Gravel Driveway Edger

[OrangeGuy]

A couple weeks ago someone posted a question as to how to create a neat edge on a gravel driveway. It got me thinking and I think I came up with a rather inexpensive tool to do the job.

I already owned a 3 pt middle buster/spike tooth of which I purchased it for the spike tooth to loosen up soil prior to roto-tilling it. The middle buster blade was just laying around.

I took the middle buster blade and cut it in half affectively creating a minature moldboard plow. I welded a plate to the leading edge side to act as a cutting edge and dirt shield.

After a little practice, I was cutting some nice edges on my gravel driveway. Attached are five pictures; first two show my invention, third shows an adapter I built for my rear blade to control the backfill into the edge/trench I cut, fourth is my landscape rake rig I used to clean up, and last is a picture of the "after picture" of the driveway. Sorry, I didn't take a picture before hand, but needless to say it was pretty ragged.

First picture attached.

OrangeGuy

 

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Picture #2

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Picture #3

 

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Picture #4

 

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Picture #5

 

[TractorLegend]

This has nothing to do with your driveway edger but thought you could appreciate Allis

 

[OrangeGuy]

Nice looking 314 (?). My father was an Allis Chalmers dealer for more than 40 years. I have a soft spot for these great tractors.

OrangeGuy

 

[TractorLegend]

Yes its a 1974 314D with restored 42 in deck thanks /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[hobbyfarm]

OrangeGuy,
I love the 620. We had one of those with a 5' mid-mounted sickle bar mower. Really an awesome machine! It seemed to fill an unusual gap, too small to be a "real" tractor, but, too big and capable to be called a "garden" tractor.
In my opinion, the only way to make it better would be add power steering.

 

[OrangeGuy]

Hobbyfarm,

I've owned my AC 620 for almost 25 years. It was the sub-cut of its day. It's been a real workhorse. I have the AC side/mid mount sickle mower along with a 60"MMM, 50" front snowblower, 50" 3 pt roto-tiller, 60" Sweepster front mount broom and some miscellaneous Cat O 3 pt attachments.

I no longer mow with this tractor. An AC D14 with a 7' sickle mower takes care of road ditches and such, and my two Kubota's take care of the lawn mowing. I use the 620 now as my utility tractor; pulling lawn sprayer, plug aireator, estate rake, lawn roller and various trailers. I am thinking about retiring this tractor and replacing it with a sub-cut, but that's another post.

Power steering would be nice, especially when operating one of the front mount attachments.

OrangeGuy