lawn edge envey

frank_f15 · Jun 21, 2005

Not trying to be funny , but are you sure they are as straight edged as you think? you see yours up close and personal and it might look not nice(to be kind) and theres looks perfect, but that could be from a distance, mabey up close theirs ain't much better? just a thought

hobbyfarm · Jun 21, 2005

( I noticed some of the long gravel driveways in my area have a sharp, well-defined edge that looks very clean. How do they do that? I suppose I could ask the owners, but thought I would tap into the TBN brain trust first. )

First,
I'm ashamed at some of those answers the TBN "brain trust" provided. (I think we're ovrdrawn at the memory bank) And, Sears?? Come on, guys.

You want edge envy?
You want one of these: SuperPivot

daedong · Jun 22, 2005

or one of these

hobbyfarm · Jun 22, 2005

daedong,
I'm surprised you didn't reply with this:

Edger

daedong · Jun 22, 2005

hobbyfarm

I was actually looking for that style and could not find them. I guess they are used in the US to. Here the local councils all have them to do curb road edges

hobbyfarm · Jun 22, 2005

( Here the local councils all have them to do curb road edges )

Ahhhh, the natural look.

This Gyral Ezi-Edger is in your neck of the woods.

Click on the photos and it don't look too hard to build one. I'll bet you could build one for a lot less than the SuperPivot!

Good luck /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Panache · Jun 22, 2005

The SideWinder SuperPivot is from $4000-5000. For that amount I can put up with a lot of grass in my gravel.

Tim_in_IA · Jun 22, 2005

Ashamed? That's a little harsh. I'm not sure that little edger you recommended would work to good on a 300-1000 ft drive with heavy gravel. I didn't post a pic of the rear blade I was thinking of as it was in a pdf, but I'll answer the call and go the extra mile to spell it out. Some of those other solutions seemed way to extravagant and expensive for making a driveway look good, not to mention that's the only thing they would be good for.

Here's the woods pdf that I borrowed the attached pic from:

http://www.woodsequipment.com/literature/pdf/WoodsGill%20landscape%200504.pdf

In the attached pic you can see the guy using the blade exactly for the purpose of the intended post, making the edge of a driveway look good and as a bonus drain well.

Also if you don't have one already a box blade does a great job of surfacing a drive, and since it carries the material along with it, it would also make a decent defining border. A regular rear blade and a box blade are a welcome addition to any tractor owners arsenal.

hobbyfarm · Jun 22, 2005

( Ashamed? That's a little harsh. )

Tim_in_IA,
Have you had your cup o' joe this morning? I said that with tongue firmly planted in cheek. (for those of you in IA, that means with humor) /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif I don't mean to offend your sensitivities. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Besides, people spend a bunch of $ on their lawns, and one of those cheesy B&S edgers can get up to $700-800 real fast, especially if it is a commercial-duty model.

Also, If you looked at my previous (that means the post before this post) /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif post, that [/i]Gyral Ezi-Edger[/i] looks like that would be very easy to build some fashion resembling that, not necessarily that particular item. Shoot, you could hang something off the side of your loader bucket, sort of like those hydraulic post hole diggers. Bolt it on when you need it, remove it later. That would be fairly cheap if you found a coulter off a cultivator at the local ag boneyard. Hang it on a round vertical shaft, and the darn thing will steer with you. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Sheeeeesh,
Man, talk about no imagination.....
Maybe they want a drawing. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

DMF · Jun 22, 2005

I have that same rear blade in the photo. Our gravel driveway is 1500' long. Edges? I've got too much to worry about besides edges...
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