Smooth and level gravel driveways...

[garc]

Click here and scroll to the bottom for pics of an 8 foot 200 pound rail attached to the bottom of a 370 pound box scraper. I really works!

 

[WH401]

I have the same kind of setup, though it doesn't include a box blade and I have never tried it on my driveway. It will definitely smooth out rough ground though. I have an 8 ft x 1 ft(?) piece of I-beam, w/ the crankshaft from an OTR tractor engine on it for extra weight, attached to a chain that gets dragged around behind the tractor. It's very effective as a cheaply priced alternative to a box blade.

 

[Oldmax]

I use a homebrew grader , Made from guard rail post given to me by a friend.

 

[Kfbeal]

It's funny you mention that. Yesterday I found two 8'-10' pieces on top of an old culti-packer. I chained them together and behind my tractor to break up the manure in the hay patch and knock down the ant hills. It worked fairly well but could have used some more weight for the ant hills.

 

[JB4310]

All sound like good ideas, I've got a ~20' pc of heavy rail waiting to be put to good use.

JB.

 

[garc]

The OP link is broken so here are a few pics ...

 

[mopardude318]

Wow. Your roads look nice!!

 

[garc]

The rail weighs 200 lbs added to the 400 lb box scraper. I have since added end plates to the rail to control spillage over the ends of the rail that tends to create brems at the edge of the driveways.

 

[Halftrack]

Sit, ubu, sit. GOOD DOG.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have two RR tracks welded together into a frame. Ruined a perfectly good Plasma Tip burning shackle holes in the track.

The only problem with perpendicular anything, is that it ejects material out the sides, and off your driveway.

 

[MH8675309]

I use a chain harrow on mine and it looks like new gravel when I get done

 

[wassup8687]

The rail weighs 200 lbs added to the 400 lb box scraper. I have since added end plates to the rail to control spillage over the ends of the rail that tends to create brems at the edge of the driveways.
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Beautiful dog.

 

[garc]

The only problem with perpendicular anything, is that it ejects material out the sides, and off your driveway.

If you weld some oversize end plates onto the rails that should hold the gravel in front and under the rails instead of spilling over the ends I had the same problem until I did that.

 

[garc]

Sit, ubu, sit. GOOD DOG.

Beautiful dog.

Woof (= thank you )

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just got a 7000# capacity top dresser at auction. That should spread some nice limestone evenly, rather than dump piles and then try and get the speed bumps out of it. Although, that's not what I got it for. NEW TOYS for spring, if it ever gets here.

Same machine, I just got an older version:
Bannerman Topdresser Demo - YouTube

That AND a flying lawnmower, but that's a different subject!

 

[chim]

Since we paved our driveway years ago, this doesn't see much use. Every now and then it does come in handy. The original design used the boom pole for lifting and it was a bit cumbersome. Angling was done by shortening the chain on one side or the other.

A few years ago i discovered an old pipe flange out behind the shop and did some mods so the boom pole wasn't required.

 

[Stomper]

Since we paved our driveway years ago, this doesn't see much use. Every now and then it does come in handy. The original design used the boom pole for lifting and it was a bit cumbersome. Angling was done by shortening the chain on one side or the other.

A few years ago i discovered an old pipe flange out behind the shop and did some mods so the boom pole wasn't required.

Love the ingenuity with the pipe flange. That great thinking out of the box.

 

[captjack]

if you can find a land plane/ gravel grader get one - its a must have for gravel driveways. Here is some millings I spread the other day- don't mind the rut - i had a chain dragging and didn't realize it - it was totally smooth when done just didn't get a pic