How would you make this road grader better?? Answer below, would love to see and hear other ideas.. Thanks for watching

@mrc8534

2 жыл бұрын

Great Video Pete 👍 My 2 cents would be. Hydraulics to raise/lower the blade, also angle the blade of the grader so you can control the flow of gravel where you want it a little better. for instance have 1 side of the grader at road level and the other side 3/4" off road level to move/spread the gravel where you need it , you could also shave off the high spots this way.

@mrc8534

2 жыл бұрын

From my other response you may be able to accomplish what I had mentioned with just different tire pressure or a cheap set of air shocks perhaps? Air Shocks won't know the difference between 2,000 lb's of car or a ton of Gravel so I would lean that direction. Maybe weld a 3/4" steel plate to the inside of your Tire support so it sits under the frame mount the Air Shocks (CHEAP) pull the pins and Viola you have a Adjustable Blade... Make your plate big enough you can weld in a 45 degree support back to your upright for support.. There is ALWAYS a solution and if it's worth doing then were gonna do it Right!! 😉 BTW maybe weld in more bars in the basket so old people like us don't have to carry 60lb rocks to it lol. I would personally set it up so you could shovel some gravel in it or use a bobcat to fill it up, so maybe 1/2" x 1/2" screen? The more weight the better the Grade I would think. For Gods sake Paint it Pete, Damn it what will people say??? LOL

@youtubeisfullofspam7068

2 жыл бұрын

Make is 10 times heavier so it actually scrapes down to even

@nissmoguy

2 жыл бұрын

you beter get that patented mr pete ,works amazing realy impresive results

@mrc8534

2 жыл бұрын

@@nissmoguy you know that's right. I was kind of thinking maybe he was putting something together for Harbor Freight LOL.

Great video Pete and a very handy piece of equipment!

Great idea, excellent execution. Looking forward to the build video.

Hell yea. That thing works like a champ

Never know what your gonna find on the channel and that’s what I like.

Amazing Pete I wanna make one. Also something a can spray my weeds with

Working great!

You do great work pete

Excellent video. Working for a county road department here in Arkansas (bridge Crew to be exact) ur machine worked great in my opinion. For what that’s worth lol. Angle blade forward some and u will cover more area with less material. Also might help u with rock hop thanks for another awesome video Pete

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info Doug.

WE HAVE A 1/2 MILE ROAD ON OUR CENTRAL FL PROPERTY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE USED SAND BAGS OVER THE REAR AXLE. ONE ISSUE WE COULD NEVER GET PASS WAS ONCE THE RAIN GETS UNDER THE PEET ROCK. IT CAUSES POCKETS AND HOLES. YOUR RIGHT 10 MPH SEEMS TO BE THE SPOT. ONCE WE GRADED THE ROAD WE HAVE ANOTHER TRAILER WITH PIECES OF CHAIN TO DRAG IT LEVEL. WE WOULD DRAG IT ABOUT ONCE EVERY OTHER WEEK TO KEEP THE DUST DOWN. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT OUT THERE. TAKE CARE MY FRIEND

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for there comments volksplanet. Actually it’s a bit big for my yard. Thinking of making another one and selling this one

@Volkswagenplanet

2 жыл бұрын

@@myfriendpete always something going on. You guys stay safe up there

Cool idea, might try something similar. Thank you

Cool video Pete be cool see you next Time

GREAT JOB PETE

Good deal Pete 👍😉

Extra cool

Awesome....💪👍

Looks like it’s works!

Looks like it works as good or better than the box grader I had.

What did you use to make the blade itself?

I live on a farm. Take off or raise those gauge wheels and put on weight in the back. One more thing, pick up all those rocks. Just trying to help Pete.

Great homemade grader and a simple design. A few cuts & bolts it will fold up against the wall. I hope the foot is ok! Charle gives two paws up! Nice, made in America by Pete’s Moab Machine Works (PMMW) I can built it, you scratch it, I can paint it!For delivery, ask for Minnie.

You might want to put a couple hard facing beads down on that cutting edge.

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

Hard facing beads?? Don’t follow!

I was wondering if the blade had coil overs on the mounting points, it wouldn’t be so hard on the machine itself? Taking some of the shock out and minimising the bounce?

cool design.... sky's the lmit with that little grader.

works great Pete, can you angle the blade ?

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

Not on this one, but you can make it where it will angle if you want to!

@demonrathunter

2 жыл бұрын

@@myfriendpete Can't wait to see the next video on this. I have been thinking about making one for my side x side.

Uncle Stewart had one made of two six foot sections of railway track, no wheels.

Only thing I can think of would be make up a replaceable knife edge on the blade itself so you don't wear down the blade itself. Like maybe get a piece of steel 3/8 thick and about 4 inches high to run the length of your blade. Have it extend down about an inch below the blade itself. Then when you drill your holes, space them from the bottom edge so that you can remove it, flip it over and then get double use out of it.

The only thing that does is pull up rocks

maybe upgrade wheels looks like they were having a party. Works great for a first test :)

we can weld one together and try it to see if the grader works its easy to build one.

IT would be pricey but if the wheels in the back had some suspension of even pneumatic tires and run the pressure a little low to stop the bounce

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

I’m changing the wheels out to air tires

Air tires and another blade going the other direction!

I was waiting for Minnie to come out of the house and raise hell about all the noise and moving all the rocks around in her rock garden ! Needs a strip of steel (cutting edge) along the bottom of blade as a wear edge instead of wearing down blade. Wide enough that it can be unbolted and flipped as it wears out.

An old wrought iron gate would do the exact same thing

At first I thought it was a clown act. Looks like it works need to paint it .

😊👋👋👍

I recommend steel toe boots 🤠

Put a seat on it and 2 levers, then one man adjust the depth while driving.

Some weight on the tongue should help with swaying

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

10-4

Hey Pete. An Minnie.

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Slavko.. Thanks for watching.

What would Sammie say about all this?

MAYBE PUT A TOOTHED RAKE TO DISPLACE/CATCH AND PUSH ROCKS OUT OF THE WAY ,IN FRONT OF THE BLADE . DOUBLE ACTION

slow down and you won't get that wash board finish

I hate dirt! ✌🏽

Really, Pete, you can do better than this video. Come on.........

@myfriendpete

2 жыл бұрын

Full video of HOW TO coming soon.. Thanks for watching