CalG
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- Hurlimann 435, Fordson E27n, Bolens HT-23, Kubota B7200, Kubota B2601
So......
With the spring comes repair of the 1100' private drive to our cul-du-sac of 7 homes/
It's a steep climb, that keeps the traveling salesmen away ;-)
The road crown tends to cave with material pushed to the sides while moving snow.
Also there are areas of the drive that are sinking, Might be something rotting away far below (tree stumps ?)
I pulled out the Hurlimann 435 with the 7ft scrape blade and did the lions share of material replacement. Re-establishing a crown on an incline is tough work. Mulitple passes, and LOTS of stones that would require hand tossing off the travel lane.
Then came restoration of the drainage ditching. The blade got hung up on ledge a few times! Stopping travel COLD and stalling the tractor engine (12X12 geared transmission) . The take home of this post, Keep the engine revs LOW when doing this type of work! Stopping short on a stone wakes a fella right up! ;-)
A lot of the ditch work was accomplished with the bucket. Short and steep, as the banks rise up along a good length of the drive.
The down hill side takes "water bars" to direct runoff over the edge, a 10 foot drop. One that I have taken in a passenger car on an icy evening. Scary! as well as expensive. Trees, towing and recovery etc.
The loader bucket makes short work of those water channels.
The sulky wheeled York rake pulled by the B2601 made a good job of finishing the grading. The errant stone rolling quirkily down the smoothed roadway. It's hard not to end up with excess material down low, while the upper parts are down to ledge.
Life in Vermont
Glad for it!
Just so much "tractor" rambling, No pictures, so it never happened....to you. ;-)
With the spring comes repair of the 1100' private drive to our cul-du-sac of 7 homes/
It's a steep climb, that keeps the traveling salesmen away ;-)
The road crown tends to cave with material pushed to the sides while moving snow.
Also there are areas of the drive that are sinking, Might be something rotting away far below (tree stumps ?)
I pulled out the Hurlimann 435 with the 7ft scrape blade and did the lions share of material replacement. Re-establishing a crown on an incline is tough work. Mulitple passes, and LOTS of stones that would require hand tossing off the travel lane.
Then came restoration of the drainage ditching. The blade got hung up on ledge a few times! Stopping travel COLD and stalling the tractor engine (12X12 geared transmission) . The take home of this post, Keep the engine revs LOW when doing this type of work! Stopping short on a stone wakes a fella right up! ;-)
A lot of the ditch work was accomplished with the bucket. Short and steep, as the banks rise up along a good length of the drive.
The down hill side takes "water bars" to direct runoff over the edge, a 10 foot drop. One that I have taken in a passenger car on an icy evening. Scary! as well as expensive. Trees, towing and recovery etc.
The loader bucket makes short work of those water channels.
The sulky wheeled York rake pulled by the B2601 made a good job of finishing the grading. The errant stone rolling quirkily down the smoothed roadway. It's hard not to end up with excess material down low, while the upper parts are down to ledge.
Life in Vermont
Glad for it!
Just so much "tractor" rambling, No pictures, so it never happened....to you. ;-)
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