LandPride Grading Scraper

[BlacknTan]

I've got a pretty long gravel driveway that needs regular maintenance..

I was ready to buy a Woods Landscape rake until I saw this new attachment from LandPride. It looks like it would fill the bill perfectly to me, but, I'm interested in the thoughts of those with more experience maintasining gravel driveways.. I want it neat, but I don't want something too aggressive..

Land Pride Grading Scrapers

They also have a video of the unit in action on the website.

 

[pitt_md]

Nice looking unit but I think you would get more milage from a box scraper. Thats what I use on my driveway and it comes out picture perfect.

Your milage may vary....

 

[rcowan]

Box scraper is the only way to go.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Just my 2 cents, but if you are looking for a primary road maintenance implement, then you are looking in the right direction. The Land Pride unit might be a little on the light weight side, but there are many manufacturers of similar implements. I usually recommend either one of these. Road Boss Grader - Road and Landscape Grading, Surfacing and Leveling, and Material Spreading and Reclamation or GradeMaster Grader Blades. I have over 2 miles of dirt roads that I maintain and have a box blade, a rear blade, a landscape rake and a Road Master road grader blade. While each and every implement excels in its own right, if I could only have one implement to maintain our roads with, it would be my road grader blade. If you intend to use the implement for many uses, then another implement might work out better for you.

Again, just my opinion and trying to give some info on what has worked good for me.

Good luck

 

[Glowplug]

I haven't used any type of grading scraper so I really can't classify myself as one who is experienced. But I DID stay at a Holiday Inn once!

Seriously, I would have to agree with what Brian (MtnViewRanch) says. If you are going to use it for grading your driveway the large majority of the time then a grading scraper would be the best. I'm not too sure about the Landpride model though since it appears to be light-duty. I'm not sure what type tractor you would be pulling it behind. Box scrapers are extremely popular. I'm sure you will get plenty of replies recommending them. They are a great all-around grading and earth-moving implement but for driveway/road maintenance I'd think a grading scraper would fit the bill.

That's my 2-cents and you can take it with a grain of salt.

 

[schmism]

i own a RB3572 rear blade.

with guage wheels (or without and some practice) its a much better tool for maintaining a driveway than either a grader scraper or box blade.

The highway dept maintains there gravel roads with a fancy rear blade, able to tilt, rotate, sweep. This is all important to moving gravel correctly, cutting crown, pulling loose gravel that has migrated to the edge back to the center, mixing the top layer of the gravel to get a good ratio of small and large aggregate which is important to a stable hard surface. cutting ditches on the sides of the road for water run off. Youll aslo find it much more useful for moving snow than a box or grader scraper. a plus if you dont already own a full size plow.

most of the points listed above neither a grader scraper or box blade can do. what they can do they generally dont do well when it comes to fine tuneing and maintaining a driving surface.

For building or repairing heavly neglected road/drive a box blade is going to be more effective, but maintaining and building are 2 entirely different activites IMHO.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

i own a RB3572 rear blade.

with guage wheels (or without and some practice) its a much better tool for maintaining a driveway than either a grader scraper or box blade.

The highway dept maintains there gravel roads with a fancy rear blade, able to tilt, rotate, sweep. This is all important to moving gravel correctly, cutting crown, pulling loose gravel that has migrated to the edge back to the center, mixing the top layer of the gravel to get a good ratio of small and large aggregate which is important to a stable hard surface. cutting ditches on the sides of the road for water run off. Youll aslo find it much more useful for moving snow than a box or grader scraper. a plus if you dont already own a full size plow.

most of the points listed above neither a grader scraper or box blade can do. what they can do they generally dont do well when it comes to fine tuneing and maintaining a driving surface.

For building or repairing heavly neglected road/drive a box blade is going to be more effective, but maintaining and building are 2 entirely different activites IMHO.

Show me a single edge blade that removes wash board as quick and easy as a good twin blade road blade and I might change my mind, but I doubt it. I used to use my rear blade to maintain our roads, and am quite good with it, and still use it when needed, in fact I use all four of the implements that I listed on our roads when the contitions call for it, but that does not change the fact that for me, with our decomposed granite for road ways the road grader blade is the preferred single implement to maintain our roads. Yes county's continually use road graders to grade the roads, that does not imply that it is always the best tool for the job, just the tool that they have that works the best for all the different things that they have to do.

As others have stated, they get their roads about perfect with one implement or another, as did I with my rear blade. But it in no way was as easy or as fast as the twin bladed road grader blade. When our roads need grading, I need to get them done as fast as possible, and that is accomplished with the road grader blade. I do not have the time that it takes to accomplish this with one of the other implements.

Schmism, have you had the chance to use a good road grader blade? You might be surprised at how well that they work, and they will do a lot more than what it sounds like you think that they will do. Everybody that I have recommended them to that has actually looked at and used them has bought one and are very satisfied with them.

Again all of this is just from my experience and what I have seen with others, your conditions may very well be completely different and none of what I have done or seen would work in your area.

 

[smitty9266]

I own all the toys Errrr...tools. Grader, rear blade, multiple rakes, box blade. They all have their purpose rake to remove grass from gravel, box blade to fill large holes, rear blade to recrown the road. I have 2000 foot of gravel drive maintain 10 acres of gravel at brother-in-laws business and 3 acres of gravel at the trucking yard where i work. For overall maintenance I use the grademaster grader blade, fills pot holes, removes washboard, and pulls gravel back to the wheel ruts on the driveway. Most important it takes the top 1 inch and mixes or more truly un mixes it, puts the gravel fines down and brings the aggregate up. Leaves a smooth finish with the least dust when finished.

I came back to edit my post: A grader does not need to be heavy duty it is made to move a small amount of gravel or dirt at a time
to level it. most not all are for this purpose if you Find one with two straight blades it is made for heavy
duty use, but you loose the advantage of the angle blades moving the gravel left to right.

Jeff

 

[weldingisfun]

Just my 2 cents, but if you are looking for a primary road maintenance implement, then you are looking in the right direction. The Land Pride unit might be a little on the light weight side, but there are many manufacturers of similar implements. I usually recommend either one of these. Road Boss Grader - Road and Landscape Grading, Surfacing and Leveling, and Material Spreading and Reclamation or GradeMaster Grader Blades. I have over 2 miles of dirt roads that I maintain and have a box blade, a rear blade, a landscape rake and a Road Master road grader blade. While each and every implement excels in its own right, if I could only have one implement to maintain our roads with, it would be my road grader blade. If you intend to use the implement for many uses, then another implement might work out better for you.

Again, just my opinion and trying to give some info on what has worked good for me.

Good luck

I'll give you a thumbs up on the Road Boss. An 84" weighs in at about 800#. Does a great job.

 

[BlacknTan]

Thanks for all the replies. I appreciate them all.

I spoke to the gentleman from GradeMaster this morning. I can get one of his scrapers here including shipping cheaper than the best price I got on the LP.

looks like I'll be going with the GradeMaster...