Lets See Your DIY Tow Behind Landplane

[JPRambo]

Here's the one i made. 4 foot wide to use behind the B6100

 

[scootr]

I'm impressed by the projects and number of people who made their own land planes. I feel like a sissy for buying one, lol

 

[sandman2234]

Built about 2010, still going strong! The sides were a 9/16" table top, the cross members are 4x4 square tubing, the angle iron that holds the blades is 4x7x1/2.
All in all, this thing is heavy, and does a nice job behind a 70 HP tractor!
David from jax

 

[ruffdog]

Built about 2010, still going strong! The sides were a 9/16" table top, the cross members are 4x4 square tubing, the angle iron that holds the blades is 4x7x1/2.
All in all, this thing is heavy, and does a nice job behind a 70 HP tractor!
David from jax

I like the multiple holes for the 3pt lift arms. Do you use them to achieve crown?

 

[sandman2234]

I like the multiple holes for the 3pt lift arms. Do you use them to achieve crown?

No, (although they could be)they were added as options for height of the lift arms. They really come in handy when I drop it in a low spot and come back later with a different tractor!
The crown is determined by the angled blades and can be slightly modified by adjusting the top link. That is one reason I don't understand why people buy (or build) landplanes with blades angled opposite of each other.
You do have to pay attention to this feature when going back and forth on a roadway, as the amount that it crowns isn't much, and easy to remove or crown in the wrong direction!
David from jax

 

[KennyG]

Some people use land planes to crown driveways. Some use them to get surfaces absolutely smooth. Opposite angles work well to get a really flat surface. Perhaps the ideal tool would have one adjustable blade so you could level or crown.

 

[airbiscuit]

This probably isn't precisely what you were looking for, but here is what I built to maintain a 1/2 mile road. The tail wheel helps keep the crown intact.

The tail wheel on my road drag helps keep the crown intact

 

[orezok]

I built this one about 15 years ago. It's 65" wide and weighs about 700 lbs. I can add 4 concrete weights totaling 180 lbs to bring it up to almost 900 lbs. The side runners were made from an old school lunch table with steel seats. I welded 2 half of the 8' bench together, thus the 48" length and filled with sand.There is 1/4" plate on the bottom of the runners.

The blades are adjustable. Here in the desert the soil is either loose blow sand or rock hard caliche. I have no gravel roads. The doing sand, the front blade is adjusted to flat and the rear is adjusted to rear down to smooth the sand. When in caliche, the front blade is adjusted to a 1" cut and the rear adjusted to the condition. The concrete weights are 45 lbs each and when in caliche are added to the front to enhance cutting. In sand the weights are not used or placed evenly.

The 3 point connection works with my T&T. I can pull it forward to let the plane just float or push it back if I only want the back blade to smooth.

The blades rotate on 1" bolts acting as an axle.

 

[Gordon Gould]

I built this one about 15 years ago. It's 65" wide and weighs about 700 lbs. I can add 4 concrete weights totaling 180 lbs to bring it up to almost 900 lbs. The side runners were made from an old school lunch table with steel seats. I welded 2 half of the 8' bench together, thus the 48" length and filled with sand.There is 1/4" plate on the bottom of the runners.

The blades are adjustable. Here in the desert the soil is either loose blow sand or rock hard caliche. I have no gravel roads. The doing sand, the front blade is adjusted to flat and the rear is adjusted to rear down to smooth the sand. When in caliche, the front blade is adjusted to a 1" cut and the rear adjusted to the condition. The concrete weights are 45 lbs each and when in caliche are added to the front to enhance cutting. In sand the weights are not used or placed evenly.

The 3 point connection works with my T&T. I can pull it forward to let the plane just float or push it back if I only want the back blade to smooth.

The blades rotate on 1" bolts acting as an axle.

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Interesting design - I like your blade height adjustment !!

gg

 

[nyone]

The longer the plane is, the smoother and more level the surface. Just like when working with wood, the longer the plane, the straighter the surface.

The smoother the surface is the faster the vehicles drive...the faster the vehicles drive the more gravel gets pushed out of the turns. It's a slippery slope