Anyone used a grader box/land leveller?

[Marko]

That looks like a Fleming land leveler. I have used same on a 135 to level road planings with a degree of success. It takes a few passes but it gets there in the end. I had it mounted the other way around so it was more aggressive going backwards and a bit more gentle when finishing going forward.

 

A few tractor weights on the frame will make it bite a bit more but I cant think that it would ever rip up an existing compacted roadway.

[chris23a]

Thanks for all the replies guys, im getting the impression that it may be too light/under powered to do what I need. I'll have to do a bit more research first.

[Aaron]

Used to do a lot of tracks when down in the new forest. It was all mostly hogging used but we used to rip the track with an old chisel plough followed by grading and a roll. Cheap and easy and don't be scared of plenty of camber. Filling in pot holes just won't work, if you insist on it try and rip the surrounding area a bit before filing and compacting hard again. Won't be a permanent fix but should last longer then it has been.

[kkk2]

We have a long avenue into our property which is gravelled, we use a big chunk of 12 inch RSJ with a 3 point linkage welded to it and pull it behing a 4 wheel drive tractor, if its used weekly it fills in the holes fine. there is a quite a bit of traffic on the road including an artic truck.

[pycoed]

Lots about box graders in the states. It seems to be the first implement the Yanks buy with their small tractors. Have a look through the "Yesterdays Tractors" site & also "TractorbyNet".

[renewablejohn]

I have a grading blade which I use for forest tracks but has seen more use snow ploughing recently than road repairs. Not a lot of use for ripping up the road but ideal for adding stone and putting on a camber.

[haforbes]

I'm sure this has probably been said at some point already but thought I'd chip in anyway

 

I've got a quarter mile track up to the farm and I've been battling potholes for many years....and pretty much always fail.

 

I had all the potholes ripped up, filled and rolled with a big vibrating roller about 10 months ago, potholes started appearing about 3 months after.

 

As far as I can tell, if you have standing water anywhere and cars/trucks driving over at any speed over 0.5mph you're gonna get potholes, the cars just fling out the water with a little track every time you drive over it.

 

I think you either make sure it's graded spot on with drainage where it's needed or pay out and get some tarmac, if my track wasn't a quarter mile long I would have had it done years ago.

[penfold]

I've seen a video on youtube by a firm that does soil stabilisation on farm tracks and forest roads. I think the firm is Golding brothers?