Grader/Scraper Build

[ovrszd]

Ha! Economics and convenience, I had the grey and no red... I probably would of still painted it grey, for stealth grading LOL :thumbsup:

Yeah, I like attachments to be colored according to their job. Grey fits this tool very well.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Nice job! Hope to see action pics soon!

 

[bindian]

Ha! Economics and convenience, I had the grey and no red... I probably would of still painted it grey, for stealth grading LOL :thumbsup:

If it was RED, you could ride it like you stole it!:laughing:
hugs, Brandi

 

[redheelerdog]

If it was RED, you could ride it like you stole it!:laughing:
hugs, Brandi

Ha, noooo... they still hang people for rustling here!

 

[redheelerdog]

Great day to take the grader/scraper out for its maiden voyage, it just rained last night and dry enough so there is no mud.

Here's a couple of pics before work began



I have to say, this thing is amazing! What used to take me 6 or 8 passes with the 3 point back blade now only takes half that much and you can go quite a bit faster.

The scarifiers make all the difference in the world, they loosen up the packed down road bed so the blade can spread it out smooth. The single 3 point back blade had one hellof a hard time doing that and is why it would take so many passes to get the road smoothed out. I did in an hour what it would take me 3 hours before.

I am totally impressed with this implement and how effective it is in smoothing out my road, and it pulls nice and easy.

A couple of quick pics of my main driveway and about half of our shared road.

 

[Xfaxman]

Congratulations on a job well done :thumbsup:.

 

[Smokeydog]

Good job!

 

[ovrszd]

Glad it works good for you.

I'm always nervously optimistic the first time I use an implement I built....

You definitely live in big sky country!!!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Definitely a great build! Does a nice job.

 

[redheelerdog]

This thing is totally amazing.

This is the first time I really spent a few hours working with it, it rained good yesterday which made prime time grading/scraping conditions.

Then the dual dually garbage truck came, he is like a big steam roller - Perfect!

Wanted to share these pics, I really could not be happier with this tool.

 

[metalbender]

Great work on the land plane. Enjoyed following the build. One gets that warm fuzzy feeling when a project performs well.

 

[Smokeydog]

Enjoyed your sharing the build and the end results. Your driveway is like a parking lot compared to mine. Have seen better and longer last roadbed after years of use with a land plane. Hope you see the time and material savings over time as well.

 

[trctr155]

Very well done. Professional fab skills. Infact, probably better as most vompanies just can't put the labor into perfection as you did. Next you need to build a 3point roller for tightening the rock after your dress. I always though a large round drum approx. 6 or 7 feet filled with used motor oil.