Box Blade

[Elliott in GA]

I've got a slope that gravel washes down regularly so I feel a box blade would be better but maybe I'm wrong. There are even fewer land planes than box blades for sell used, and of course they cost more, so I may have to wait until I find the deal or can afford new. I'm definitely open to a land plane though.

We have a very steep short (the steep part) gravel driveway at our property in north Georgia (where the tractor lives). During heavy thunderstorms, the driveway looks like a river with all of the water flowing from the top of the hill (where the flat land is). I use a box blade to repair the eventual rut-like washouts. As I have added more gravel over the years, the damage is slowing (down to less than 10 buckets a couple of times each year - last repair was 5-6 buckets). All of the gravel is crusher, and the fines are a very important part of the repair. I do not see how a landplane could replace/drag to the surface what has washed away. In addition to the slowing of the damage, the sharp angle at the base of the drive has significantly decreased (which is why I do not try to drag gravel back up the hill - plus it would not pack down well with fewer fines).

YMMV

 

[Shawn T. W]

My land plane can "move" quite a bit of gravel ... Say I start at the road ... It starts to gather gravel, and excess eventually rolls over the top of the first blade, then the second one, doesn't take long until both blades are "full and overflowing" ... Once I get to the house end, I have a load of gravel to either try to smooth out, or what I usually try to do, is stop and pickup the land plane, turn around and set the land plane back down, and grab the pile and head back up to distribute it back up by the road end which is now lower ...

My driveway is not steep enough to have washouts ... Here is a short video I shot doing "weed control" ... You can see how much gravel is being "carried along" as I go ...

https://rumble.com/v6utmg1-land-plane-in-action.html