Convert scraper blade to grader.

[JB]

I have a 60" scraper blade that mounts on the 3 point of my Kubota B2150. I can't use it to level rough ground because the tractor bobs up and down, bobbing the scraper. :| Same thing happens with the box blade

My field mower (Bush Hog) has a trailing wheel that keeps it from grounding on rough ground.

What if I mounted a trailing wheel a couple of feet behind the scraper blade and didn't connect the top link when I mounted it? Could I then use it like a grader to smooth off rough ground or to spread gravel?

Anybody tried this? How did it work?

 

[rottenray6402]

Re: Convert scraper blade to grader.

At that point it would seem that you could achieve the same result by simply dragging a large piece of metal like an "I" beam behind the tractor and probably be a lot cheaper that a bogy wheel. I used to live in an area that had gravel roads and we had to do the maintence so we got a large I beam and welded a clevis on each side toward the ends and just put a chain through it and pulled it with a tractor or jeep. It was fairly surprising what a nice job you could do with it as far as smoothing or spreading gravel.

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Convert scraper blade to grader.

Here is what you need. It floats behind the tractor.
sealfabrication.tripod.com/quotbionicgraderquot/index.html

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Convert scraper blade to grader.

Can't you spin it around and push it in reverse? That will give you a fighting chance. Look at a york rake set up, the wheels on some are mounted after the blade and all the weight is on the blade.

 

[JB]

Re: Convert scraper blade to grader.

I have already modified it for adjustable tilt and swivel, Bob. To spin it 180* would require further modification. I can drag the front loader bucket and get decent results with loose gravel or sand, but I am dealing with mostly dry clay that was plowed 15 years ago.

One of the things I want to do with it is clear the borrow ditches along my drive to keep gravel and a crown on the drive and keep runoff in the ditches (if it ever rains again).

I still like the bogey wheel idea. I was hoping someone had already done it and could report results.

Last resort would be to run the tiller over the ground. It usually leaves a smooth path, but it is sloooooow going and I need to level about 10 acres.

 

[Kenneth Brown]

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I would reccomend checking in at www.tractorbynet.com JB. I frequent that board also. My blade (72" on Mahindra 5500) angles side to side and spins around. I still have a hard time getting it to work right. If it had a side to side tilt on it it might help but I doubt it. So far your best advice is the big I-beam. I used to have several of them chained together and they woprked real well at moving loose soil/gravel into the right places.