572? From previous forums I don't think it would? I hate to go smaller as I plan on upsizing tractors a little later this summer. I hope they are as easy to run as everyone lets on. I have 0 experience with these. I want to maintain a 400' gravel drive and a 1/2 mile partial gravel drive. Thanks in advance for any insight.

Should be no problem. Yours is only a little less powerful than my L3940 which has no problem with my GS1572.

 

[jwalk2c]

Hello everyone,
I hope I am not hi-jacking this thread I just thought why we are on the subject someone could recommend what size grader blade my tractor could handle.
I have visited quite a few tractor dealerships that maintain their gravel parking lots with a grader blade. And they comment they maintain
Other businesses parking lots once or twice a year with these blades.
I have seen some use a 48 wide, some a 72 wide, saw a 48 behind a very large CUT, I guess they use what tractor is available.
I need to decide between 48 in wide or a 60 inch wide for a Ford 1520 (23hp). I have a gravel drive but also I would like to try to take care of a few small parking lots.
For parking lots I am thinking wider is better? Land pride site list the
GS1548 for 20-50 hp and the GS1560 for 25-50 hp.
My tractor handles a 500lb. 60 inch box blade ok but I have never used a grader blade. I imagine two blades compared to a single box blade is a lot more drag but a box blade holds a lot more material.
Thanks for the help and interesting reading.
Johnny Walker