Skid Loader Box Grader

Christopher S. · Dec 5, 2020

Good Afternoon Gentlemen, I'm looking into building my own skid loader box grader attachment. I plan to use this on my driveway to make the driving surface a bit more consistent. I have basically all the material I need on hand. The part that I was unsure of was the depth of the cutting edge in relation to the skids. Should they be level, should they be lower (by how much) or should I go through the effort to make them adjustable. Any input you gentlemen have would be appreciated. Thanks

(the picture is what I was using as a rough plan)

dlbuck · Dec 5, 2020

I would definitely make it adjustable. Depending on the length of your driveway and the amount of use make any part that sees wear replaceable.

Janicholson · Dec 5, 2020

Fine tuning the depth to match your conditions and amount of crown on the drive is served with adjustability. Just using bolt on cross members with shim plates between the member and frame would work. Jim

db4600 · Dec 5, 2020

I have built a couple 3pt land planes. The first or my “Mark I” I used a cutting edge flush and welded the mount solid. “Mark II and III” I made it adjustable and bolted to used plow shares on each side under the runners for west purposes then adjusted flush to them. The runners will wear faster than the cutting edge unless they’re hardened.

Eldon (WA) · Dec 5, 2020

I would make one flush and the other hang down about an inch. This way you can dig with the one blade and level with the other. You will use the tilt on the skidsteer to rock it forward or back depending on if you are cutting or smoothing.

caterpillar guy · Dec 6, 2020

I would think it would need it be floatable so it does not move up and down with the wheels of the skid steer but move with the ground level. Like a dozer if it is rigid to the tractor it will be a choppy job. The blades will cut and skip as the wheel move up and down over humps in the drive. With a float it can move with the ground surface as it glides along much like a grader does. I would think a pulled one would work much better and make a smoother driving surface if it is like 20 feet long. Sort of like a plane on wood it takes the tops of the humps off and skips the dips.

showcrop · Dec 6, 2020

I built one a few years ago for smoothing the track at tractor pulls. I got discarded snow plow cutting edges from the state highway department. They told me that they couldn't let me have any as they loaded them in my truck. I mounted them one inch lower than the frame that goes around the outside. The thing to keep in mind about a plane like this is it is not going to ride on your three point it is going to ride on the ground. The carbon steel cutting edges on mine do not wear. The frame does in the two rear corners, I add hard facing in those areas every-other year. If you can get cutting edges keep them well below the frame. In the years of using mine there has been absolutely NO NEED FOR ANY ADJUSTMENT.

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