79-Chain link harrow test on driveway
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- Since I'd still like to make my driveway just a little bit smoother, I decide to try a cheap chain link harrow. Come along to see how it works. Spoiler alert; not all of my ideas work..
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On my chain link drag, I have a pallet strapped to the top, with some leftover bags of paver sand and/or landscaping blocks depending what I'm using it for. - I just bungee or strap the load down. I'll adjust the weight depending if I'm trying to drag the driveway, or the pasture.
Thanks Dach. All good ideas. I just can't seem to smooth the driveway further by dragging anything over top beacuse of the #3 stones just below the surface that get pulled up. Probably need a roller of sorts. Am leaving "good enough" alone for now. Have too much $$ and time already invested. Driving over it is helping anyway, so I'll move onto the 100 other projects that are waiting.
Thanks again for your good ideas to keep weight on the harrow. And thanks for watching..
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Try using eights for your stone from now on . Much smoother and easier to take care of .
Thanks for the suggestion. And thanks for watching. Much appreciated. Have a fantastic day.
That’s what a harrow does it pulls up your rocks . You don’t u defat and harrow . You need a roller if you want to smooth something out
I later figured out that if I took the weight off, and kept the mental bar up off the ground, dragging only the fence, it actually did a good job. I get what you're saying though; that is indeed the point of a harrow. Thanks for your comments.
at what point do you decide to just run 2 concrete strips or a full concrete driveway? ... i'll never understand rock driveways.. concrete driveways are usually a once in a lifetime cost
Though I agree the "hassle factor" of cement seems appealing, it still requires periodic maintenance. But the initial cost makes it hard to even consider unless you have a 30-50 foot driveway.
My driveway is 850 ft long, plus parking area for 6 cars. At the time I had it put in (2020), it cost me $1,300. A year later it cost me $8,500 to have a 24×40 ft concrete pad poured for my garage. And quotes for asphalt were over $50,000. I plan to sell this house in about 5yrs, so there's no way my property value will go up by even half that amount because of the driveway, which would be money thrown away.
I can see where it would make sense to do something more permanent than stone, but in my case I just don't mind the stone driveway and couldn't have found any way to justify that huge expense for an inexpensive home in the country.
Hope that all makes more sense now.
Thanks for watching and for reaching out.
What about a tow behind box blade? I bet that would work fantastically for what you're trying to accomplish!
Thanks for your suggestion Allen. In earlier videos I used both a box blade ( ruclips.net/video/3h3hlKSx_kQ/видео.html ) on the area close to my house, and a land plane ( ruclips.net/video/XyQgqlYP53o/видео.html ) on the area close to the road. The box blade does a good job moving stuff around, but doesn't leave a smooth, level surface. That's what the land plane is for. Both brought the #3 rock to the surface; as did the harrow. Unfortunately that larger rock in the foundation just wants to work it's way to the top and I can't stop it. I'm guessing a proper roller would be the best solution, but I no longer have patience or funds to spend on that. It's just going to have to be good enough.
Thanks again for your comment and for watching.
Get a land plane for your tractor. I use one on our ranch roads here in Texas
Thanks. In an earlier video I did that. Same problem with #3 stone getting pulled to the top. I've had suggestions since that video to adjust my land plane differently, so will try that next time.
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Thanks for watching and for your suggestions. Much appreciated. Have a great day.
Your going way too fast and yes having those large rocks close to the surface is bad. The more aggressive you get the worse that will be. You are expecting way to much out of that drag. It will be nice once you get enough small stone on top but even then the washboard condition will never be fixed with that drag.
Thanks for the suggestions. It's always a learning process and I don't always get it right the 1st time. So thanks for your advice and support. And thanks for watching my channel. Much appreciated.
....If you go Faster the blocks will fall off Faster! .... Geesh!!
I will buy it from you if you want to sell it
Thanks. I haven't given up on it yet. I'm going to give it another try soon, only this time keeping the metal bar up off of the stone. Hoping that will work better. May take more passes, but worth it if the big stones don't get pulled up.
Thanks for watching and for your comments.