Great Video Pete 👍 My 2 cents would be. Hydraulics to raise/lower the blade, also angle the blade of the grader so you can control the flow of gravel where you want it a little better. for instance have 1 side of the grader at road level and the other side 3/4" off road level to move/spread the gravel where you need it , you could also shave off the high spots this way.
From my other response you may be able to accomplish what I had mentioned with just different tire pressure or a cheap set of air shocks perhaps? Air Shocks won't know the difference between 2,000 lb's of car or a ton of Gravel so I would lean that direction. Maybe weld a 3/4" steel plate to the inside of your Tire support so it sits under the frame mount the Air Shocks (CHEAP) pull the pins and Viola you have a Adjustable Blade... Make your plate big enough you can weld in a 45 degree support back to your upright for support.. There is ALWAYS a solution and if it's worth doing then were gonna do it Right!! 😉 BTW maybe weld in more bars in the basket so old people like us don't have to carry 60lb rocks to it lol. I would personally set it up so you could shovel some gravel in it or use a bobcat to fill it up, so maybe 1/2" x 1/2" screen? The more weight the better the Grade I would think. For Gods sake Paint it Pete, Damn it what will people say??? LOL
WE HAVE A 1/2 MILE ROAD ON OUR CENTRAL FL PROPERTY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE USED SAND BAGS OVER THE REAR AXLE. ONE ISSUE WE COULD NEVER GET PASS WAS ONCE THE RAIN GETS UNDER THE PEET ROCK. IT CAUSES POCKETS AND HOLES. YOUR RIGHT 10 MPH SEEMS TO BE THE SPOT. ONCE WE GRADED THE ROAD WE HAVE ANOTHER TRAILER WITH PIECES OF CHAIN TO DRAG IT LEVEL. WE WOULD DRAG IT ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT OUT THERE. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
Excellent video. Working for a county road department here in Arkansas (bridge Crew to be exact) ur machine worked great in my opinion. For what that’s worth lol. Angle blade forward some and u will cover more area with less material. Also might help u with rock hop thanks for another awesome video Pete
I was wondering if the blade had coil overs on the mounting points, it wouldn’t be so hard on the machine itself? Taking some of the shock out and minimising the bounce?
I live on a farm. Take off or raise those gauge wheels and put on weight in the back. One more thing, pick up all those rocks. Just trying to help Pete.
Great homemade grader and a simple design. A few cuts & bolts it will fold up against the wall. I hope the foot is ok! Charle gives two paws up! Nice, made in America by Pete’s Moab Machine Works (PMMW) I can built it, you scratch it, I can paint it!For delivery, ask for Minnie.
I was waiting for Minnie to come out of the house and raise hell about all the noise and moving all the rocks around in her rock garden ! Needs a strip of steel (cutting edge) along the bottom of blade as a wear edge instead of wearing down blade. Wide enough that it can be unbolted and flipped as it wears out.
Only thing I can think of would be make up a replaceable knife edge on the blade itself so you don't wear down the blade itself. Like maybe get a piece of steel 3/8 thick and about 4 inches high to run the length of your blade. Have it extend down about an inch below the blade itself. Then when you drill your holes, space them from the bottom edge so that you can remove it, flip it over and then get double use out of it.
Use an ex lift hitch with it that way you stop the thing from bouncing front and rear put wheels at the rear and make it long ..then you dont meed weight. The tow vehicle becomes your weight
How would you make this road grader better?? Answer below, would love to see and hear other ideas.. Thanks for watching
Great Video Pete 👍
My 2 cents would be.
Hydraulics to raise/lower the blade, also angle the blade of the grader so you can control the flow of gravel where you want it a little better.
for instance have 1 side of the grader at road level and the other side 3/4" off road level to move/spread the gravel where you need it , you could also shave off the high spots this way.
From my other response you may be able to accomplish what I had mentioned with just different tire pressure or a cheap set of air shocks perhaps?
Air Shocks won't know the difference between 2,000 lb's of car or a ton of Gravel so I would lean that direction.
Maybe weld a 3/4" steel plate to the inside of your Tire support so it sits under the frame mount the Air Shocks (CHEAP) pull the pins and Viola you have a Adjustable Blade...
Make your plate big enough you can weld in a 45 degree support back to your upright for support..
There is ALWAYS a solution and if it's worth doing then were gonna do it Right!! 😉
BTW maybe weld in more bars in the basket so old people like us don't have to carry 60lb rocks to it lol.
I would personally set it up so you could shovel some gravel in it or use a bobcat to fill it up, so maybe 1/2" x 1/2" screen? The more weight the better the Grade I would think.
For Gods sake Paint it Pete, Damn it what will people say??? LOL
Make is 10 times heavier so it actually scrapes down to even
you beter get that patented mr pete ,works amazing realy impresive results
@@nissmoguy you know that's right. I was kind of thinking maybe he was putting something together for Harbor Freight LOL.
Never know what your gonna find on the channel and that’s what I like.
WE HAVE A 1/2 MILE ROAD ON OUR CENTRAL FL PROPERTY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE USED SAND BAGS OVER THE REAR AXLE. ONE ISSUE WE COULD NEVER GET PASS WAS ONCE THE RAIN GETS UNDER THE PEET ROCK. IT CAUSES POCKETS AND HOLES. YOUR RIGHT 10 MPH SEEMS TO BE THE SPOT. ONCE WE GRADED THE ROAD WE HAVE ANOTHER TRAILER WITH PIECES OF CHAIN TO DRAG IT LEVEL. WE WOULD DRAG IT ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT OUT THERE.
TAKE CARE MY FRIEND
Thanks for there comments volksplanet. Actually it’s a bit big for my yard. Thinking of making another one and selling this one
@@myfriendpete always something going on. You guys stay safe up there
Great idea, excellent execution. Looking forward to the build video.
Excellent video. Working for a county road department here in Arkansas (bridge Crew to be exact) ur machine worked great in my opinion. For what that’s worth lol. Angle blade forward some and u will cover more area with less material. Also might help u with rock hop thanks for another awesome video Pete
Thanks for the info Doug.
Great video Pete and a very handy piece of equipment!
Amazing Pete I wanna make one. Also something a can spray my weeds with
GREAT JOB PETE
Hell yea. That thing works like a champ
works great Pete, can you angle the blade ?
Not on this one, but you can make it where it will angle if you want to!
@@myfriendpete Can't wait to see the next video on this. I have been thinking about making one for my side x side.
I was wondering if the blade had coil overs on the mounting points, it wouldn’t be so hard on the machine itself? Taking some of the shock out and minimising the bounce?
Cool idea, might try something similar. Thank you
Uncle Stewart had one made of two six foot sections of railway track, no wheels.
cool design.... sky's the lmit with that little grader.
Cool video Pete be cool see you next Time
What did you use to make the blade itself?
Good deal Pete 👍😉
Working great!
You do great work pete
Looks like it works as good or better than the box grader I had.
I live on a farm. Take off or raise those gauge wheels and put on weight in the back. One more thing, pick up all those rocks. Just trying to help Pete.
Great homemade grader and a simple design. A few cuts & bolts it will fold up against the wall. I hope the foot is ok! Charle gives two paws up!
Nice, made in America by Pete’s Moab Machine Works (PMMW)
I can built it, you scratch it, I can paint it!For delivery, ask for Minnie.
IT would be pricey but if the wheels in the back had some suspension of even pneumatic tires and run the pressure a little low to stop the bounce
I’m changing the wheels out to air tires
maybe upgrade wheels looks like they were having a party. Works great for a first test :)
Awesome....💪👍
The only thing that does is pull up rocks
Extra cool
we can weld one together and try it to see if the grader works its easy to build one.
I was waiting for Minnie to come out of the house and raise hell about all the noise and moving all the rocks around in her rock garden ! Needs a strip of steel (cutting edge) along the bottom of blade as a wear edge instead of wearing down blade. Wide enough that it can be unbolted and flipped as it wears out.
Looks like it’s works!
Only thing I can think of would be make up a replaceable knife edge on the blade itself so you don't wear down the blade itself. Like maybe get a piece of steel 3/8 thick and about 4 inches high to run the length of your blade. Have it extend down about an inch below the blade itself. Then when you drill your holes, space them from the bottom edge so that you can remove it, flip it over and then get double use out of it.
Just buy a Skid Steer bucket cutting edge.
Use an ex lift hitch with it that way you stop the thing from bouncing front and rear put wheels at the rear and make it long ..then you dont meed weight. The tow vehicle becomes your weight
MAYBE PUT A TOOTHED RAKE TO DISPLACE/CATCH AND PUSH ROCKS OUT OF THE WAY ,IN FRONT OF THE BLADE . DOUBLE ACTION
What would Sammie say about all this?
An old wrought iron gate would do the exact same thing
Air tires and another blade going the other direction!
Put a seat on it and 2 levers, then one man adjust the depth while driving.
At first I thought it was a clown act. Looks like it works need to paint it .
I recommend steel toe boots 🤠
Some weight on the tongue should help with swaying
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Hey Pete. An Minnie.
Hey Slavko.. Thanks for watching.
slow down and you won't get that wash board finish
I hate dirt! ✌🏽
Really, Pete, you can do better than this video. Come on.........
Full video of HOW TO coming soon.. Thanks for watching