Poor man (ok, cheap sob) wants a land plane grader/scraper

[JethroB]

:thumbsup: We learn as we go.

 

[shooterdon]

Interesting thread and a great outcome. KISS is an excellent principle to employ.

 

[RSR]

Looks great! You can do a lot with a box blade if you can get it adjusted correctly.

 

[BackRoad]

Opening a new pub...

Naming it..."The Crown & Ditch"...

...the two most important words to a highwayman!

 

[pmsmechanic]

Opening a new pub...

Naming it..."The Crown & Ditch"...

...the two most important words to a highwayman!

The most important being the "Crown" as there is twice as much ditch for every "Crown"!

 

[deezler]

The ditch and crown.... I like that. I'm a firm believer in good ditches, even though mine rarely ever flow any water.

I had to go and open my mouth to say something about winter ever arriving....

Glad I got it graded out first. Although it got kinda squishy after snowing all day yesterday, maybe an inch of equivalent water precipitation for 2" of slush.

 

[fried1765]

The ditch and crown.... I like that. I'm a firm believer in good ditches, even though mine rarely ever flow any water.

I had to go and open my mouth to say something about winter ever arriving....

Glad I got it graded out first. Although it got kinda squishy after snowing all day yesterday, maybe an inch of equivalent water precipitation for 2" of slush.

A beautiful looking driveway !!

 

[Jim in ICT]

I've used everything from a box blade, to a straight blade, and landscape rake, which actually worked fairly well ( and was cheap). Finally broke down and bought a 5' Land Pride land plane. Works really well. We have a lot of local housing developments going up this summer, so I'm doing a bit of finish grading to justify the cost.