Anyone ever mount a level to there box blade for grading out roads?

[MechanicalGuy]

I have a mountain, with twisty mountain roads going up and down and winding all around, 128 acres of land my wife bought. I'm wondering if mounting an oversized level like this;



Would maybe help me figure out how to grade out all the roads for water run off. The roads aren't flat at all and they are bermed all over. It's kinda like a dirt road course, except it's not a circle. It would be fun to haul *** on it with a jeep.

Really I'm just trying to get an idea of how I'm gonna do what I need to do to route water where it needs to go, and stop eroding my roads. A big level on the box blade seemed like it would help. I've got top and tilt.

Any ideas?

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Probably not. You will be adjusting the box blade forward, backwards, and possibly side to side to match what you need to do. Smooth, dig, scarify the surface. You do not mention if you have top and tilt hydraulic function, but that would be my first choice to put on the tractor to do what you want. Makes it easy to adjust the position of the blade as you are working.

 

[npalen]

I think that it would be handy to have it mounted on the box blade to show side to side level. I'm assuming that it is large enough to see and read easily.
Some folks mount them on the tractor as a safety monitor so having it on the box blade could serve that purpose also.
This is one of those ideas that make we wonder "why didn't I think of that?"

 

[MechanicalGuy]

I think that it would be handy to have it mounted on the box blade to show side to side level. I'm assuming that it is large enough to see and read easily.
Some folks mount them on the tractor as a safety monitor so having it on the box blade could serve that purpose also.
This is one of those ideas that make we wonder "why didn't I think of that?"

It measures 11" wide and I think it could be easily read for side to side.

The berms on our roads make it really challenging.

 

[WranglerX]

Need to mount a the level and the a backup cam so you can see whats going on when facing forward....

Dale

 

[s219]

The bubble might break up into lots of little bubbles due to vibration, and be hard/impossible to read. I occasionally have that problem with bubble levels in other applications. Worth a try though.

A lot of the box blade work I do, angles are all relative, and you may as well just set your angles locally with the tilt cylinder, relative to the tractor wheels on the ground. A bubble level is going to give you an absolute angle, relative to gravity. It won't be of consistent use if the road is sloped and changes slope.

 

[MechanicalGuy]

The bubble might break up into lots of little bubbles due to vibration, and be hard/impossible to read. I occasionally have that problem with bubble levels in other applications. Worth a try though.

A lot of the box blade work I do, angles are all relative, and you may as well just set your angles locally with the tilt cylinder, relative to the tractor wheels on the ground. A bubble level is going to give you an absolute angle, relative to gravity. It won't be of consistent use if the road is sloped and changes slope.

I was thinking i would mostly use it for a gage at the beginning, so I could set my bb down and know which way the road was sloped. It's not easy to tell when you're inbetween trees and the road is eroded and bermed. I didn't think about the bubbles breaking up. Especially on a big level like that. That may be a concern.

 

[BlueKnife]

I was thinking i would mostly use it for a gage at the beginning, so I could set my bb down and know which way the road was sloped.

If that's the purpose, no need to attach it. Just set a torpedo level on it, adjust, stick the level in your pocket and carry on.

 

[/pine]

IMO it would be like putting a level on a boat...!
If your 3PH has hydraulic T&T or even if it doesn't just park the tractor where it is sitting level and mark an indicator on the side link where it is level with the static side and use the mark as a guide...

 

[oosik]

Like Alex Trebek says - "the three P's". Practice, practice, practice. Any type of level will only indicate when the implement is level with the world. Not how it should be angled to properly get the job accomplished.