Why a Grader Scraper is Better than a Box Scraper for Driveway Maintenance

[Cchump89]

My dad and I have been trying to convince people for a while that Grader Scrapers are really the right tool to maintain a gravel driveway. We made this video to help convey our point.

Our video and blog are here -> Land Pride Grader Scrapers: The Driveway Tool

Does anyone have any other footage or testimony for, or against the grader scraper?

 

[Bluegill]

We've been doin a mile long gravel drive (3/4 of it up hill) for 24 years and much prefer a box blade! Most of what we do though is drag gravel back uphill. But I can still get a better finish with the box than I can with a blade.

My BIL prefers a regular blade though, so different strokes...

 

[gpreuss]

I use a rear blade with a gauge wheel. It knocks down the high spots and fills in the lows. I go up one side with the blade angled to the middle, then down the other side. Then I turn the blade around backwards and square, and make a run down the middle to spread the loose berm. Works great.
I like the looks of the grader scraper; its base looks long enough to keep things even. But my rear blade can ditch, plow snow, spread dirt & gravel and landscape, as well as maintain the driveway.

 

[TripleR]

I would probably spring for one if all I was going to do was road maintenance.

 

[Rodeo hunter]

I like the box scraper with adjustable rippers to take out the big hump in center of farm lanes. I could see the grader as being really usefull for lightly compacted drives though. It doesn't look like it has the weight to do more than level semi- loose to loose # 53 or pea gravel to me ?? I think they both have their proper Places in the tool shed.

 

[cerlawson]

While the video explains the use nicely, when it comes to handling severely eroded gravel, actually reshaping the roads that had major trouble, most highway departments use the road grader. It may take more skill to use than hauling the scarper, but a rear blade has been around a long time and has proven itself in a variety of places.

A highway dept near me has a form of scraper grader, basically some angle iron welded into a frame laying on the ground. Where all they need to do is shape up some rutting of wheel tracks,etc. they use it, but most of the time it sits unused. It is difficult to get to the job site, since it is over 8 feet 8 feet wide.

 

[Eric McCarthy]

I'd spring for a power rake. Its a 4in1 tool that would save me having to buy 4 individual attachments. With a power rake on a driveway it can atleast resurface gravel thats compacted down deep, thus reducing the need to buy more gravel.

 

[Cchump89]

I think the main point we were trying to get across is that for driveway maintenance, the grader scraper is the easiest and most foolproof tool. Grader blades and boxes can take a little more finesse. A lot of our customers have only been on a tractor for a little while and the drop and drive simplicity of the grader scraper makes it nice! Thank you everyone for the responses though!

 

[buckaroo52]

I have a landpride GS 1860 heavy duty grading scraper that has 4 scarifer rippers and weighs 550 lbs. I can add a plate to the back to move more dirt or gravel if necessary. I use it to push bigger stuff backwards, and to rip up ground and eventually level off later. Great for ripping out roots and brush, and with its weight, I leave it on my L3800 most always for ballast. I have a old 60" box scraper that my neighbors wanted to have until he saw my grading scraper work. I even packed a bull elk to the house with it...now that is a multi purpose implement boy's !