Smooth and level gravel driveways...

   / Smooth and level gravel driveways... #1  

garc

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05 Kubota B3030 ROPS
Click here and scroll to the bottom for pics of an 8 foot 200 pound rail attached to the bottom of a 370 pound box scraper. I really works!
 
   / Smooth and level gravel driveways... #2  
I have the same kind of setup, though it doesn't include a box blade and I have never tried it on my driveway. It will definitely smooth out rough ground though. I have an 8 ft x 1 ft(?) piece of I-beam, w/ the crankshaft from an OTR tractor engine on it for extra weight, attached to a chain that gets dragged around behind the tractor. It's very effective as a cheaply priced alternative to a box blade.
 
   / Smooth and level gravel driveways... #3  
I use a homebrew grader , Made from guard rail post given to me by a friend.
 

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   / Smooth and level gravel driveways... #4  
It's funny you mention that. Yesterday I found two 8'-10' pieces on top of an old culti-packer. I chained them together and behind my tractor to break up the manure in the hay patch and knock down the ant hills. It worked fairly well but could have used some more weight for the ant hills.
 
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All sound like good ideas, I've got a ~20' pc of heavy rail waiting to be put to good use.

JB.
 

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#6  
The OP link is broken so here are a few pics ...

RAIL.jpgRail Grader.jpg
 
   / Smooth and level gravel driveways... #7  
Wow. Your roads look nice!!
 
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The rail weighs 200 lbs added to the 400 lb box scraper. I have since added end plates to the rail to control spillage over the ends of the rail that tends to create brems at the edge of the driveways.
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   / Smooth and level gravel driveways... #10  
I have two RR tracks welded together into a frame. Ruined a perfectly good Plasma Tip burning shackle holes in the track.

The only problem with perpendicular anything, is that it ejects material out the sides, and off your driveway.
 

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