Homemade grader "Ugliest Implement Award" winner

[willfick]

Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

I was inspired by some recent posts here on TBN to try my hand and welder at putting together a grader to work on the mile and a half gravel road I live on. It's not pretty, and it wound up costing over two hundred bucks, but it works way better than I could have hoped. The old Farmall really snorts when it digs in, too.
Wm
http://www.wimmark.com/road_grader.htm

 

[hobbyfarm]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

willfick,
Hey, don't sell yourself short. Two questions:
Does it meet its intended purpose? </font><font color="blue" class="small">( The old Farmall really snorts when it digs in, too.)</font> That means it is doing some digging, so, it does work.
and
Was it fun to build? </font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...it wound up costing over two hundred bucks...)</font>
That may have been the worst part of the fun.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( It's not pretty...)</font>
"Pretty" comes with lots of practice and possibly a lot more green. But, truthfully, is any implement "pretty"? They are meant to be utilitarian, not aesthetically pleasing. You want pretty, try a poodle with the goofy trim job and pink bow ties! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Egon]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

Looks good. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

It would also work as a cultivator.

I keep thinking about something very similar but much simpler for cultivating. A Rodweeder without a rod that turns.

Many years ago my father built a similar horse drawn implement for cultivating thistle patches.


Egon

 

[daedong]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

Doesn't matter what it looks like mate, as long as it does the job.

 

[Farwell]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

Truly a thing of beauty. I love it when someone can put together something that works and gets the job done. The only difference between your masterpiece and the big buck implements is paint. I saw a home brew similar to yours but on a much larger scale at a construction site and had to stop the car so I could hopefully get a little inspiration for a similar project that has been floating around in my mind. Yours is much more feasible for anything I would need. I do not really need one but like the concept and like to make things.
Thank you for sharing.
Farwell

 

[HomeBrew2]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

Great job !!! It would fit right in with some of my cobbled up stuff ... well, the stuff of mine that actually worked I mean /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Great website too ... and I like the name of your tractor!
Cheers!

 

[JimMorrissey]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

Nice....Great pictues of the working unit on the link.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

 

[willfick]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

Paint! What a plan!
I've got a half a can of Farmall red left over, and most of a can of yellow. Several partial cans of black - some gloss, some flat. And some brown rust cover primer. Whoo hoo!
Wm

 

[MossRoad]

Re: Homemade grader \"Ugliest Implement Award\" winner

How much would a new one cost? Hmmm.... starting to look a lot prettier! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Nice job. How about a front and rear picture, too?