Driveway Fixer

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chim

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Here's my first attempt at posting a pic here. This is a homebrew piece that I put together several years back, prior to the main driveway being paved. It is a simple but effective way to get the driveway back where it belongs.

There are two 5' pieces of wideflange beam bolted together with 1/2" allthread. It is picked up with the (also homemade) lift boom). The flange at the tractor end has 4 holes for fastening the two drag chains at different elevations to give more or less cutting action. After spending extended periods outside, the repair links rusted, so adjustment is now done by flipping it over.

By making the drag chains different lengths, you can throw material to one side or the other.

In the attached pic, I was using it yeaterday to refurb our sand volleyball court. Got rid of the weeds/grass/sticks and put down 14 tons of sand. In this application I guess you could call it a "Sandboni Machine"?
 

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Chim, Here is a picture of a driveway leveler that I made for a buddy. It has a ripper bar that can be positioned two different ways, one - teeth down, or two - teeth straight back out of the way. Worked real good.
 

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This shows the teeth in the down position.
 

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RP425, that's nifty. Do you use weight on the expanded steel part, or does it do OK the way it is?..............chim
 
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I do not use any weight at all. It is a drag behind and seems to work real well. I have also made a three point hitch version for my JD4110 for leveling and finish grading landscape jobs, and it has worked real good so far.
 

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