Grader/Scraper Build
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Nice job! Hope to see action pics soon!
bindian
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redheelerdog
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Ha, noooo... they still hang people for rustling here!
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redheelerdog
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Great day to take the grader/scraper out for its maiden voyage, it just rained last night and dry enough so there is no mud.
Here's a couple of pics before work began
I have to say, this thing is amazing! What used to take me 6 or 8 passes with the 3 point back blade now only takes half that much and you can go quite a bit faster.
The scarifiers make all the difference in the world, they loosen up the packed down road bed so the blade can spread it out smooth. The single 3 point back blade had one hellof a hard time doing that and is why it would take so many passes to get the road smoothed out. I did in an hour what it would take me 3 hours before.
I am totally impressed with this implement and how effective it is in smoothing out my road, and it pulls nice and easy.
A couple of quick pics of my main driveway and about half of our shared road.
Here's a couple of pics before work began
I have to say, this thing is amazing! What used to take me 6 or 8 passes with the 3 point back blade now only takes half that much and you can go quite a bit faster.
The scarifiers make all the difference in the world, they loosen up the packed down road bed so the blade can spread it out smooth. The single 3 point back blade had one hellof a hard time doing that and is why it would take so many passes to get the road smoothed out. I did in an hour what it would take me 3 hours before.
I am totally impressed with this implement and how effective it is in smoothing out my road, and it pulls nice and easy.
A couple of quick pics of my main driveway and about half of our shared road.
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Congratulations on a job well done :thumbsup:.
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Good job!
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Definitely a great build! Does a nice job.
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This thing is totally amazing.
This is the first time I really spent a few hours working with it, it rained good yesterday which made prime time grading/scraping conditions.
Then the dual dually garbage truck came, he is like a big steam roller - Perfect!
Wanted to share these pics, I really could not be happier with this tool.
This is the first time I really spent a few hours working with it, it rained good yesterday which made prime time grading/scraping conditions.
Then the dual dually garbage truck came, he is like a big steam roller - Perfect!
Wanted to share these pics, I really could not be happier with this tool.
metalbender
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Great work on the land plane. Enjoyed following the build. One gets that warm fuzzy feeling when a project performs well.
Smokeydog
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Enjoyed your sharing the build and the end results. Your driveway is like a parking lot compared to mine. Have seen better and longer last roadbed after years of use with a land plane. Hope you see the time and material savings over time as well.
trctr155
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Very well done. Professional fab skills. Infact, probably better as most vompanies just can't put the labor into perfection as you did. Next you need to build a 3point roller for tightening the rock after your dress. I always though a large round drum approx. 6 or 7 feet filled with used motor oil.
