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I also like the name. Guess what, I live on a high hill with a stone driveway that I grade with a back blade regularly. I use a tc18 new holland with a six foot blade. After many tries of doing a good job of filling holes from washout (this is almost impossible to stop) I have found a solution for me. First of all, I got a load of larger stones (about 1" diameter and fill the holes with those when it washes out, then grade the top layer of smaller limestone and stone over the patch to make a smooth driveway. The way to make it smooth for me at least, is to grade it as well as you can by pulling stone from the outside, then pushing it back from the center by going the opposite way. One person who answered you did a nice job of telling how to do this. When that is done.....the big trick for me.....is to DROP THE REAR BLADE AS LOW AS IT WILL GO AND PUSH THE STONE BY BACKING UP OVER THE DRIVEWAY AND PUSH THE TOP LAYER OF LIMESTONE SMOOTHLY. It will be smooth as a baby's butt when you get done but it does take some practice to master the art of backing up and smoothing with the rear blade. Also, that smooths the stone before it gets to the rear tires, so you don't jump over the humps that you have created by straight grading. Hope this helps. <font color="blue"> </font>
I also like the name. Guess what, I live on a high hill with a stone driveway that I grade with a back blade regularly. I use a tc18 new holland with a six foot blade. After many tries of doing a good job of filling holes from washout (this is almost impossible to stop) I have found a solution for me. First of all, I got a load of larger stones (about 1" diameter and fill the holes with those when it washes out, then grade the top layer of smaller limestone and stone over the patch to make a smooth driveway. The way to make it smooth for me at least, is to grade it as well as you can by pulling stone from the outside, then pushing it back from the center by going the opposite way. One person who answered you did a nice job of telling how to do this. When that is done.....the big trick for me.....is to DROP THE REAR BLADE AS LOW AS IT WILL GO AND PUSH THE STONE BY BACKING UP OVER THE DRIVEWAY AND PUSH THE TOP LAYER OF LIMESTONE SMOOTHLY. It will be smooth as a baby's butt when you get done but it does take some practice to master the art of backing up and smoothing with the rear blade. Also, that smooths the stone before it gets to the rear tires, so you don't jump over the humps that you have created by straight grading. Hope this helps. <font color="blue"> </font>
