JethroB
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:thumbsup: We learn as we go.
Poor man (ok, cheap sob) wants a land plane grader/scraper
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shooterdon
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Interesting thread and a great outcome. KISS is an excellent principle to employ.
RSR
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Looks great! You can do a lot with a box blade if you can get it adjusted correctly.
pmsmechanic
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The most important being the "Crown" as there is twice as much ditch for every "Crown"!
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The ditch and crown.... I like that. I'm a firm believer in good ditches, even though mine rarely ever flow any water.
I had to go and open my mouth to say something about winter ever arriving....
Glad I got it graded out first. Although it got kinda squishy after snowing all day yesterday, maybe an inch of equivalent water precipitation for 2" of slush.
I had to go and open my mouth to say something about winter ever arriving....
Glad I got it graded out first. Although it got kinda squishy after snowing all day yesterday, maybe an inch of equivalent water precipitation for 2" of slush.
fried1765
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The ditch and crown.... I like that. I'm a firm believer in good ditches, even though mine rarely ever flow any water.
I had to go and open my mouth to say something about winter ever arriving....
Glad I got it graded out first. Although it got kinda squishy after snowing all day yesterday, maybe an inch of equivalent water precipitation for 2" of slush.
A beautiful looking driveway !!
Jim in ICT
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I've used everything from a box blade, to a straight blade, and landscape rake, which actually worked fairly well ( and was cheap). Finally broke down and bought a 5' Land Pride land plane. Works really well. We have a lot of local housing developments going up this summer, so I'm doing a bit of finish grading to justify the cost.