Driveway Repair with Kubota Compact Tractor and Scraper Blade
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2018
- I do some much needed maintenance on the driveway.
#kubota #scraperblade #drivewaymaintenance
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Roger you did a great job on the driveway !! I appreciate you taking the time to share with us !! What I would like to know ,if it is not a secret lol , who has worked with you on understanding the pulling and crowning the driveway !! You worked that like someone with 20 years experience !! Great job pulling drainage from each side to the middle. If you had ditching for drainage on only one side you would crown the opposite side. Again great job my friend !!! Please be safe and God bless you all !!!!! Eddy
Thanks Eddy! I am self taught and still learning. I really appreciate the kind words. God bless, Roger.
That is great Roger !! I felt from the first video of yours that I watched you would go places in life ! And now I am more convinced of that than ever before !!!! May God continue to bless you young man !!!!! Eddy
Thanks Eddy!
Ray Eddy great job Roger. Power rakes are for grass!
I must have low standards here in WV. I thought it looked great before you even started! Lol. Well done.
Lol thanks! I've been up some WV driveways.
Love the grading and scraping of the material. Best I've seen.....
Hey Roger thanks! Very timely and I appreciate you explaining what you are doing with the blade as you do it, including what you are doing with the position control etc for the height. Came out looking great. Cheers!
Thanks! I tried to make it educational. Hopefully someone can pick up a tip that will help them.
Someone that knows how to use a back blade! Finally! Great Job!
Thanks!
Roger, you did an excellent job. Like Ray Eddy said, looks you've been doing this for 20 years. Not only the job looks nice, but it is deeply well done. You took time to loose material deep enough to remove the valleys to start with an even base, then spread it to perfection, then roll it plenty of time. So there won't be any soft spot where the water will wash the material at the next rain. With loosening as much material it is easy to fall into the curl affect. Which you avoided. I am impressed! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Joe! You are very right. It is important to scrape down, especially in an area that has been washed out or a pot hole to prevent it from happening. Thanks for the kind words!
Hey Roger,
Great job on the driveway. That's one sweet Kubota you have there. Keep up the great work on your videos. Stay safe and God Bless you and your family. 🤠
Thanks, I really appreciate it! God bless you too!
Nice job on your driveway 👌
Thanks for posting. Love the 4240, living large with the cab on it. We gotta sit in weather on ours. 🤪 But she sure gets the work done. Thanks again!!👍👍
Thanks, yeah the cab is great, especially on a hot day.
You just saved me $3000! I have a 1/2 mile lane to my house and didn’t realize how effective using the backside of the scraper blade can be... I was convinced I needed a York rake to do the finish work and was days away from placid an order when I checked out your video.. so when we had this spell of warm weather this winter I pull out the Woods Scraper I bought used last year and was able to bring about an inch of gravel off the edge of the lane back into the wheel path that was developing from the soggy weather. Now the crown is back! I tell you it pays to have a quality blade, the Tractor Supply King Cutter I had is bent already and doesn’t have the weight to work backwards. Thanks so much for the video!
That is awesome! I'm glad my video helped you fix your driveway. Yeah, that TSC blades are not much good. They are okay on a small tractor.
Just wanted to give you an update driveway turned out awesome after I had 65ton of gravel delivered. I tried to attach a picture but not sure how... Anyhow thanks again.
Rear blade is one of the most versatile tools for the 3point. Great video!
Yes they are. Thanks!
Good work on the driveway. I do my 1600 ft. gravel driveway just like you do with a blade. The back blading to finish up is very important.
Thanks! I wish my driveway was that long. I could have all kinds of fun maintaining it.
Thank you for taking the time to post your video for us. Happy and safe Easter to you, and yours.
Your welcome! Same to you!
The 122 dislikes were from blacktop paving contractors who don't want to see people maintaining their driveways on their own.
Lol
Well I was looking for videos on box blades and landplanes to decide which to buy and after watching this I think I will give the back blade another try 👍 subscribed
I have a box blade and really like it, they have their places. They work really good on a driveway too. I think the ultimate for maintaining a driveway would be a landplane. Thanks for the sub!
Really helpful! Thank you for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
Your tractor with that blade did a great job of leveling the gravel up to your house and you all are probably pleased with the results. I have to get ready to use my tractor and box blade to do that in my yard this Winter, and then go back over it with my landscaping rake to see how it will look. I have holes to fill and will be using soil from elsewhere to fill them in and let the soil settle so it is ready when next Spring comes around.
Thanks!
Nice technique. Turning the blade around is a good trick. I have a Land Pride blade with hydraulic tilt, pivot and offset, so I can’t do that, but I do back blade. It takes a lot longer to do it correctly, but it’s worth it. Great job!
Thanks! Maybe someday I'll have an 8' all hydraulic blade.
Boy! What a nice 12 foot blade on a road grader would have done. You did good with what you had to work with.
Thanks! I'd like to try to run a grader.
Thanks. I needed this as proof to what i was doing with my quarter miles drive. My driveway is much different but the process is the same. Just wish tilt hydraulic would cooperate a bit more
Your welcome!
Hey there Roger!!! Great job with the back blade!!! I just found your channel. I was searching for tractor related channels from viewers of other channels that I sub to and found yours!!! I subbed right away when I saw this video about the back blade. I have a box blade and am trying to master it. It's a work in progress and now it'll have to wait until spring!!! Take 'er easy!!!
Thanks! Just practice, practice, and practice, and you will master the box blade. I subbed to your channel too.
Thanks a lot!!!
Don t know how I missed this video. many tools put to good use .You would make a fine ice skating rink zamboni operator
Thanks!
Nice implement and i like the quick hitch 👍
Thanks!
Wow, I learned a lot! I've got to try that but first I'll need a hydraulic and controls on my 3 point hitch.
You can do it with a top and tilt kit. Your just have to get off of the tractor to make adjustments.
It takes certain courage & eventually lot of effort also to pull the dirt into the middle of the road... You had nice drive way but now it's even more nicer! And plain & not curly too which is not so easy with just the blade!
Thanks, it can be scary doing something like this. At one point things looked worse than when I started. I've learned it is only dirt and can be fixed if I mess up.
This don't even look bad! I want this guy to come do my driveway. My driveway is MUCH steeper and about 4 or 5 times longer. about 3/4 of a mile.. This looks fantastic. I would be sooo happy if I could make my driveway look as good as yours! and wish such finesse! Very good Video Sir!
Thanks, if you were close by I could do your driveway.
@@TractorTech I'm in Falcon MO. XD. Come on over!
Excellent job !
Thanks!
really good technique, and good camera work. You should consider getting either a box blade or land plane. it will do an even bettter.job in half the time
Thanks, I have a box blade. I just wanted to demonstrate using a rear blade. I'd like get or build a land plane.
were you using the auto throttle advance?
You did a great job on that 👍
Thanks!
Everyone has different way of doing things I guess, usually we'll grade everything to the centre of the driveway that way producing a crown in driveway for the runoff. Happy grading !
Thanks for watching!
I wish my driveway looked like his before he even started.
Thanks for watching!
great job! the music made me run away though LOL
Thanks!
good job One trick to test your crown is put a basketball in the middle of the driveway and it should roll off the edge without going to far down the driveway .
Thanks, that sounds like a good was to test the crown.
So I have a grading blade like that and cant get half as good a result as you did. Will a box blade or land planer make it easier, or should I just practice more with the blade?
I would practice with the blade more. I think a land plane would make the job easier. I am going to have one someday.
What cameras do you use and what software do you edit with? Thanks in advance
I use primarily use a gopro hero 5. The picture quality is great but the sound quality is horrible. Everyone that has had a gopro hero 5 has had audio issues. The 6 also does. It sounds like you are tapping on the mic if you carry the camera on a tripod or grip. Their customer service is horrible. So I would not recommend any gopro products. Sometimes, but not often I will use my cellphone(S8) also as a camera. I have a really nice tripod mount for it. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P4VAHAI/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 There are now some mounts like mine that also have a cold shoe mount for mounting a mic which would be nice. Then I have a cheap camera as a backup camera or I can use it to get a dangerous shot. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MXXP4EC/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The audio is better than the go pro but the picture is grainy. Also the sun need to be behind the camera or it really washes the picture out. I use corel video studio to edit. Then I have a big accessory kit for my go pro so I can mount it on anything. I also have the gro pro suction cup mount for it. They are really good. 1320video had a video of a car that wrecked with their go pro on the window and the window popped out and slid down the track and the camera never came off. That sold me on that mount.
I have a L4240 also! Don’t see that many of them. Great tractor! Wish I had bought it with a hydro transmission!
Yeah, for some reason they are little scarce. You think they would have been popular because it was the smallest one with the 854 loader. The 3940 and the 4740 seem to be real popular. What trans do you have?
Tractor Tech I have the DT manual transmission. When I bought I didn’t know much about tractors. And money was a little tight. I have recently bought a BX and the hydro is great. Also recently added a set of rear remotes. I didn’t know about them either when I made the initial purchase! Learning is expensive sometimes!
The BX and grand L are a great combo. Did you get the remotes on the L4240? Sometimes you don't know what you need til you get to using it.
Tractor Tech I had the remote installed after purchase. Not cheap!
I’ve been trying to decide between a box blade or a scraper blade. Ideally I’d have both, but the budget only allows for one. After watching this I’m thinking I’ll buy the scraper blade. While I think the box blade would be best for leveling, I think the scraper blade will be more versatile overall for leveling, cutting ditches etc. and it’s $400 cheaper.
I think you are right!
sell that back blade and get the LandPride FDR series box grader. Not to be confused with Box Scraper. I do my 500ft long driveway at least once per month and it's usually 10 min. I always get asked if I just got new gravel. one of the best purchases I have ever made.
I need it to move snow.
Do you have a cement roller or does the back of the blade compress the gravel enough?
The blade does not compact the gravel enough. I wish I had a small roller. I run a vehicle over the driveway to help compact it.
I thought you did an outstanding job.
Thanks!
You can’t beat a perfectionist
Thanks!
Would this work on recycled asphalt? My road hasn't had any work done to it in about three years... was thinking I needed to haul in more material... but maybe not.
I don't see why it wouldn't. You could try a small area and see how it works. If works good then do the whole driveway.
personal i prefer the box scraper... after seeing the blade work here it looks like much more passes... the box is pulling the gravel from front and then redistributing it out the back evenly... and were talking two blades working, not one... my 2 cents... to each their own... hey, nice video, well done...
Rewatched!
Nice job 👍
Thanks!
Greatest tractor video soundtrack ever
No doubt!
Driveway screams pave me!
That would be nice.
Thanks Roger. Nice demonstration. Yep, I thought it was going to be a difficult fix after you started digging into the sides, but it turned out really quite well. I was wondering why you didn't use a box blade but the concept was to show how a scraper blade could essentially do the same quality work. Thanks. Say hey to your dad.
Thanks, it looked like a big mess in person. I should have said why I used the rear blade in the beginning. Where a box blade shines over a scraper blade is it has the ability to carry material. With a scraper blade it just falls off to the sides. I'll my Dad you said hi.
so does this bring a bunch of dirt to the top with the rock, but then the dirt washes away with rain and you're just left with rock? I want to do this but am worried that i'll get a bunch of dirt and subsequently weeds.
Yes, you are right, it brings up dirt but the rain washes it away. If your driveway is really bad may not help. I suggest trying a small strip and see how it turns out.
@@TractorTech thanks for the reply, i'll do that
Why is it that people doing videos never have their front buckets on while doing dirt work? It is a useful tool and adds functionality.
I don't find it necessary for a project like this.
Why wouldn't you turn around and to the other edge toward the centre?
I had a bunch of fine material at the bottom and larger stuff at the top. I wanted to try to cover some of the fine material.
Be one or the other - a bad music channel - or a good equipment channel.
This is an older video and I use different music now.
Omg what the heck happened to the sound , aahhhh my ears lol otherwise a good vid
Thanks!
I just can’t decide between a box blade and scraper blade...they seem to do the same stuff
I'm going to make a video on that soon.
Tractor Tech throw in a landscape rake too if you have one
@@remb9614 Will do. One reason I have been holding up on this video is I want to get a landplane. If I had one I could do a real nice video or series.
@@TractorTech I look forward to it. Thanks for replying
So this is basically how it was done before box blades became all the rage...
Yes!
Iv got a 1000 foot long drive way
That would take some time to maintain.
good vid, but music ??....trippin on acid dude. wtf. can do without .lol.
Thanks!
I have to say that this would have been easier with a land plane or box blade
A land plane would have been easier for sure.
Haha I just noticed I can turn the blade around and drag instead of scrape
You can also move snow that way to keep from tearing up the driveway.
@@TractorTech I'm looking for a way I can attach a rake to it without having to buy another huge attachment
It doesn't appear that you took any effort to create a crown, which would direct the water to the sides, rather than running the full length of the drive. "Crown" is critical, in my opinion.
I did not have enough material to create a high crown.
I'll stick with a box blade instead.
Thanks for watching!
Music mademe go aeay
Thanks for watching!
Cheap alternative from Motor Grader
Yes, and you can add a tail wheel to a blade with hydraulic cylinder to make it more like a motor grader.
Good video until the music brother.
Thanks!
Video is great. Thumbs up. That music sucks.
Thanks! This is an older video, and I use different music now.
I'de rather he use the soundtrack of a crying baby than the music he's chosen.
Thanks for watching!
Not bad for a kobota tractor
Thanks for watching!
Just pave the damn thing.
If you pay for it I will.
@@TractorTech Want a new car too? 😉
@@lareemcra347 A 2021 GT500 please😁
whose idea was that horrid music, the tractor sounds so much better
I had to change the music. The original music I had the creator of it decided to change the copyright license and they were getting of the money from the video. I had to change it to something from the RUclips library.
Please, please, PLEASE get rid of that repetitive, nagging music!
I won't use it again.