With AG tires it looks like I'm doing more harm than good. I guess I'm compressing it, but won't the leftover tracks hold water and repeat the process?
Rear Blade Operating Advice
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RCW
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BX2360, FEL, MMM, BX2750D snowblower. 1953 Minneapolis Moline ZAU
Bob - - just a suggestion....when you start grading with the BB, use a shorter/more aggressive top link. Lengthen it gradually as needed to move/profile/level.
When you get "close" with the BB, lengthen your top link more to the point the front blade of the box is 1/4" above a flat/level surface. It will provide a smooth finish.
There is a learning curve with a BB. It's all in the top link length. My BB is my favorite implement. This is just a finish grading after 6 weeks of use.
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I'm getting better at the logistics such as above. This year I had much more trouble with washboards and the box blade. Front wheels ride up on a hump, pushes blade down, front wheels drop off and/or back wheels ride up, blade lifts and dumps material. I was blaming the shorter wheel base (Kubota == 75 inches, JD == 90 inches and the blade seems to be a lot further behind the seat on the JD). Being able to follow up with the back blade (angled) helped a lot with that. I'm going to try Shadetree03's suggestion next time.
Also, what we call "gravel" here is what I called "dirt" when I lived back east. Think of a rural road in VA or GA, hard packed dirt with a smattering of aggregate.
Also, what we call "gravel" here is what I called "dirt" when I lived back east. Think of a rural road in VA or GA, hard packed dirt with a smattering of aggregate.
GreensvilleJay
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'gravel' OK WHAT kind of 'gravel' ? I know diferent areas call 'gravel' different names BUT there's is NO way a load of '3/4 clear' will ever be a driveway. You need a 'mix' of sizes, some call it '3/4minus'. so that it'll pack down and 'firm up'. If possible, borrow a 4' wide BIG roller,FULL of water, it'll be +-1000#. Make several passes left,right,center,again and again.
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Good catch. Sorry. I was thinking box blade. “ Momentary loss of situational awareness “ is what we used to call it in the Coast Guard.
I’m looking forward to the day Kubota realizes that the advantage of a MidMower also benefits a blade...and will develop a Mid-Blade for grading.
I have a plain blade, a box blade, and a land-plane. The plain blade is still here only because it was once owned by my lovingly-remembered now-deceased father-in-law. It is yard art .... because it is largely useless.
I have a plain blade, a box blade, and a land-plane. The plain blade is still here only because it was once owned by my lovingly-remembered now-deceased father-in-law. It is yard art .... because it is largely useless.
I'm surprised to hear that about the land plane. I have no experience with one, but believe they are touted as being superior to a box blade for driveway maintenance. Remembering that you have a right away for an landing strip for your private plane, I would have thought a land plane might have been very useful to you.
BUT maybe I am remembering the road next to your airstrip, and perhaps the landing strip is satifactory as mowed grass.
Perhaps you misunderstood my previous post ? I have no complaint about my land-plane.
Yes, I obviously did!
"Plain blade" must of confused me, probably thinking it was written as "plane" blade, I suppose.
I assume now you were referring to a back blade, which is the term I am used to hearing (or maybe rear blade). My error...
i have a couple of skid shoes on my rear blade, and I can adjust the height of the blade by adding and removing washers. The shoes will slide on top of the gravel if it’s not too deep, and the blade should remove just a bit off the top. Failing that, I just reverse the blade and it won’t scoop/dig as much...but merely spread the material.