absrio
Bronze Member
I ordered a 60" DR Power Grader back in April to try out and to see if it really worked. They had a sale price, free shipping, extended warranty, and 1 year trial. I figured I could get some work out of in a year and not be out to awful much if it didn't work.
My driveway is 200 yards long and had very little rock on top, looked more like hard limestone driveway. It has already been worked once this year with a road boss type and had about 15 small potholes from all the rain again. The parking area is about 1/2 acre and had a lot of grass that started to grow in the gravel. That was hit with round up in may so it was mostly dead.
Today the Grader arrived and I unloaded it and went right to putting it together. Once together I ignored the battery charging recommendation; I wanted to try this thing out. I worked the driveway first. First couple passes the front teeth just bounced around on the ground and did not seem to be doing much. I continued to go over it and it slowly started to break down and bring up the loose rocks. I ended up doing 20 passes over the driveway. It now looks like a fresh layer of rock was layed down and the pot holes are gone. Sure it took awhile, but it was fun and well worth it. I ran in high the entire time on the driveway. I could feel the engine working once it got broken up and moving gravel and digging in. On the parking area it did good in clearing the dead grass and leveling out the high spots. Since the parking area doesn't pack down like the drive it was moving a lot more rock. I had to run in low range 4wd to keep moving and not spin.
Overall it was a good 1 1/2 hour of work and it was fun. I think the driveway could use some more passes, but I will let it settle some and then hit it again. I would fully recommend the DR Power Grader. Yes it is on the light side, but it still dug in. No pictures because I was trying to get it done before the next batch of rain moved in.
My driveway is 200 yards long and had very little rock on top, looked more like hard limestone driveway. It has already been worked once this year with a road boss type and had about 15 small potholes from all the rain again. The parking area is about 1/2 acre and had a lot of grass that started to grow in the gravel. That was hit with round up in may so it was mostly dead.
Today the Grader arrived and I unloaded it and went right to putting it together. Once together I ignored the battery charging recommendation; I wanted to try this thing out. I worked the driveway first. First couple passes the front teeth just bounced around on the ground and did not seem to be doing much. I continued to go over it and it slowly started to break down and bring up the loose rocks. I ended up doing 20 passes over the driveway. It now looks like a fresh layer of rock was layed down and the pot holes are gone. Sure it took awhile, but it was fun and well worth it. I ran in high the entire time on the driveway. I could feel the engine working once it got broken up and moving gravel and digging in. On the parking area it did good in clearing the dead grass and leveling out the high spots. Since the parking area doesn't pack down like the drive it was moving a lot more rock. I had to run in low range 4wd to keep moving and not spin.
Overall it was a good 1 1/2 hour of work and it was fun. I think the driveway could use some more passes, but I will let it settle some and then hit it again. I would fully recommend the DR Power Grader. Yes it is on the light side, but it still dug in. No pictures because I was trying to get it done before the next batch of rain moved in.
