DIY Grader from a Trailer Tailgate?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Another one of Bryan's ideas to smooth out the surface of our new gravel driveway. Using what we've got, an old gate from our tow trailer. But will it work?
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Use the box blade! Flip the rippers and lengthen your 3 point top link so the forward facing blade in barely touching, the rear facing blade will smooth out the material!! If want to it to scrape more just shorten the top link! You can also crown the material by adjusting the height of the right lift arm, making it longer(lowering the right side of the box blade). Your place looks great!!
Yep, we're going to try that but were slightly nervous about ripping everything up. thanks for the tips!!
Basically the same idea as what we use on baseball fields to smooth out the dirt. Drag a piece of chain-link fence behind a tractor with a little bit of weight on the end. Worked great!
p.s. you could try the trailer gate again, but put some weight on it. Cement blocks, or bunch of wood. Might help...
We got railroad ties that are quite heavy- will try that next!
Good idea, just needed more weight on the tailgate.
Yep will try that next time- we ran out of daylight lol
Yep. 4 cinder blocks. My Uncle used to do the same thing out at his farm with crushed limestone.
Pro trick : watch series at flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching loads of movies these days.
@Chad Landen Yup, been watching on flixzone for since december myself =)
@Chad Landen definitely, have been using flixzone for months myself :)
Look into ABI attachments. It's not a free solution but for critical access to your home and the decades of maintenance that you'll be doing to keep things civilized, it will become a valuable tool on the arsenal of tractor implements.
Cool thanks for the tip!
Ingenuity at work there. Once upon a time we had a piece of chain link fence that was dragged behind for grading.
Yes thanks! I may remember seeing chain link used that way lol
Beautiful entry video moon, animals and mountain views . Perfect timing for the moon footage. ❤
Thanks- have been trying a more artistic flair and could not waste that full moon from earlier in the week!
Perfect, I have a ramp to use!
Excellent!
Good idea for stablade. Research land plane. Then modify the tailgate into a land plane that will be more aggressive than the tailgate alone but less aggressive than the box blade.
Thanks for the tips!
Brian is a great job there with the gravel
Looks professional
Thanks man!
I haven't even watched the video yet but I've been wanting to cut the tailgate off of my 8x8 trailer. Jackpot!
Nice! it's useful having a big grate like that. i think you'll find a bunch of uses for it. (we also used it for sifting backfill)
DID GREAT JOB / U CAN ALSO PUT GATE BEHIND THE BOX BLADE TOO
Awesome . thanks!
Drag the tailgate 90 deg from the way you had it. So all the bars cross the road instead of in line with the road. Angle iron down. The grate side down would work in sand.
We're giving it another try in the next video. thanks!
Having installed and maintained a 1320' driveway with some grades for 20 years. That box grader and a plain grader to keep the crown in the middle. Once down you can scrape the stones back to the top. They push back down in time. Just keep the water off so you don't get soft places. Blacktop is worth every penny.
Ok cool - great tips! Not done with it just yet
Glad I found you guys. Great video.
Thanks man!
My dad used to use a large oak pallet and drag it behind his Honda 4 wheeler. It worked great....
Wow. bet that was heavy. Very creative!
Turn grate side down and put weight on it.
That seems like h the winning combo
Awesome scenery shots. Hope you don't mind me saying this but can't wait until you guys have some good snow so it will settle the dryness.
Thanks! Been trying to capture more artistic scenery. Well looks like snow may be in the forecast very soon- stay tuned!
I use a farm gate with a cattle panel wired to one side and pull it behind my SuperZ mower. No rocks needed. Works fine for my 225 ft gravel drive.
That’s cool. Sounds like it’s probably a bit heavier than this setup.
Just put weight on it like rocks you got a couple of those lol
Nah BE adventureous attach a roap to the front and ride it like a surfboard Would pay to see that
Exactly what I was thinking! All it needs is extra weight.
Haha or railroad ties- he almost tried that first. Next time!
I know you packed it down, but putting that gravel up against your foundation just gave water the perfect pathway to exactly where you DON'T want it. You need dirt there, sloped so that it sheds water away.
Thanks , if you watch some of the snow melt videos, you can see where the water is sloping away from the house.
The gate should work but you need weight on top of it. The land plane is the perfect drive tool and as much driveway as you have it may be worth the price. Check out a view video's on the land plain. All the best from Greensboro NC
Thanks for the tips! You know - Greensboro is where we lived for 8 hrs before Colorado!
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Oh that is beautiful!
The new camera can get some great zoom and the full moon this past week was amazing. Next time will use tripod so it won’t be so shaky
one of the things you can acquire kind of cheap if you look around is one of the parking stall curbs like you would see in front of a store that are under 1 ft tall and usually run the width of the parking space, look for some surplus ones online in your area Those curbs usually have two holes in them that go from top to bottom all the way thru, go to your local home depot or what not and if you can find them get two long at least 1 inch thick eye bolts that will go thru to the bottom, put and few washers thru and a good strong nut. You can then hook your chains to the eye bolts and pull the curb being the tractor. the curb will have a lot of weight so it will help with the driveway and it is also nice in winter because you can use it to take the snow off the driveway as well and the loose stuff off to make it easier to drive on. The guys that usually sell the curbs have eye bolts they use to pick them up and take them off the trucks as well so you could see if they will sell you some or Brain could always fab something up if you have some rebar pieces laying around
My Dad and his Brother have been using that for years on the farm to keep the gravel packed down and to remove snow etc and to keep the dirt road packed down to the fields. Hope that idea helps!
That’s a really great idea thanks! I wonder if we could use the railroad ties we have in the same way- drill holes and add eye bolts .... hmmm. Thanks for sharing.
I tried just putting a chain through it and loading it up with cement blocks. I destroyed mine LOL
oh no!
I am curious about the feel of the geocell portion vs the flat area without the geocell. Is it noticeably more firm and smooth? Why did you choose to omit the underlayment? Can't wait to see the progress and Howe Ott hold up over the winter
There is no difference in feel. It's to secure the gravel from sliding off the slope, which tends to happen with use and as water sheds, and affects the sloped section much more than it affects the flat areas.
you need a land plane, check out Outdoors with the Morgans. Mike is great with gravel driveways.
a few people have suggested land plane. will have to check it out thanks!
What rock material did you put down? Any idea how durable it is? ie How quik does it bust up and become dust?
it was called 'select mix' which is fairly hard when dry, it's very dusty.
You try the tail gate with great down and lots of weight . See if that helps think base ball drag .GOOD LUCK
Will try with weight next time. thanks!
lower the bucket and spin the gate, then add some weight
Thanks will try it!
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I definitely don't know as much as Brian, but..
that should flatten any slight elevations in the road
it needs to rain on that gravel to sink the smaller gravels down
You should feel the difference driving on it
Other than Brian's makeshift improvisation you'll need some sort of Zamboni Vehicle to do a better job
The Tractor can't do that
I don't know if there is a Tractor attachment that does the compacting for road gravel
Yeah not sure about compacting- would need a weighted sled or something.
old use bed springs works the best
huh. that's a relic you don't see much anymore.
Great innovation. Check out Chris at Let's Dig 18 airfield series. He made the same with old rubber skid steerer tracks. You do need to be careful with the geotech grid. No pressure with all your viewers watching :)
Thanks! Well this is true- we were a bit more conservative giving this a try, seeing how we just barely installed the grid. Part of this experiment was to see how it would hold up. But the gravel mix is extremely durable, so we could probably be more aggressive the next go-round.
Old bed springs with weight on them.
Or a heavier tailgate
I use a tire and a fat girl. It don't work very good but at about 30mph I sure get the giggles.
hmmm
You can do that with your tractor the bucket I have to do is float your bucket if that bucket
That’s a good idea. The floating isn’t ideal on our tractor set up. Don’t trust it to not rip it all up
YOUNG MAN ,
USE THE BACK OF THE LOADER BUCKET TO SPREAD
Thanks I've done that
What you're looking for is a land plane
Land plane. Ok thanks!!
Yep, land plane aka grading scraper. You can adjust the height of the skids so you don't get down into the geo cell fabric. It doesn't move as much material as a box blade but is much more user friendly.
It might still work and some weight on it
Ok we are not done with it yet!
Need weight on top.
Gonna try that next!
Put some more weight on it. Not heavy enough. Grate side down
Thanks!
Put some weight on it!
That’s the ticket I think!
Youre going to lose your crown that way
We don’t really have one yet. Will add after we even it out