Land Plane - Tractor

[Joel Cassell]

Recently purchased a place with a long gravel drive. Planning on getting a land plane (road boss) to keep it graded. I have an International 424. Its about 5,000 pounds plus fluid in rear tires and wheel weights. Anyone have any experience in how hard these pull? I am looking at a 6' model (~750 pounds) but do not know if it is too much.

 

[DRussell]

Recently purchased a place with a long gravel drive. Planning on getting a land plane (road boss) to keep it graded. I have an International 424. Its about 5,000 pounds plus fluid in rear tires and wheel weights. Anyone have any experience in how hard these pull? I am looking at a 6' model (~750 pounds) but do not know if it is too much.

I think you'll have no trouble pulling it, especially with fluid in your tires and weights on your tractor. Personally, I'd suggest a bigger one than 6 feet.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

All depends on how much material you have to pull to keep the grade steady. If the driveway is reasonably straight now it shouldn’t be any big deal but if it is full of potholes, you may have to rip the driveway to get enough loose stone to do any grading. A 424 will do that with a mounted York rake and scarifier , but a land plane will probably max it out if you have to drag a couple tons along with you.

And if the driveway is full of potholes, it’s probably too low anyway. Potholes are caused by the driveway not shedding water.

 

[Jarrod32]

Land plane:

Or land plane:

If the first, easy. If the second, depends on how much you are going to work it.

 

[Joel Cassell]

Hi Thanks - it is a three point attached plane. Thanks for the input. I do think I am going to have to get some additional material but am hoping to get it into a shape where I can maintain myself. Below is a link:

Grader

 

[bweb]

Recently purchased a place with a long gravel drive. Planning on getting a land plane (road boss) to keep it graded. I have an International 424. Its about 5,000 pounds plus fluid in rear tires and wheel weights. Anyone have any experience in how hard these pull? I am looking at a 6' model (~750 pounds) but do not know if it is too much.

I have a Woods 7 foot land plane that I pull with a Ford 3600 (about 42 hp) tractor. Occasionally I will spin a little but I just raise it up and go back over. I think you'd be happier with the 7 foot.

 

[casecollectorsc]

Driveway needs to be high in the middle so water runs off. A land plane would make it flat for water to sit on and potholes start.

 

[crsutton81]

Recently purchased a place with a long gravel drive. Planning on getting a land plane (road boss) to keep it graded. I have an International 424. Its about 5,000 pounds plus fluid in rear tires and wheel weights. Anyone have any experience in how hard these pull? I am looking at a 6' model (~750 pounds) but do not know if it is too much.

You will be fine pulling a 6 ft one with wheel weights and fluid in the rear tires. This is a suggestion, but a 6 ft wide one would be ideal where you can raise the lift arm leveling crank on one side, therefore you will be able to make passes with the raised side to the center of the road and maintain a crown to facilitate drainage.

 

[Joel Casssell]

Thank you all for the input. I am going to try to grade a crown. I can adjust the 3 point arms so will keep the outside arm adjusted a couple inches lower. Also the blades are angled to pull material toward the center so hoping that helps. If anyone ese has any more experience or recommendations let me know.

 

[bweb]

Thank you all for the input. I am going to try to grade a crown. I can adjust the 3 point arms so will keep the outside arm adjusted a couple inches lower. Also the blades are angled to pull material toward the center so hoping that helps. If anyone ese has any more experience or recommendations let me know.

I don't know about the one you are thinking about buying but the one I have the blades will adjust up and down also for some crown.

 

[Harold Hubbard]

A little off the subject, but if you are addingaterial, you need to get the surface

 

[Harold Hubbard]

Fat fingered that and posted before I finished.
As I was saying the surface of the driveway needs to be smooth before you put down the new material, otherwise the imperfections will transfer into the new surface, not immediately, but within a few days, depending on the amount of traffic.

 

[caterpillar guy]

I never thought a 3pt blade leveled well. I f you could get one with a couple wheels behind the blade so it worked as a leveler it would do fine but just on the 3pt it will mover with both the front axle and the rear .With the wheels it would float between the rear axle and the wheels behind the blade. Allowing it to actually leve things over distance and then if set higher on the center side will make the crown you want an inch or so is enough. Also the sides need to be able to drain off not have water setting along the edges.

 

[showcrop]

You are pretty much spot on in your plan, and the three point plane as opposed to blade will work very well. Six feet is the perfect width for putting a good crown on it. The problem is that as Fritz and Harold pointed out you need to first cut to the bottom of your potholes or the filling will wash back out after just a few vehicle passes during a rain. I used to borrow a york rake with a drop down scarifier in front of the rake. It worked nicely. Perhaps you could fabricate one to add on.

 

[DRussell]

Driveway needs to be high in the middle so water runs off. A land plane would make it flat for water to sit on and potholes start.

Actually, the type of land plane he is considering raises the middle of the driveway, assuming it is run correctly that is. The angled blades pull material to the one side so it is higher.

 

[old-9]

I never thought a 3pt blade leveled well. I f you could get one with a couple wheels behind the blade so it worked as a leveler it would do fine but just on the 3pt it will mover with both the front axle and the rear .With the wheels it would float between the rear axle and the wheels behind the blade. Allowing it to actually leve things over distance and then if set higher on the center side will make the crown you want an inch or so is enough. Also the sides need to be able to drain off not have water setting along the edges.

I have an Arps 3 point blade with an adjustable tail wheel (from the seat). It also tilts and offsets to either side 1 foot.works great on long driveway. For sale . joe