Well, after having the same issue as many with a gravel drive - that of setting a well-compacted base I decided to McGyver something to allow me to do this more efficiently than driving up and down flattening the snow with my tyres.
Last year we had some serious ice and I made a ripper using a section of a metal grate, I found it also worked well for grading gravel, I further added a straight edge to move gravel about and decided this was the best rig for the compactor.
I used sections of a blue poly barrel, triple reinforced the bottom edge with strips of a barrel and then attached that to a section of timber - from a skid - nice bit of hardwood. This was then drilled and bolted onto the flat plate, which is removable as it is also bolted to the grate.
I profiled the bottom edge with a slight wave pattern, not wanting to create a smooth finish and having mounted the barrel so it drags rather than cutting.
Works as I had hoped and a generous cost analysis of $5 the proof of concept is complete.
It also works well after snow blowing to move the inevitable small pile left here and there.
Last year we had some serious ice and I made a ripper using a section of a metal grate, I found it also worked well for grading gravel, I further added a straight edge to move gravel about and decided this was the best rig for the compactor.
I used sections of a blue poly barrel, triple reinforced the bottom edge with strips of a barrel and then attached that to a section of timber - from a skid - nice bit of hardwood. This was then drilled and bolted onto the flat plate, which is removable as it is also bolted to the grate.
I profiled the bottom edge with a slight wave pattern, not wanting to create a smooth finish and having mounted the barrel so it drags rather than cutting.
Works as I had hoped and a generous cost analysis of $5 the proof of concept is complete.
It also works well after snow blowing to move the inevitable small pile left here and there.
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