Re: (ET) You should get a Plow

["steves" <ssawtelle fcc net>]

I recently graded my driveway with mine - like any plow on a gravel drive
it's easiest when the ground is soft (after rain, before freeze). My
neighbor usually helps me with his John Deere farm tractor with a rear
blade. He can certainly pull a bigger load of gravel, but I was surprise at
how well mine did. (And then I get to drive) I kinda wish I could tilt (one
side higher than the other) the blade to help in the ditches, but actually
it works well if one set of wheels is in the ditch as it tilts the blade
just about right. I angle the blade toward the drive so it pushes the 
gravel
out of the ditch and into the road. As mentioned with snow, if the load 
gets
big, the front end looses traction and won't track straight. You can 
feather
the blade with the lift to control the depositing of gravel. This is all on
an 800 foot driveway.

I also have a little box scraper (Tractor Supply, Home Depot, etc) that 
I've
used. It doesn't do much on the ditches and I have to put a lot of weight 
on
one side to do that. It then gets hard to turn, etc. It's pretty good at
spreading and leveling though. You need a sleeve hitch adapter and rear 
lift
(manual or electric) to use it.

- SteveS
E20



> thanks.   out here in Seattle we don't get much snow.  What other uses do
y'all
> put these plows/blades to?  does it work well for grading a drive or
spreading
> gravel.  I've not had occasion to even mount mine yet.
>