Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost?

   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? #1  

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... for a limerock road in N Central Florida. This road tends to get little depressions, from where tires hit water & spray the water out off the road, & is "wavy" from where the limerock delivery man didn't spread the limerock as he drove, he just dumped it in small piles, & it was never graded out smoothly. Currently I think the guy that grades the road just lets his box blade float along the road, which slightly improves it each time, but leaves a lot to be desired.

Best I can determine it would be a rear grading blade with hydraulic tilt, offset & angle functions, with a hydraulic gauge wheel, such as Land Pride's RBT3584 (7') or RBT3596 (8').

What do you think?
 
   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? #2  
Start with new material...say maybe 3/4 gravel or stone. Then, the implement is cheap.....$700 Box Blade.:thumbsup:
 
   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? #4  
See Land Pride Grading Scraper for an example. There are many brands out there. I own a Land Pride, but I'm sure they are all similar and works well. The Grading Scraper is similar to a Box Scraper but has a few features meant specifically for grading a road.

Land Pride Grading Scrapers
 
   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? #5  
[QUOTEBest implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? ][/quote]

Cost no object then lets start looking at Cat graders with a ripper bar and dozer blade.:thumbsup:

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   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? #6  
To do what is needed, you will need something that will angle (note the feature in the road grader pic by Egon).

Carry that idea back to whatever tool is used and a rear blade with height adjusting wheels which angles is the best tool sans a road grader. The box blade with rippers would be great if there was one that would also adjust to an angle.

And I see the Road Boss posted by Compact1 has an angled blade (clicked on the link, and had to turn the sound off....why do these people put sound on a video? :mur: :p )
 
   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost?
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Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost?

Cost no object then lets start looking at Cat graders with a ripper bar and dozer blade.:thumbsup:

Come on now, I said implement for a 40HP CUT!
 
   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost?
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Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost?

Cost no object then lets start looking at Cat graders with a ripper bar and dozer blade.:thumbsup:

images

See how this grader has wheels both in front of & behind the grading blade - That's my reason for including the gauge wheel ... to make the machine as loooong as possible, for smoothness, to reduce those waves I mentioned.
 
   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? #9  
A two blade scrapper grader would do wonders for your road. I maintain a one acre equipment lot that has crushed concrete as the surface. I used to use a box blade. The scapper works much better for maintaining the lot.
 
   / Best implement for road grading, for a 40HP CUT, regardless of cost? #10  
Come on now, I said implement for a 40HP CUT!

I know. :D

But look at the response with comments about the grader blade and angle. The blade also tilts which makes cutting easier or laying out the windrow easier.:thumbsup:

So; look for an implement the emulates those characteristics. They are out there and are frequently used in irrigation areas. They are not cheap. :)
 
 

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