Leinbach Land Plane & EverythingAttachments.com

[CowwFace]

Hey List,

After reading about the land planes / levelers here I decided to pull the trigger on a 72" Leinbach land plane from everythingattachments.com. Since I'm out of the 1000 mile free shipping area I had to pay a bit more for residential delivery (total was $1354.50).

I just wanted to give everythingattachments.com an "attaboy" because I got email confirm of shipping THE day I ordered it .. I spoke with them on the phone and they know what they are doing over there.

I'll get some pic's up when it arrives .. hopefully I don't have to wait till spring to play ... uhhh I mean WORK with it!

Tractor on

 

[jenkinsph]

You will find these landplane graders are very handy once you learn how to use them. A hydraulic top link is a help too.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

In general it is nice to have a complete hydraulic top and tilt system whenever one is grading no mater what implement they happen to be using.

 

[Sackett2]

can the land plane work effectively to save the crown in the road? Here in Oregon we need the water to run off the driveways; level driveways don't cut it.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

can the land plane work effectively to save the crown in the road? Here in Oregon we need the water to run off the driveways; level driveways don't cut it.

Yes, I have 7' and 5' land plane grader blades. I have been using them for 6 years on our roads and have not had any problem with cutting off the crown. Crown has remained and in fact you can increase the crown if desired. These are very very good implements to maintain a road or driveway. *I can't think of hearing of even one person that has one of these that has ever had even one complaint about them. They vary a lot in weight and cost, but it seems that everyone has liked all of them.

 

[Professor Marvel]

I have been using back blades and b ox blades for about 20 years to maintain about a mile and a half of family gravel roads. I borrowed a Leinbach Land Plane with n o great expectations. Within about 10 minutes I knew I hjad to have one. I bought a Land pride 6' because I could not find a Leinbach dealer near me and I have been very happy with my landpride mowers. I see no difference between the 2. It works great. If you are maintaining a gravel road you will find they are idiot proof. Just drop it and drag. They are almost too easy. You will love it.
I have not used it for anything else. Does anyone know how they work on a yard?
I have not needed to crown a road but if I did what method do you use?

 

[Gordon Gould]

I have been using back blades and b ox blades for about 20 years to maintain about a mile and a half of family gravel roads. I borrowed a Leinbach Land Plane with n o great expectations. Within about 10 minutes I knew I hjad to have one. I bought a Land pride 6' because I could not find a Leinbach dealer near me and I have been very happy with my landpride mowers. I see no difference between the 2. It works great. If you are maintaining a gravel road you will find they are idiot proof. Just drop it and drag. They are almost too easy. You will love it.
I have not used it for anything else. Does anyone know how they work on a yard?
I have not needed to crown a road but if I did what method do you use?

Your experience with the plane/grader was exactly the same as mine. Except I only have 1 mile of gravel road that I had been doing for 10 years with a rear blade. And I agree with your assesment of the grader 100%. They are unbeatable for maintaining gravel. I still use the back blade once in a while if I need to recrown or change the contour of a road after a heavy mud season or severe storm damage. After 10 years experience using the rear blade I believe it with a top and tilt system is one of the best, if not the best, tools for adjusting road contours. Once the contour is set it is easy to maintain it with the plane/grader.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

This has been my experience also, build a new road with a rear blade and a box blade, or a dozer. Maintain with the land plane grader blade.

As far as using them in a yard to level or even things out, ABSOLUTELY. :thumbsup::thumbsup: The biggest area that I have done with mine is about 100' x 200' maybe a little bigger. Worked great, much better than a box blade, but then my unevenness was all less than a foot. A lot has to do with the existing conditions and what you want or need to do. It is not a do-all implement, no implement is but they do certain things very very well.

 

[jenkinsph]

I have been using back blades and b ox blades for about 20 years to maintain about a mile and a half of family gravel roads. I borrowed a Leinbach Land Plane with n o great expectations. Within about 10 minutes I knew I hjad to have one. I bought a Land pride 6' because I could not find a Leinbach dealer near me and I have been very happy with my landpride mowers. I see no difference between the 2. It works great. If you are maintaining a gravel road you will find they are idiot proof. Just drop it and drag. They are almost too easy. You will love it.
I have not used it for anything else. Does anyone know how they work on a yard?
I have not needed to crown a road but if I did what method do you use?

I built mine with the blades set straight and flush with the wear strips for smoothing out lawn areas. Works extremely well for that, my lawn area was a mess before planing. Had erosion ditches, mounds and stump holes to fill.
First pic is of the finished lawn and others of the landplane and harrow I made.

 

[Professor Marvel]

First off --EXCELLENT job of building that equipment. You should be proud of that.
When you dealt with the lawn did you have to plow or tear it up first or did you just go over and over the earth with your land plane?