Fixing drive

[jnldr]

So when fixing a gravel driveway is the point of the box blade to actually rip up packed gravel or just reposition gravel that has gotten shoved out of place. I have a great base and tons of gravel.


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[85Hokie]

So when fixing a gravel driveway is the point of the box blade to actually rip up packed gravel or just reposition gravel that has gotten shoved out of place. I have a great base and tons of gravel.


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Typically in a gravel drive over time is the "lanes" become packed down, leaving the middle "high" - and then more gravel is pushed to the outside.

So in a perfect world, you are trying to pull from the outside back to the inside lanes, or place the middle back to the outside lanes.

The great thing about a box blade is that it picks up and then places down the same width the entire time, where as a scraper blade will push and pull!

I would say you have the perfect understanding of the box blade!

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Look at a land plane, it makes fixing a driveway, a walk in the park.

 

[100 td]

Look at a land plane, it makes fixing a driveway, a walk in the park.

And NIW doesn't muck around

 

[jnldr]

Been looking at land planes


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[North Idaho Wolfman]

While I'd love to have that big monster, mines a little more L friendly.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

And if you wonder how well it works,
First is the Driveway on Friday afternoon, finished it today.

Second is my house pad Saturday, finished it today.
Oh and the building pad is within 2" just roughing it in.

 

[Lil Foot]

Wow Sean, that house pad is amazing! What a change!
Like the compactor too!

 

[bearbait]

While I'd love to have that big monster, mines a little more L friendly.

Is that store bought or home made, been thinking about making one for a while now.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Wow Sean, that house pad is amazing! What a change!
Like the compactor too!

Moving right along, down the hill by where you parked you'll see a stack of foam and OSB, that's the foundation boards and foam.
I got a pair of the rollers for a really good price, one cylinder diesel, and they run perfectly.
When you turn on the vibrator, you can just watch the sand settle right in tight.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Is that store bought or home made, been thinking about making one for a while now.

Homemade, I beams for the sides and AR steel for the blades, and a little other steel.
The heavier the I beams the better, You could also use C channel for the runners.

 

[jnldr]

Nice house pad, any advice for OP?


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[bearbait]

Homemade, I beams for the sides and AR steel for the blades, and a little other steel.
The heavier the I beams the better, You could also use C channel for the runners.

Thanks Sean, I have heavy I beams that they removed when replacing a bridge out the road, I was using them for mornings so just have to get them out of the lake first. Excellent lob by the way.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Nice house pad, any advice for OP?


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Did you miss it?
Get a land plane, it redistributes material and levels better than anything else.

 

[Sammy3700]

Like your land plane NIW. Have a friends Frontier borrowed right now and been thinking about building one only question is, is there any reason the blades are angled other than crowning a road? Some have one straight and one angled, some angle both. I wonder how it would do with both blades straight?

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

Like your land plane NIW. Have a friends Frontier borrowed right now and been thinking about building one only question is, is there any reason the blades are angled other than crowning a road? Some have one straight and one angled, some angle both. I wonder how it would do with both blades straight?

With 2 strait blades the plane will bounce or hop, not good for leveling.