Road Grader

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I finally got around to building a road grader. It turned out better than I expected. Also, performes rather well too. I've already plowed up the field in front of my house. So, I needed an implement to smooth it out in a timely manor. I tried using a rock rake, but I wasn't happy with the outcome.

So, I finally ordered the cutting edge blades and bought the bolts from my New Holland dealer. It took a week to get the blades. Two 7ft blades, 16 bolts lock washers nuts, 2 cat II pins, and a quart of blue New Holland paint cost me $300. The skids are 5ft long and 18inchs high. The skids, the angle iron that the blades are bolted to and the flat steel that the skids ride on while being pulled cost me $300. The 3inch square tubing and the 1inch square tubing used for support, I already had that on hand. Total bill was $600 to build. It took me a total of three days to build this road grader. I haven't painted it yet cause I wanted to see how well it works. So, if I had to modify it, I didn't have to deal with the paint. I've used it to smooth out the front field and the side field next to the house. Over all, I'm happy with it.

 

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Another picture

 

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Picture showing how low the front blade sets below the skid.

 

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The back blade sets level with the skids. It doesn't do any cutting, just smooths things out.

 

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Just a beautiful weld. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

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Plow Pictures

 

[RonR]

You did a GREAT job. That thing looks like it would cut very well and smooth nicely.

I don't have use for something like that, but what you built looks like it would 'get 'er done".

Around here, people seem to have trouble with the sides of the drives needing to be brought back to the center. Some of the implements I've seen angle the front blade to pull the dirt from the sides to the center, and the rear (straight) blade smooths it.

I like the way your cutting blade is below your sides.

ron

 

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Ron

I got the idea from the dura grader. I was going to buy the dura grader, but the price of the unit and the shipping price drove me to just build one. I have horses that just love to tear up the land. This field is one of them. I plowed it first and use my road grader to smooth it out. I haven't used it yet on my drive way. I dont think it will help my drive cause its hard as a rock right now. It would smooth the rocks on top, but that about it. Its calling for rain here in a couple days, I'll try it out after it rains. As for the angling the front blade. I was going to do that, but after seeing SonnieP pictures of how his dura grader performed, I decided to mount them straight.

Thanks for the comment.

Cliff

 

[3RRL]

Great looking welds, indeed!
Nice job on the project. How heavy did it turn out to be?

 

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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Great looking welds, indeed!
Nice job on the project. How heavy did it turn out to be? )</font>

I have to guess 1000 pounds cause I cant move it at all or even tilt the front up a little. By the way, that picture that shows the weld was done with a 100amp mig welder.