Scraping grass off sides of a driveway?

[ve9aa]

Has anyone ever made a tool for scraping the grass off the sides of a gravel driveway?

I am a very new tractor owner (BX2380, no FEL, but do have a back blade) and tried to scrape
the grass that's slowly eating into my driveway on both sides.

I made kindof a mess. What I didn't realize (because I am so new) was that any undulations under the tires are transferred to the rear blade, thus I have some small areas here and there where it worked perfectly ! Just like a potato peeler....and other places where instead of peeling back grass, I dug up nice portions of my well established (flat) gravel driveway.

I like to tinker, (but I am not a real fabricator) so am thinking of making SOMETHING like a mini/micro back blade (weighted on top) , that only hangs out on one side (to the right , looking behind) and it's just a coupe feet wide.

That way any up/downs will only ruin the "grass" and not affect the driveway proper.

I am sure I am not the first guy to think of this, or need to tackle a minor job like this......or to try a back blade for this purpose.

Thanks for any ideas.

(and no, I am not buying a $1500-$2000 box blade or $4500 FEL right now)

If there's a way, please teach me...if someone's built something...a pic or two would be awesome !

Thanks guys

 

[i7win7]

Some bush hog users will replace the top link with a short piece of chain. Would be a cheap experiment.

 

[ve9aa]

OK, so you're saying to take off my top link and replace it with a chunk of chain and keep trying the back blade? What does this do for me?

Sorry--I have 7 hours on the 'BX and maybe 1/2hr using a back blade, so color me very green !

 

[G.rid]

Along with the chain toplink idea, add adjustable casters behind the blade. It should keep it from digging in too deep when the tractor drops in a hole.

 

[i7win7]

OK, so you're saying to take off my top link and replace it with a chunk of chain and keep trying the back blade? What does this do for me?

Blade would sort of float, pivot on lower arm pins. Lifting it will take slack out of chain. May not work very well, just a cheap test

 

[GreensvilleJay]

possible option ? poor mans roundup.... vinegar,salt, dish soap..... will kill grass(everything...) in driveway

 

[mikester]

I welded a wheel axel cantilevered off the back of the blade with golf cart wheels mounted. Think motor grader. I drop the blade fully and use the top link to control the grader depth. Gives very good control and smooth results.