path problem

[Big Bolt]

Hi all I have been asked to sort out 10 km of path it should be 5m wide but in places it is down to 2m , the trouble is grass / rubbish is converging in from the sides and it needs scraping back. The path is made of compacted ballest

 

i was going to use my boxer with a sharpend blade to scrape across the top , dont fancy doing it by hand , anyone use /know of other equipment to do this

 

any ideas would be welcome

[Matthew Storrs]

I would say your boxer sounds the best machine for the job, a digger with a grading bucket would be quite alot slower unless the ingress gets quite thick in place in which case it might be quicker to dig it out and cast it to one side

[woodworm]

Whats a boxer?

[AlexB]

You'll want something a little more substantial than a boxer, you'll also need to put a vibrating roller on it once de-veged if your running vehicles on the road.

[Matthew Storrs]

You'll want something a little more substantial than a boxer, you'll also need to put a vibrating roller on it once de-veged if your running vehicles on the road.

 

I would have thought a boxer would be fine assuming its only grass/turfs covering the ballast, a tractor and loader might be quicker tho.

[AlexB]

I've just done 600m of road deveg today with a large bobcat, it really does pile up infront of you. Though it depends on the quality of the end result that your client wants. I'm sure a boxer would get there but I think for 10k of road you're looking at 3 days with a good machine. Plus the roller. If you're using a boxer, Blimey. It could take weeks either loosing the op money or costing so much the client faints. It sounds like a job for a proper grader IMO. Offer to experiment for a day. If you do go with the boxer a 4:1 bucket with a replaceable leading blade is what you'll be wanting.

[Big Bolt]

Thanks for the replies keep them coming acsses is the proplem being a footpath cycle way . and for those who dont know what a boxer is, i am having a demo day on monday to see the best option

[tree monkey]

can you fit a log splitter to one of these ?

[Big Bolt]

yes you can / have a look at the boxer uk web site .

[Pumpy]

I would have thought a decent flail would remove the sward off a well compacted gravel path. Second choice would be a mini digger, push it off with the blade, level/move the piled up stuff onto the verges with a ditching bucket, if it ruffs it up too much follow with a vibrating roller.