Laser grading a football field

[Piston]

I see the cylinder for raising the scraper up and down, but is there another one for changing the angle of the tilt? As in, if you need to raise one side but not the other?

 

[Sysop]

Little advice on the video, most phones won't let you upload a full resolution video directly to the web without wifi access, and even some will lower the resolution for that. Connect the phone to a computer and use the computer to upload the video.

Additionally, youtube offers to "stabilize" shaky videos, but it reduces the image quality in the process. I noticed your video has their stabilization enabled, removing it can help. Sometimes the shakes are better than the low resolution.

Looks like a fun gig except the dust!

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I see the cylinder for raising the scraper up and down, but is there another one for changing the angle of the tilt? As in, if you need to raise one side but not the other?

My setup has just the one cylinder. It works fine for what I use it for. I have a friend who does similar work and he has a 12' blade with 2 receivers and it can raise or lower either side of the blade as needed. And I've seen that set up on dozers and road graders.

But, you're looking at more cost, and I don't see that I need it for what I do.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Little advice on the video, most phones won't let you upload a full resolution video directly to the web without wifi access, and even some will lower the resolution for that. Connect the phone to a computer and use the computer to upload the video.

Additionally, youtube offers to "stabilize" shaky videos, but it reduces the image quality in the process. I noticed your video has their stabilization enabled, removing it can help. Sometimes the shakes are better than the low resolution.

Looks like a fun gig except the dust!

Thanks for the video advice. I wasn't aware of that.

 

[RDrancher]

It is a handle...........of a shovel.....LOL....

Ha! And that's exactly why I didn't recognize it!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That was cool to see, thanks for downloading the video. I've seen these on dozers, didn't realize it raised / lowered the blade, I figured it just gave the operator an indication and they would raise / lower.

 

[Industrial Toys]

The cheapest systems do just that. Tell the operator what's what and he has to make the changes.

These systems seem to become exponentially expensive as the complexity rises.