DIY Mini grader box for a riding mower.
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- DIY build of a small box blade that I can pull with our riding mower. Because the mower does not have a three point hitch system an electric actuator was incorporated to raise and lower the box. And to top it off, the darn thing works!.
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Damn nice! For me half of the enjoyment of a project like that is just visualizing it then figuring it all out.
Thank for the video! 👍👍
We are two of a kind. Thanks Barry
This video made my morning because of the humility, ingenuity, and plain old tenacity. Thanks so much for sharing!
Marcus
I am glad I made your morning a little better because you have brightened me entire day!
Thanks for watching and thanks for commenting.
Barry
Really great work !! No tubing bender needed the relief cuts and welding does the trick !! Works very well , great job !!! Very good video as well !!
Thank you Robert! Funny thing, in my early life I craved all sorts of special tools that I didn't own but couldn't afford. Now that I can easily afford them, I usually just do without. Not sure what that means.
NICE JOB !! You're a man after my own heart !! I love doing these kinds of projects. You did a nice job. As far as the Z turn, I wouldn't worry about it. My neighbor pulls ALL KINDS of things with his and I pull anything and everything with mine. Never had a problem. Thanks for sharing your ingenuity with us !!
Thank you Lone Wolf, you are a brother from another Mother! Yea, lots of hand wringing out there about hurting the mower but I ain't skerd. It's not like I pull 8 hours a day five days a week. Old guys rule and glad you enjoyed the video.
That my friend, is the epitome of “Yankee ingenuity” . You remind me of my dad. If something needed to be done and you didn’t have the tool, you’d build it. A lot of trial and error. My dad has been gone now for thirty years, but a lot of his “created tools” are still with me, and will continue to be treasured. Subscribed.
Thank you Krankie! In my youth my Dad's make due stuff used to embarrass me to no end. Now it is time to embarrass my kids! Not really, I think they are amused by my miscellaneous projects and videos. And thanks for your subscription!
Barry
Nice watching you put that together. Good job. I need something like that for my driveway. It's rough and uneven. And it goes uphill from the road. You are a creative backyard engineer.
Thank you Jeannette! Sorry, just noticed that I haven't responded to your comment.
I enjoyed this build thanks for posting.
Thank you Jeff!
Great job. This is a master class in grown-ass man skills.
Thanks Easy! Funny thing, Easy Money was what a lot of my buds called me when I had a real job. I guess everyone thinks that because you are the boss you have it made. Truth is, managing large construction projects is anything bit easy.
Barry
Love your honest description of your materials lol
Thanks Lysden! Just try to call em like I see em.
INGENIOUS idea. Gave me some IDEAS. Thank You
Thanks Douglas, glad you enjoyed! Barry
That's awesome. Who needs a tube bender when you did a great job.
Thanks Art!
Nobody was surprised as I as how well this little contraption worked. I still want a tube bender, maybe a good TH-cam project for the future.
Very cool scraper. Thanks for video.
You are welcome, Glad you enjoyed. Barry
Been looking through your videos, when I grow up I want to be smart like you. Great content.
Thanks Abby, I am flattered. But you shouldn't set your goals quite so low, you can do much better! Barry
@@barrylukebuilds7894 If your kids think you are "smart" then you have done a great job of conning them. I don't think I'm smart but they are very smart. For me, I just do the best I can. Like you, I try to make something which will work.
@@Harry-zz2oh Thanks Harry, our kids didn’t like us much when they were teens but apparently we got smarter when they got older!
Ty for the video!!!
What I liked is you repurposed the metal you have!! You did a great job!! I hope it served it purpose for you,
Dougie frome Boston
Dougie
Thank you for watching and thanks for the kind words!
Barry
Nice fabrication skills and a nice looking shop.
Thanks buddy!
Great build, Barry! Don't listen to the 'Can't do's ' You did a good job! Us old guys have to stick together.
Old Guys Rule! Thanks Martin, glad you enjoyed.
HEY............ I'm a young guy and I know how to "DO" things! NOT all young People are stupid you know! NOT all of us had dropped on the head by our mother when young! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Jordan, don't get me wrong. I love my younger viewers. Both of you are really fine people!
@@barrylukebuilds7894 - Hahahahahaha..... I know I can teach old dogs new tricks any day! LMFAO! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think it was a fantastic video!
Dam nice work!
It looks like a good build.
Thanks Thomas, I am glad you enjoyed!
Nice shop! Plenty of room, you have a lot of nice tools also! It’s the perfect retirement playground!
Thanks Tim!
You are correct, I am a lucky man to have what I have. But thirty seven years of hard work didn't hurt my luck any, I don't think.
Barry Luke Builds, i agree about the hard work, you make your own luck with that. Keep staying lucky!
Nice project, great build.
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed!
Barry
Bloody brilliant... I have an RV slideout mechanism that would be perfect for raising/lowering the blade. Thanks for the inspiration, going to try my hand at one of these.
Thank you James! Good luck with your project.
Barry
Nice build Sir, well done.
Ania
Thanks for the kind words, always appreciated!
Barry
I have just about the exact same mower. I love that skid bar on the left side. I bent the wheel support within the 1st 10 hours of running it.
It has been on there for a couple of months now and the trials have been a success. It works!
American ingenuity at its best, great stuff!
Thanks Buddy! I bet it's really not that fat.
Barry
Cool project. I appreciate your problem solving mind.
Thanks Tom! My wife claims that if I wouldn't cause so many problems I would spend a lot less effort trying to fix them. She might be right.
Great job! Reminds me of a Fresno. You can back into tight spots with it,as well. Nice
Jimmy
Thanks and thanks for watching!
Barry
Nice work man. Looks real good
Thanks Mike!
That is a great build, I'm highly impressed, greetings from Ireland 👍👍
Shane
Thank you for the kind words and I am glad you enjoyed!
Barry
Thank you Senor Gringo, you giving me idea to grade my land down here in the Caribbean
You are quite welcome!
Glad you enjoyed.
Barry
Great Job 👏
DIY
Thanks for watching, you caught me sitting at my computer.
Barry
Nice job. Thanks for sharing
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed.
nice job barry thumbs up your an old dude like me doing a pretty decent job keep on keeping on. good day.
Thanks Jamie, old guys rule!
Great project and enjoyed it.
Thanks Pepper!
I can say most people wouldn't tackle a project like that and see it to the finish so kudos to you. but *shudder* at those welds. Cheers.
I am the worst welder. My hands shake, my eyes are not what they once were, and I never take the time to properly prepare the surfaces. Sorry.
Nice job building your box drag.
Thanks Ron!
Nice little piece of equipment you made there! Very well done, and loved your ingenuity in making your bends in pipe and saying someday I'd like to have a proper bender. But you should people that there is another way to get the job accomplished if you just think a little.
Thanks Curt. A strong back and a lame brain has got me this far, no turning back now!
@@barrylukebuilds7894 That is one way of thinking of it. Not enough lame brains around these days since it seems everyone wants the computer to do the work.
Excellent spectacular.
Saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina.
👍😎
Thanks Jorge!
Very well done!!
Thanks Larry! Glad you enjoyed. Barry
You'll never have grass... Because then you won't have dirt to move around! Nice build!!!
Thank You!
Great little project. You got a new subscriber out of me.
Thank you Wayne, glad to have you as a subscriber!
Don't listen to some of these negative comments because they dont have skills to fabricate this awesome piece of equipment. Great job!
Thanks James!
Just thinking the same thing. If I listened to all the negativity I wouldn't have a shed full of mini construction equipment. Nice job!
Very nice, I like it. Got to build me one.
Thanks man!
It's a nice project, hope u enjoy it for a long time.
Thank you Jorge!
Next video, I will show you how to replace the blown-out T46 trans-axle on my mower! You've got a nice little shop there. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. Any body with the word "Old" in their title is OK in my book!
Awesome, good job!!
Thanks!
Complements always welcome.
Barry
Nice build
Thank you Wayne Ploof!
You have schedule 40, 60, 80, that's the thickness, you'll usually see thicker pipe in the colder climates, I know this is an older video but hey thanks alot I built one from your assistance and it works gr8...
Roger
Congrats on your build! Good to hear. Different schedules on pipe and a whole different world on steel tube. I feel lucky when I can find two of the same on my junk rack.
Barry
Absolutely loved it
Thank you Martin, glad you enjoyed.
Nice build!
Thanks!
Great job on it
Thanks Doug! Glad you enjoyed my little project.
Nice build!!!!
Thank You!
Nice project!
Thanks Buddy, glad you enjoyed.
Barry
Good job 👍
Thanks Bruce!
Cool build
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
Barry
Pretty cool man.
Thanks Jim!
Very nice build... you must have watched all the right TH-cam videos.... cause that is a solid build.... also, Water pipe changes its inside dimension when ever the schedule is changed.. so extra heavy pipe or schedule 80 pipe has a smaller ID then schedule 40 pipe..
Thanks buddy! I agree, schedule 40 and 80 have different ID"s . But there is no such thing as 1/2" schedule 80 galvanized water pipe. This stuff was just had little bitty bit smaller ID, very strange.
Wheels wobble but they don't fall off!
The little box grader is not in constant use but hooked it up about a month age and all systems were go, including the wobbly wheels!
Nice job !
Thanks Del!
Nice job!!
Thanks Glen!
Substandard materials and marginal working ability sounds like my kind of guy 😁
Just being honest D B. Perfection has always eluded me. But I am pretty good at making do with with the skills and materials I have available. This rubs some people the wrong way but I am glad to see with you that is not the case.
Barry
Very nice video. I plow my long gravel driveway with a garden tractor and plow. I bet this would be faster for the job and quicker to attach. Thanks
Thank You and I think it would be a good gravel leveler.
I like your style I am a fab guy and I just learned some tricks from you truck on brother
Thanks Willie, glad you enjoyed.
What I seen is you done a great job the bending and all
Thank you Roger, and thanks for watching!
I like this build. Been thinking about doing one myself. I like how you used what you had. Oh and...a grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't!
Thanks Buddy! And yes, a thick coat of paint never hurts.
That’s fantastic.
Thanks Gerald!
Great job
Thanks Gary, glad you enjoyed.
Barry
Your question about water pipe. Standard pipe is known as Schedule 40 pipe. Heavy wall pipe is known as Schedule 80 pipe. It has the same OD but a slightly smaller ID than Schedule 40.
Anyway, you have a great idea here and did an excellent job of bringing it to life.
Thanks! the pipe was all schedule 40, I think some of it had a little extra galvanize in it. It was that close.
I have a small finish scraper I’ve built and rebuilt several times I use to experiment with. I’ve gone through a lot of linear actuators. If there’s any bounce it’s transferred straight to the linear actuator and wears out the treads. If you have that issue try using a spring to dampen any bouncing
Stacy, Good idea with the spring. My little actuator feels pretty cheep so I am not expecting a long lifespan. But the wheels are kinda soft so maybe that will help absorb some of the stress. Time will tell.
Very nice build. I been building stuff like that for a lot of years. I am always looking for new ideas like you
Thanks Stacy
Messing around in my shop keeps me sane. Not sure what my life would be like if I never had the "maker" bug.
You both are great fabricators. That is a nice design!
From Steel To Wood
Thank you! Appreciate all positive comments.
Up north they would be scraper bars on snow plow blades. Real nice job, but I would suggest moving those wheels back about 4 more feet. Since it is only sand, a slightly wider blade would work too.
Sand for now but who knows what next time! Thanks Barry
Nice, that really get the finish work done, that takes time to build and is well thought out, i like to build what I need which cannot be bought, make a large one for the tractor just raise and lower on the draw bar, thanks for the show and tell, fellow tinker, Joe
Thanks Cajun 1, appreciate kind words.
that landlevel is sweet!
Thanks man! Funny you should comment on the same day I pulled that thing out to adapt it to be pulled by my son's four wheeler. Its been sitting for about two years and that little cheep Chinese ram still worked!
I put some concrete blocks on mine and it settled down and grades pretty good nice little grader
Thanks Buddy! Everything is a compromise. More weight, better faster cutting. Better faster cutting, more wear and tear on a fairly expensive mower. Barry
yea Berry you have to play with them a while, but you'll figure it out
I wonder about a very sharp cutting edge and then a rolling edge behind that. Even cut into your cutting edge so the dirt can overflow it. Anything that overflows could be spread out with two or three short spreaders behind it.
At least that is the idea I would go for with a fresh build. Yours is great though. As long as you can lift and spread.
It is more of a pan than a grader, but pans can be great.
Thanks! Lots of ways to move dirt.
nice job!!!!!
Thanks man, I appreciate that!
lol thats fckin cool there ole-timer, well done - love it
Thanks Dale and remember Old Men Rule!
good easy way get it done.
Robert
I like easy!
Thanks
Barry
Fantastic video! I really enjoyed it. looking at making something similar.
Thanks Buddy! Compliments always good to read. It was a fun project and now, almost two years later, the little 12v ram still works! In spite of being parked in the rain.
But after watching you done a good job
Thanks John!
In the infamous words of Andy Barnes:
“PROPER JOB”
Not so sure about proper, but it did work!
Cool 😁👍
Thanks Carl!
Widening the track width of the gauge wheels will help keep it more stabil
Another good tip! Thanks Holly
@1:15 Never heard someone put into words exactly what I do. lol That's when I'am here!
Tesla
Probably lots of us out there, most just pretend they are different.
Thanks Barry
Nice build and effort, video and explanations went quite well to.
But I really advise to try a pallet and a chain. 10 minutes to put together and extremely efficient . ;-)
My project was about the same size as your or maybe a tiny bit bigger. It went quite well with the said pallet tied up with a chain. Couldn't be cheaper either, since I got the pallet for free.
Definitely worth a try, because the ROI (return of investment) it's unbeatable. ;-)
Cheers
100% agree! I have an old chain link fence gate that I use for spreading sand and it works great. But if you want to grab material from one area and deposit it in another a grader box is the key.
Not a civil engineer. I’m a boilermaker welder all good in the old school construction.
If you had the wheels behind the blade, with angle of blade adjustment designed.
Wondering if it would be a better design . Sort of like a dozer without the tracks.
Still a good go mate and given me ideas for my own try one day.
Thanks John! If the blade could be controlled left and right that would diffidently be an improvement. But a little out of the scope for this project.
Nice work! This has been on my to do list for a year now. Finally finished building our house and can get to these projects! What area of Louisiana are you located?
Baton Rouge, and thanks!
@@barrylukebuilds7894 I knew it was around that area! I could hear it in your accent. I lived and worked in and around BR from 1995-2008.
Barry, I love the back ground music. What and who is it buy?
Thanks Harlan. That little ditty came as part of my video editing software. I don't think it exists in the real world. Recently I have figured out how to use music provided by the You Tube people. Thousands of tunes!
Inside pipe diameters change with the schedule. Water pipe always has the right o.d.
Straight. Totally agree on changing pipe sizes with schedules. Strange thing was that this pipe is all schedule 40. I don't think there is such a thing as schedule 80 galvanized water pipe. The general consensus is that I have a stick of old water pipe that was over galvanized on the interior. That is the only thing that makes sense. Thanks for watching! Barry
I am going to try something like that. It won't be the same but as long that it works. Right? Thank for the start idea.
Go Jaime! Doesn't have to be the same and it doesn't even have to work. Just build for the fun of building.
Barry
"I thought water pipe was all the same size"; it is, sort of. The outside is the same so the fittings are interchangable, the inside diameter depends on the pressure rating, schedule 40 pipe has a bigger hole than schedule 80.
Steve it was (is) all schedule 40. I am not sure but I don't believe schedule 80 galvanized water pipe is a thing. The consensus is that one of the very old joints of pipe I had on the rack from who knows where just had a few extra mills of zinc on the inside. It was that close! Anyway thanks for watching and responding Barry
try using Flood Penetrol to cover your whole project. it stops rust and makes a great primer. if you are using oil based paint you mix penetrol with the paint and it makes the paint flow and even out plus it makes your paint job almost look like you sprayed it instead of rolling or brushing it. your video will give inspiration to those who don't have all the fancy tools or skills to know they can accomplish things like this. and to to use whatever they have or can find for free.
J D I have used Penetrol many times in the past. Good stuff with oil based paint. The Tnemec is bad to the bone and self priming.
@@barrylukebuilds7894 i think i had some two part epoxy paint that was left over from a job at work that was Tnemec.
Cool
Thanks Brandon!
I am very impressed brother. You have some great skills. I will buy one if you will build it. Could you paint it John Deere Green?
Shane
Thank you for the kind words, I am very flattered. I would think that if you were to show the video to any local fab shop they could whip one out for you, probably better than mine.
Barry
No grass will ever grow there now. You got a toy to play with. I would sell it to someone that lives on a long private drive after you are done. You can bet they would appreciate it.
You are correct on both statements! Barry
There is a seam inside iron pipe. Some times the seam is bigger.
That is the best explanation yet.
Thanks Barry
Right on, not bad at all for an old man 😁 So how has she held up since? Thanks for sharing brother, great video.
FAF
Glad you enjoyed, and thanks. Good question about longevity. So I build this thing, used it a fair amount, and then leaned it against the fence and let the grass grow. At least a year later I was given some sand so needed it again. I was pretty confident the cheep little electric actuator would no longer work but it did. That and the wheels are the only items that for my use could cause problems but so far so good!
Barry
I was wondering if that cylinder you used would work in retrofitting a hand trip on a tailgate to using the cylinder you use. What is it called or where can I buy one?
Their called linear actuators, for used ones look at used disabled equipment especially vehicle uses i.e. motobility scooter lifts in back of cars
James I bought this one from E Bay. There are a bewildering amount of sizes available so one of them should work fine for what you need.
Thanks I think I'm Going buy me one and try it out
Did that thing burn the transmission out on that zero turn?
It did not and that was no surprise because I just used it of and on to grade my empty lot of dry material. What did surprise me was that after sitting unused for close to 5 years the little cheap electric cylinder still works! I just changed the hitch so that my Son can pull it with his 4 wheeler.
5:40, lol you know when you say something like this to a red blooded American you’re going to get a “oh yeah, hold my beer.”
Yea, you are probably right. That weld have to withstand a hell of a lot of torque so it would have to be a good one!
Need to turn your heat up a little bit on that welder or maybe a touch more gas pressure seems like cold welds and splatters a bunch but over all good work old timer
Not bad for an old guy you say, I guess I will take that as a comment. I was having some problems but a new roll of wire made things much better,
Thanks Barry
@@barrylukebuilds7894 yeah I could see some hard starts with bad wire but either way it was a complement
Great job but be careful welding galvanized materials because the fumes are toxic
Thanks Wayne for the heads up.
Drink plenty of milk, when welding galvanize and lots fresh air.
it's like instant flu
@@christopherrobin462 It's worse. Like an elephant standing on your chest.
How many lbs is the actuator is capable of lifting??
Jose
I am not sure but it has no problem lifting this little box. And actually if I were to do it again I would change the geometry so that it would lift faster. I think it has the power to do that. Thanks for watching!
Barry