Poor man (ok, cheap sob) wants a land plane grader/scraper

JethroB · Nov 21, 2020

:thumbsup: We learn as we go.

shooterdon · Nov 21, 2020

Interesting thread and a great outcome. KISS is an excellent principle to employ.

RSR · Nov 21, 2020

Looks great! You can do a lot with a box blade if you can get it adjusted correctly.

BackRoad · Nov 23, 2020

Opening a new pub...

Naming it..."The Crown & Ditch"...

...the two most important words to a highwayman!

pmsmechanic · Nov 23, 2020

BackRoad said:
Opening a new pub...

Naming it..."The Crown & Ditch"...

...the two most important words to a highwayman!

The most important being the "Crown" as there is twice as much ditch for every "Crown"!

deezler · Nov 23, 2020

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.

fried1765 · Nov 23, 2020

deezler said:
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 · May 26, 2021

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.