good gravel lane leveling attachment

[RG1]

There is a set of stop pins the bottom of the gate hits against. The rear gate has three positions. I can have it up out of the way so material has clear passage. I can hang the gate behind the stops so it acts like a free drag but traps light material like sod. It also acts as a push blade in reverse. This is very useful.

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Or I can hang the gate in front of the stops so I can collect material in the box and move it along the road like a box blade. I control the distribution with the hydraulic top link.

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Here are my plans. I would look at others on here too. There are lots of good ones Look especially Jenkinsph (Steve's). He has some nice heavy builds. You need it to be heavy. Mine is 5' wide and 550 lbs plus the cutting edges - could be heavier.

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Here are all the pieces after I cut them - ready to weld.

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Basic plan. Note I did the lift arm attactments different from plan.

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Side view

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Top view

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Finished job

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After I typed all this I realized I should not have put this on the OP's thread. For that I apologize.

gg

Excellent job! Nice overall design. Are the skid shoes and cutting edges extra hard steel of a particular type?

 

[RDrancher]

There is a set of stop pins the bottom of the gate hits against. The rear gate has three positions. I can have it up out of the way so material has clear passage. I can hang the gate behind the stops so it acts like a free drag but traps light material like sod. It also acts as a push blade in reverse. This is very useful.

I've said it before, but that setup looks real handy Gordon. I just noticed that you have a TD7. That's the first piece of construction equipment I got to run back in the 70's.

Thread drift over...

 

[ovrszd]

Thanks for the pics Gordon. Saved them all.

Since Gordon displayed an excellent tool for gravel drive maintenance I don't qualify this as a total thread drift. Just a partial. Which is not a felony, just a misdemeanor.....

 

[Gordon Gould]

Excellent job! Nice overall design. Are the skid shoes and cutting edges extra hard steel of a particular type?

Thank you. It is all mild steel except the cutting edges which are purchased cutting edges that would go on a blade. The runners are getting worn thinner. I will just weld on another layer when I need to I guess. Something harder would not hurt.

 

[R G T]

Lots of companies make these now days, but I like the ones with scarifiers in them. Here ya go-

GS15 Series Grading Scrapers | Land Pride

This is the one I own. I used it today on my quarter mile lime rock drive and will be using it tomorrow on another quarter mile connecting road. I can't say enough about this attachment.

 

[lamanated]

After playing with my driveway,for 8 yrs, Ill add, run off is something to keep on your mind, mine was flat and topped with crusher dust and rolled so flat you can play marbles on it,, then a heavy rain came and washed it out, because it let the water run too far and gain energy, so this yr I knocked the side down, and added fill to the other side, so it is biased to run sideways,, prob 2 inches over 12 feet ,,no more washouts, I also use 2 hardwood pallets end to end, to give a longer scrubbing surface to keep the driveway flat before I roll.

 

[/pine]

After playing with my driveway,for 8 yrs, Ill add, run off is something to keep on your mind, mine was flat and topped with crusher dust and rolled so flat you can play marbles on it,, then a heavy rain came and washed it out, because it let the water run too far and gain energy, so this yr I knocked the side down, and added fill to the other side, so it is biased to run sideways,, prob 2 inches over 12 feet ,,no more washouts, I also use 2 hardwood pallets end to end, to give a longer scrubbing surface to keep the driveway flat before I roll.

Storm water should always run across a lane...not down it...:thumbsup:
On anything that is not perfectly flat...controlling storm water runoff is the major key to maintaining unpaved lanes...a crowned lane usually requires ditches on both sides that sooner or later usually requires a culvert etc...a pitched lane (to one side rather than both) is much easier to maintain...

Everyone deals with their own (different) situations...
...When you live on the side of a mountain in a river valley...dealing with runoff (maintaining controls) is as much work as gardening, firewood, general upkeep etc...so you learn fast what works and what makes work when it comes to access road maintenance...

 

[ovrszd]

I run a road grader on 50 miles of gravel country roads. A flat road is a ditch.

 

[rasorbackq]

There is a set of stop pins the bottom of the gate hits against. The rear gate has three positions. I can have it up out of the way so material has clear passage. I can hang the gate behind the stops so it acts like a free drag but traps light material like sod. It also acts as a push blade in reverse. This is very useful.

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Or I can hang the gate in front of the stops so I can collect material in the box and move it along the road like a box blade. I control the distribution with the hydraulic top link.

View attachment 363269

Here are my plans. I would look at others on here too. There are lots of good ones Look especially Jenkinsph (Steve's). He has some nice heavy builds. You need it to be heavy. Mine is 5' wide and 550 lbs plus the cutting edges - could be heavier.

View attachment 363271

Here are all the pieces after I cut them - ready to weld.

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Basic plan. Note I did the lift arm attactments different from plan.

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Side view

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Top view

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Finished job

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After I typed all this I realized I should not have put this on the OP's thread. For that I apologize.

gg

Thanks for posting the plans .
Somehow the build $ will be much higher now I'm thinking.

 

[/pine]

I run a road grader on 50 miles of gravel country roads. A flat road is a ditch.

just my experience but I don't know how gravity works in MO but around here the few flat runs of gravel lanes are the only sections that require virtually no maintenance...