land pland grading scraper

Lowcountry Rebel · Feb 6, 2019

My wife was getting tired of all the bumps and side to side rocking while driving down our gravel driveway- about 1/3 mile from the pavement to the house, so I bought a LPGS- land pride brand 7'.
I set the rippers 1.5" deep and made a pass down 1 side and back up the other, pulled the rippers even with the blade and made another pass in each direction, then back drug it with the loader. Man- what a difference. I'll probably smooth it again tomorrow after work.
Now I have another 1/2 mile of road to do to get to the back of the property, we are putting a greenhouse back there to use our pond for the water supply.
Really glad I chose this over a box blade. It will make smooth roads an easy project.

Rmart30 · Feb 7, 2019

Not much of a learning curve needed with a land plane like a grader blade or BB. They make it some easy work.

MtnViewRanch · Feb 7, 2019

Lowcountry Rebel said:
My wife was getting tired of all the bumps and side to side rocking while driving down our gravel driveway- about 1/3 mile from the pavement to the house, so I bought a LPGS- land pride brand 7'.
I set the rippers 1.5" deep and made a pass down 1 side and back up the other, pulled the rippers even with the blade and made another pass in each direction, then back drug it with the loader. Man- what a difference. I'll probably smooth it again tomorrow after work.
Now I have another 1/2 mile of road to do to get to the back of the property, we are putting a greenhouse back there to use our pond for the water supply.
Really glad I chose this over a box blade. It will make smooth roads an easy project.

Curious, why back drag with the loader? You should have a very good surface with just the LPGS. If you want it even smoother, then use the LPGS in reverse. Makes the finish very smooth and even.

oosik · Feb 7, 2019

If you were looking to pack it down after using the LPGS - just go back/forth with your tractor.

Lowcountry Rebel · Feb 10, 2019

I made a few more passes yesterday and tried using the LPGS in reverse- worked pretty good like that. Thanks for the info. The road is pretty smooth now.

Tractorable · Feb 10, 2019

Just be careful back dragging with the loader, it’s easy to bend your hydraulic cylinders that way.

Kernopelli · Feb 10, 2019

Tractorable said:
Just be careful back dragging with the loader, it痴 easy to bend your hydraulic cylinders that way.

Yes indeed, I have seen several posts here on TBN where this happened. I myself have done it countless times with no problem....... as they say, "All good things must come to an end". I just replaced 2 cylinders damaged by back dragging. I bent both rods and cracked both gland nuts.

MtnViewRanch · Feb 10, 2019

Kernopelli said:
Yes indeed, I have seen several posts here on TBN where this happened. I myself have done it countless times with no problem....... as they say, "All good things must come to an end". I just replaced 2 cylinders damaged by back dragging. I bent both rods and cracked both gland nuts.

If you need to use the loader to back drag, have the bucket flat or tilted forward only a small amount. Less than 15* I believe is the recommended safe amount of tilt recommended for most loaders.