How to use the road blade to cut a ditch line
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- Description: in this video we explore using a 6ft road blade to cut a ditch line with a L2800 Kubota tractor. this can also be done with various other tractors which use three point attachments.
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I didn't realize I could do all that with a straight blade. That's exactly what I needed. I appreciate you taking the time to make it look achievable. Gives me the confidence I needed to do it.
the road blade is likely the most under estimated when it comes to rear attachments. most people opt to use the box blade when actually the road blade can achieve so much in ways the box blade never can. be sure and check my videos where I resurface gravel driveways using the road blade as my main source of recovering and dressing with the existing gravel that is there. its one of my go to implements for many task. I hope to make a few more videos explaining in detail why I use the road blade over the box blade in certain situations. don't get me wrong I love my boxblade and I have an entire series on using and setting the boxblade up properly. still I could not go with out a road blade. its a must have! edit: thank you for the kind words, its folks like you that inspire me to continue making these videos!
I just got an old Ford road plane and I can’t wait to learn more about it. This thing is heavy duty and I hope to makes swales with it and move topsoil. That is what I got it for. Keep the videos coming. Thank you for sharing your knowledge to only a 4 year veteran of a tractor. I never thought I would be doing the things I have and I am enjoying every moment. Take care. And please keep the videos on the road blade coming.
Great video. Thanks for the info. Just bought a tractor and a blade and i have a drainage issue. I'll put this info to good use in the spring!
thanks Rob, I really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment and subscribe to my channel. the road blade is a great tool to have. I also use it on gravel driveways in some of my other videos on resurfacing gravel driveways. I believe I use the road blade as much as I use the box blade. in fact the road blade is on the tractor right now as we speak just in case we get snow. again thanks for taking your time to watch my videos. peace love and respect to you and your family! Dave
I wish I had as much energy as the dog across the street. :) Great video and I will definitely be putting your knowledge to use... Thank you
I hear ya I wish I had his energy myself. I guess I'm just an ole wore out dog. not much pep in my step these days. lol ha ha thanks for stopping by.
Hello Dave Thanks for showing us how to use our 3pt blade to scratch out a nice ditch! I have a L2800 and dug a nice shallow ditch after three passes it looked good and about 300 ft long on my 1000 ft lane. Supposed to get some rain this weekend so I will get to see how well it works.
excellent! I'm sure it will work well. mine has to be maintained about once a year or two years. I also have the L2800 what a great tractor! I really have enjoyed it.
Thank you for this video. We have a long dirt road and the rain will wash the dirt to the low side. I need to throw the dirt back to the high side. Then spend some $$$$ from gravel or millet.
this held up great. NO more dirt running over my driveway! I should do an update video on this. thanks for dropping by the channel.
I have the same setup you have. This was helpful. Thanks
thanks a lot of folks claim you should come into the ditch line from the other direction. I choose to not come in that way because I wanted to avoid having to clean dirt off the pavement. I was correct in doing it the way shown in this video. I tried it just for shits and giggles the other way and I ended up with a huge mess that added about two hours of clean up to this task.
Nice job Dave. If it needs touchup down the road, well, that's what the tractor is for :)
absolutely! it will always need maintaining even if it was concrete it would need occasional maintenance.
awesome video. I'm 2 months away from getting my Kubota. we have 1200 foot driveway that will need maintenance and this provides good info. Thanks for posting it.
thanks for watching my video! I appreciate the kind words. if you end up with a box blade you should really look at my video on setting up the box blade. it seems to have helped a lot of folks learn about the box blade.
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Looking good, I bet that'll work!
+dwight fry thanks! I will find out come the next heavy rain! all this mudslide is getting old fast. thanks for watching!
Working with a tractor is therapeutic somehow. I find excuses to use mine every chance I get.
+wyattoneable Amen to that!
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that's true most everyone does, My mower is happy since the tractor showed up and replaced it as my therapy machine.
Great video, that looks like that should take care of it.
+GY Solutions thanks, I sure hope so.
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Nice tractor. Great video. My favorite part was when I think I heard you say "I hope this works"😂Love me some honesty. I've been building roads for 20+ years and what you did was just fine. Most of these knucklehead TH-cam trolls couldn't spell PTO much less find it. Keep up the good work👍
thank you! so far its working quite well. the tractor has been a learning experience for me. I have made a few mistakes along the way and I'm sure I will make more but that's ok with me. thanks so very much for watching my videos. since being diagnosed with cancer in jan17 these videos are my only income. about three hundred bucks a year. not much but better than a poke in the eye with a hot stick. lol
good job man
+Bison Workshop thanks Bob!
There are plenty of places where my horses live that need a small passage to drain standing water. I have been digging them with my front loader, but intend to try my box blade. Since I'm inexperienced, I have been getting lots of ideas from TH-cam.
the box blade will work but the road blade works a little different with small advantages.
What I would give to have a tractor...my farm would look completely different. :)
take my advice DO NOT WAIT! life is to short to not enjoy a fine tractor! even if its just an old half wore out ford 8n its better than no tractor at all. you will be so happy the day you get up in that tractor seat and she is all yours. I would love to see a picture or video of you enjoying a nice tractor of any brand!
I had to laugh at the guy watching you in the track suit. He looked like a mafia guy in the witness protection program. He kind of didn't fit the farm type vibe if you know what I mean. :-)
thats funny, I guess I could tell you who he is but it might get you killed. lol joking
Never had occasion to ditch up against an asphalt road. Am wondering if there are some guidelines on how close you should get to the asphalt with the blade because of potential erosion to the road? The County ditches right up against the asphalt in front of my place but that's the County and on a flat section of road. There is about 18" of rain per year around here including up to 5ft. of snow. Just curious.
ideally I could have turned the blade the other way and pulled the ditch further away from the asphalt however that would mean I would have dirt from plowing all over my asphalt to clean up. not a huge deal however if a person watching this has a gravel drive or roadway and they seen me do it that way then they would have lots of dirt on their gravel roadway that is not so easily cleaned up. its always best to have your ditch far away from the road edge however you cant always do that. here I had bushes a light pole and under ground electric lines not very deep that I needed to avoid. I may do a follow up video to this video to show the other way of doing this. thanks for the comment.
Hey Dave looks good and done quickly. Iam guessing you could have done it with a box blade also??
you sure could the only difference is the box blade will fill with dirt and you will need to spread it or remove it. which honestly may have been a better option. I used the road blade because it cuts a further distance never filling up when its turned on an angle like it is here.
Thanks Dave. I have a box blade just trying to see if it would be worth it to by a road blade.
honestly a road blade is an amazing implement and one I choose to use over the box blade in many situations. so if you can pick up a road blade it will be money well spent! I will more likely be doing a video series on the road blade in the future to show what I prefer about it over the boxblade. with that said the two of these implements together are like peanut butter and jelly! they just compliment each other like that.
Dave, as you plowed the ditch you created a levee of mud on the left side of the ditch. Won't that prevent rainwater from getting into the ditch?
my plan was to remove that loose dirt but as it turned out there was so much gravel in it that the rain water simply drained right threw. some dirt did fill the ditch back in a little but not much. its been about 10 month now and it still does its job well. I do have a little run off on the drive way but no where near like I had before. over all it was successful. of course the loose dirt that went to the left was going up hill. it dont look like much of a hill in the video but it is. it would have been better to remove that dirt like you pointed out. thanks for viewing and sharing my video I really appreciate the comment and the input. its been fun making videos for folks to see with the kubota tractor.
I'm glad it's still working after 10 months. Have fun. I'm waiting for my new B2650 to arrive. Then I'll be doing some of the same type of work except in Louisiana clay/mud.
cool hope to see some videos of it
That should do it Dave.
+Paul Sargent I hope so Paul. when I plowed snow off the driveway I must have pulled up two inches of frozen mud from that spot. what a mess! always tracking it in the rain all over the driveway and even in the house. thanks for watching.
Hope it does it. Let us know if it does or doesn't
Paul Sargent I sure will! I may do a video during the next heavy rain that its light outside.
+daveknowshow With the next rain storm, watch how much water funnels down the trees (further up the driveway). That may also be a large source of the water causing run off.
Paul Sargent I bet your right. I never thought of that.
What about using a box blade for doing a job like this?
absolutely yes you can.
Removing that much material next to the driveway do you have to worry about cave in? Is there enough to support the driveway?
so far after all these years I have had zero issues with removing this much material. I actually took more out last year.
Thanks for the info! I will take a bigger cut this spring. Thanks for the videos. I have learned a lot watching your channel.
@@jjfore0921 you are very welcome, I typically make small cuts over and over until I feel like I'm where I need to be. this way I can look at the soil conditions as I go along. every spot is different. your driveway may be really soft on the edges and you may not be able to cut this close to the edge and still avoid erosion. mine is pretty hard clay with rock base so erosion and undermining is not an issue. it would be better to rotate the blade and come the other way cutting the ditch portion further away from the driveway edge.
Who is the man in your video? Is he your supervisor? He looked at his watch while you were adjusting the blade. So, I guess you were on the clock, huh? I saw old Daisy slink on through the video so I guess she knows she's the star of the show (chuckle). Funny, I heard you last words before you broke ground. I think you said "I hope this works" (chuckle). Good job, Dave and it sure seemed to work fine. Later brother.
yes it has worked very well. that was my older brother in the video. he was also diagnosed with cancer and he only lived about 8 weeks or so after being diagnosed. cancer took him fast. Daisy is the head of this house hold. she runs things around here for sure.
Well, you can see, Daisy knew she was the star....(smile). Man, that other dog down at the neighbor's house was having a fit and wanted to get over to your piece of land badly. Well done on the ditch line, Dave.
For such a basic concept, "tilt the blade and make a ditch" seems the video could have been slightly shorter. I couldn't watch the whole thing. But in case this wasn't mentioned always put your tractor in "low Low" as opposed to "High low" if you have that option. Otherwise your likely to burn up your clutch!
thanks for watching.
Good video, however, if you do not have a wireless mic attached to yourself, make sure to talk facing the camera, otherwise, your voice goes away....
yes I now have wireless mics.
I don't see anything wrong with it.. Might smooth it some where it came out at the high end of the blade so it doesn't act as a barrier or wash back in.. But no doubt he did what he said he was going to do.. :-)
Jeff Barnett thanks for the comment. this seems to work well and going in this direction kept me from having to clean dirt off the driveway.
Sorry.. Just read the comments about the remaining debris..
Now the dirt under the drive will wash away
funny it has not washed away and its been over 2 years like this. I purposely went this direction to keep from having to clean the dirt off the driveway after the fix was done. its not a permanent fix its more of a maintenance. far better for me this way than to remove all those bushes and my pole light and cut that area down. not to mention I would be encroaching on the neighbors property. so see its not easy to arm chair judge the situation from a video when your not standing here looking at the situation and knowing all the details of the situation at hand. this was the path of least resistance and the results have worked flawlessly so the proof is in the pudding!
Hi Dave, I've planted my fair share of grass seed and the best way I've found is to scatter a layer of hay or straw over the planted area. It does a great job of prevent wash out. I like what you did with the ditch work, that should prevent your driveway from getting dirt on it. Gotta love Kubotas! I own a BX25 myself. Check out my channel
+Jon Ritter thanks man I will get some straw for that hill soon. I just put the dirt there and have not planted any grass yet. it got cold and I had other things going on. my biggest issue is keeping people from driving there. everyone want to drive around that tree when someone parks in my driveway and blocks them in. I will check your channel for sure. love the Kubota's and make sure you join us on facebook at "Kubota tractors and equipment" its a group of great folks over there.
you undercut your driveway
i totally do not understand your comment.
Sorry, I was saying it looks like you actually removed sidewall support for the shoulder of the driveway. Pressure from vehicles is not only distributed down, but somewhat laterally to the side also. When you add in erosion from rain, it appears to me you may have removed some support from the edge.
Andrew Johnson ok no its actually further away than it appears and no as deep as it appears either. as far as eroding its hard as wood pecker lips and seems to fill in rather than erode. i need to do it again already actually. appreciate the heads up on the risk i was not aware of that so its good to know. i will recheck it when it stops raining. how far away is a safe distance?
what the hell are you doing? you're just making a bigger mess you need to come about 4 foot off the road and a whole lot of material needs to be removed in order to fix this grading issue correctly .. just a Mickey Mouse fix you demonstrated here it is absolutely not acceptable solution 2 this grading problem. you are definitely having tunnel vision issues or you're out of your league here need to look at the whole picture.. minimal there needs to be a drainage ditch four and a half foot wide with a soft belly and it has to be lower than the road grade the ditch doesn't have to be deep digits needs to be a lot wider and give it a very gentle belly so it will be lawn mower friendly and it will not be a washout issue and grass and vegetation will fill in
I appreciate the comment however that is not the fix i'm looking for. the grade drop is where all the utilities run through at. if its dug down as wide an deep as it needs to be all utilities will need to be moved. this approach although not perfect is the least intrusive least expensive and it worked. I'm sure in time it will need redoing but a year later its still doing a great job of keeping mud off the asphalt. the area is still just as lawn mower friendly as it ever was. the bushes and light pole require weed eater work anyway so stressing over that is simply anal and counterproductive. its easy to sit back and arm chair quarter back not knowing what all the details involved are. its nice to have input from folks and suggestions when given in such a nice tone and respect. thanks again for the input.
daveknowshow you should change the title of your video seriously. in the real world first thing the ditch you cut a ditch that is deadheaded.. top slope should have been toward the road the bottom slope should have been toward the incoming water.. that itself would have not tooken that much more room and most definitely would have not been in the way of a so-called utilities if they are following code.. seriously deadheading a ditch right in to a asphalt road? it's like everything is backwards what you're doing.. if it rains anything to speak about where that is at it will start undercutting... well heck if you have to do this every two years LOL someone might start thinking about artificial grass LOL
you should create a channel and make your own videos. you could talk all about drainage stuff and run off. this video simply shows a road blade in use. if I did not have an asphalt driveway I may have pulled the spoil pile toward the roadway. however since my driveway is asphalt and I did not want to have to clean the spoil off the asphalt I did it the other way. plus there is an electrical, phone and cable line I have hit before that runs around this driveway. could it have been done the other way? sure, but with the minimum amount of water run off I had here there was no pressing reason to do it that way. there has been zero undercut so your wrong and that is not a problem in this situation. many ditches are dug on road sides with a grade all machine. many times the bank is cut back four feet. this was not an option here. I'm glad you are enjoying my videos and I hope you will watch it again and again. I like the title of this video as it seems to work well in driving internet traffic towards my channel. of course that does mean that you get these occasional engineers who know it all and have their own method of doing things. you also get trolls from time to time who like to debate and argue a point that is actually pointless. if you look at the video again you will notice the tractor is driving on a slope the blade is also additionally sloped. this means the end of the blade as well as the bottom of the blade is cutting. because of the extreme angles of the blade it is creating a slope from the road toward the ditch line as well as a slope from the road frontage toward the road. there is NO DEAD HEAD situation. this likely does not look to be true in the video do to it not being three dimensional. I hope you watch the video again and leave many more comments. the more comments the more this video reaches a larger audience. thank you for helping promote my channel.
I agree. Even if I don't know how much water comes down that driveway and I have no idea how much footage he has on that side. Spending thousands on a concrete drainage ditch is obviously the only answer.
I dug up my phone line once, making a wide, unnecessary culvert. I showed them. Thereafter they went to great expense to run their lines far away from anywhere I might be using my unique earthmoving skills.
I would suggest a more flat bottom for the water (to increase friction, slow down the water and be less likely to wash out especially on that steep a grade), not a "v-shape" or "belly" unless he does the smart thing and spends hundreds on a concrete truck. And the forms. And the labor. Then it wouldn't be so Micky Mouse.
He should have never done the best he could with what he has.
And he needs a better looking dog.
P.S. If water gets under that asphalt he will have a much more ambitious project than cutting that ditch. And use a pin that will shear going that close to the driveway. Getting that blade hung up could tear up something quickly if that quick-change pin won't shear.
M M thanks for the input. I appreciate all comments. they all help to make this video move up higher in Google search results. this equates to more revenue for me via Google Adsense. I hope you will watch and comment on all my videos. if you ever make a video I will come watch your videos and help you gain more views as well. again thanks and have a blessed day.