best landplane

[In.the.Piñons]

Just my opinion and that of the Goodyear research facility in Texas, the Road Boss is the best simplest unit made.

Road Boss Commercial Graders - Road Boss Grader

he Road Boss Grader Commerical Grader has 24-inch side pans and is 6 feet deep. Road Boss Commercial Graders come in 4 models.

www.roadboss.org

I bought a Road Boss C8 at the end of last year to redo 2 miles of road on my property. It works very well, but I think I need to get my act together and order a top and tilt kit from you to make it even better.

 

[scootr]

I bought a Road Boss C8 at the end of last year to redo 2 miles of road on my property. It works very well, but I think I need to get my act together and order a top and tilt kit from you to make it even better.

Top and tilt is a game changer Once you do this you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner!

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I bought a Road Boss C8 at the end of last year to redo 2 miles of road on my property. It works very well, but I think I need to get my act together and order a top and tilt kit from you to make it even better.

$1893 for a complete set with the slot & guide float feature in the side link clevis shipped to you.

Currently at a 10 week lead time.

 

[arrow]

I wouldn't think it'd be hard to establish some kind of hybrid box blade and land plane.
Perhaps a simple backing plate bolted on the rear of a land plane to hold more material?
I stare much at both of these things we have on the grounds of the tractor place I work at and even though
Ive suggested to both of them to marry, they have not taken the lead to make any kind of hybrid babies in the overnight hours
when neither man nor beast (well except for the coyotes now and again) dares to roam in the realms of the netherland.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

I wouldn't think it'd be hard to establish some kind of hybrid box blade and land plane.
Perhaps a simple backing plate bolted on the rear of a land plane to hold more material?
I stare much at both of these things we have on the grounds of the tractor place I work at and even though
Ive suggested to both of them to marry, they have not taken the lead to make any kind of hybrid babies in the overnight hours
when neither man nor beast (well except for the coyotes now and again) dares to roam in the realms of the netherland.

Gordon Gould is a member here and he has a pivoting tailgate on his.

I have all the parts made for my 7 foot LPGS, just no time to get everything together and get it completed. Should be able to move about 4 yards of material each pass with it once completed.

 

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Gordon Gould is a member here and he has a pivoting tailgate on his.

I have all the parts made for my 7 foot LPGS, just no time to get everything together and get it completed. Should be able to move about 4 yards of material each pass with it once completed.

Sounds interesting.
Perhaps he’ll afford a pic.

 

[dj1701]

Just my opinion and that of the Goodyear research facility in Texas, the Road Boss is the best simplest unit made.

Road Boss Commercial Graders - Road Boss Grader

he Road Boss Grader Commerical Grader has 24-inch side pans and is 6 feet deep. Road Boss Commercial Graders come in 4 models.

www.roadboss.org

Looks like it does a good job, but you have the tiniest rocks I ever saw.

 

[sandman2234]

My homemade LPGS uses 4x7x1/2" angle iron to hold the blades. Due to that, there is quite a bit of flat area for dirt to build up on, and once it builds up, it can pile up enough that my JD2555 won't pick it up. Now granted, the LPGS is already pretty heavy by itself, but they JD isn't a toy either.
I originally considered a rear gate opened by a cylinder, and maybe a couple trailing wheels to really stretch this thing out, but in reality, it works fine for what I use it for, so I just leave well enough alone.
I have a 6' boxblade that won't carry as much dirt as the 7' lpgs. I don't remember the last time I used the boxblade due to that.
David from jax

 

[Engineer42]

Gordon Gould is a member here and he has a pivoting tailgate on his.

I have all the parts made for my 7 foot LPGS, just no time to get everything together and get it completed. Should be able to move about 4 yards of material each pass with it once completed.

4 cubic yards?

 

[ssgp2]

4 cubic yards?

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[arrow]

I was thinking the same thing.

Depends on the material and how big a tractor he uses.. 4 cubic yards of loam weighs about 12,000 lbs. Sand is less than that by a little over a thousand lbs as moisture content is mitigated. Also this weight is being dragged and not lifted so at any given time, material is lost and gathered which makes the weight fluctuate.
The lightest material being loose top soil but 4 yds of that is still approaching 9000lbs but an 8000lb tractor should be able to manage that.
Snow on the other hand approaches around 7000lbs. Dry clay is about 3000 lbs less than loam for 4 yds give or take.
The gathering blade on a Cat D 11 is purported to carry over 50 yds of material at any given time.
Now that's a lotta weight.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

My LPGS is 7' wide between sides, 8' long and 22" tall. The tractor without a 3pt implement is over 12,000lbs.

You can see that material has been over the two support bars. This is with the material being with an ideal moisture content. When it has been wetter or with grass mixed in, it has without a tail gate pulled the implement full of material.

For me, this has worked very well at evening out (moving high areas into lower areas) acreage up to about 5 acres in size. As has been previously mentioned by sandman2234, the LPGS moves more material than a box blade (my BB happens to be rated at 1 CY) without a tailgate.

So yes, 4 CY with a tailgate and the LPGS is by far more than a one-trick pony implement.