@@guitarbrian1976 I don’t doubt that I feel lucky to still be able to blade gravel I enjoy blading over plowing snow thanks for watching!

@@stevens8328 I don’t do anything like that the gravel we have here shines the moldboard up so material doesn’t stick to the moldboard good question thanks for watching!

@@graderman140m no problem I enjoy watching and learning about it I know here in Florida where I live on a dirt road they only use lime rock which feels like sand and they don’t use a packer nor good gravel which gets washed away during a rain storm and makes it hard on a motorcycle at times

@@brandonpadget5515 I could do a video i generally just put it in float.

@ it don’t want to Barry itself in to deep?

Instead of a dozer blade all I got is a v pick on the front with the rotating bits

@ I gotcha I’ve never used one of them I’d assume that’s more aggressive then my dozer blade I’d set it down so it starts cutting and just go by feel hope this helps.

@@schneiderexc3557 I can believe that I didn’t blade all of them but hit the ones that were rough had just enough moisture to seal them up with packer so hopefully they stay pretty good till spring thanks for watching!

@@gliderider7077 happy to hear you love the videos I will definitely keep up the great work thanks for watching!

@@stevens8328 it’s pretty close to 45 degrees for an angle I run it a little straighter then I normally do since I’m laying every back down thanks for watching

@@jimhanifer1177 thanks Jim and I wish I had a new packer this is the same one we have had the last 4 years it’s a diamond brand packer they don’t make them anymore but it works great for us thanks for watching!

It’s a working progress it’s slowly coming together

@@seizethecarp_ happy to hear you enjoy watching the videos I’m suer the videos bring back memories thanks for watching!

@@richardrucker7455 thanks for the suggestion Richard I have the rotating bits on the front of all my dozer blades they work great as far as on the moldboard I have the sharq shield flat carbide edges on thanks for watching!

@@tracysoderlund6172 happy to hear you enjoy the videos as far as the rotor tiller is a 7ft king cuter brand tiller we brought from our farm and fleet store I believe it was 3,000 for a brand new one and it works great thanks for watching!

@graderman140m thank you for the info I appreciate it

@@jamesragus1577 yes everyone was happy to see the blade out smoothing the roads out thanks for watching!

@@ericarmstrong2832 wow sounds like you have been busy moving snow then I’m just fine with blading gravel I plowed enough snow two years ago to make up for the next 4 years lol stay safe up there and thanks for watching!

@@garyhenion9459 wow that’s crazy that your doing that and I’m out blading the difference a few states can make stay safe out there and your welcome for the videos thanks for watching!

I just mounted a GoPro inside the cab and a insta 360 x4 camera on the nose of the blade!

@@DanaW-wf4kh happy to hear you have learned stuff from my videos and your welcome as far as the cameras I use I currently have a GoPro 8 and GoPro 11 but seriously thinking on trying the DJI cameras the GoPros suck in the cold weather hope this helps and thanks for watching!

@@tonyvaughn3367 good question I leave it I blade with a small maintenance windrow from spring till around the middle of October hope that explains that thanks for watching!

@@edmondtaylor4270 I will generally say 3 to 5 mph is a general average for speed while grading really depends on conditions and your level of experience I tell everyone I’d rather have an operator go slower and do a good job then try to go faster and not do a good job hope this helps thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching!

Yes I certainly will getting closer to spring

@mikewaite5849 yes pretty much everyone in my state leaves a small maintenance windrow of material on the edge now if you can’t have a windrow out there you will have to make 2 rounds on the road I do it in the fall going in to winter or if I do any winter blading I cut the whole road out and then relay it all back out it takes twice as long but if they want no maintenance windrow that’s the correct way to blade a road like that hope that answers your question thanks for watching!

@@jimhanifer1177 it definitely takes patience to train and to even run a blade and you are correct lots of seat time is needed to become a good operator, thanks so much Jim I will still have videos out of me in the blade I greatly appreciate you watching!

@@Dwayne-m2j I have seen them before they look very well made I’d like to give one a try sometime I’d really like to try there folding v plow angle dozer thanks for watching!

@@jamesragus1577 I could definitely do that and I’m very familiar with a 140H spent 5 years operating one great machines and you’d be surprised it’s honestly not bad to adapt to the electronic controls heck most operators once they get used to them they don’t ever want to get back in a old antler rack machine and yes I love the training I get to do and I figured I got the knowledge I might as well share it with others thanks for watching!

@@Adam-q2w5e I’m happy to hear that I’m still going to be operating the blade and doing videos on the channel just want to do more training cause like you said it’s a dying trade and not very many people coming in to it or for some reason older operators won’t train the younger new operators coming in to the work force thanks for the nice comment and thanks for watching!

@@cdp7961 so where’s your experience and recommendations on what’s best this is a small rural township who only has a grader to maintain there roads and plow snow with I used what I had available I tried to get road open wasn’t able too it happens every so often and why the need to say I’m a goof didn’t your mother teach you if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all!

@@LuisGarcia-it4rt your welcome now hopefully you can make your own and should work great for you!

I am ordering the metal Monday morning. I will let you know how it goes winter is hopefully over in idaho lol

@ sounds good and hopefully your right we really haven’t had much of a winter here so far.

@@jamesragus1577 least you washed your machine the wax is definitely extra but it suer makes it shine protects the paint and it’s way easier to clean thanks for watching!

@@cass1113 yes you are a 100% correct on that, yeah our weather here is definitely different from normal but hey I’m not complaining considering what kind of winter we had two years ago thanks for watching!

@@JayCoffman-io7sk thanks and oh wow that sounds like a big mess ice is never fun to deal with hopefully you got it handled safely thanks for watching!

Thanks yes for being a five year old machine it looks just as good as a new one or better thanks for watching!

Hello from South Dakota and yes all our rural gravel roads get plowed here and all these cuts we just have the grader to open them I’d love to have a pay loader with a giant snow blower on it but budget won’t allow so make do with what we have and lol after that winter I wouldn’t have a problem going south for the winter lol thanks for watching!

@@bobbyjoe9669 that’s great to hear that you are happy with them I really like them also nice to have all different kinds of edges available and so quick and easy to swap out thanks for watching!

@@jaylambert1896 I do the best job I can every time and when my dad taught me how to run blade he always told me the day you quit learning is the day you should quit thanks for watching!

@@graderman140m my Dad taught me the same, respect Brother, school of hats knocks is where it all comes from! Most won't understand, my Dad was hard on me, but didn't understand at the time, but do now.

@@ConnorThompson4 well what the videos doesn’t show is I’m going up a 7% grade so I’m really not letting off early I’m running out of power plus even if I did let off early I don’t want to spin my tires creating ice that just makes things worse.

@@barrythomas379 I’m happy to hear that I thank you for watching them!

Happy to hear you love the channel I appreciate you watching and that’s crazy they say they can’t get them I really like them they do a nice job and it’s crazy they don’t want to make roads safer for the traveling public!

@@indy5ss I generally run everything manually with my foot feed I run around 1800 rpms in 4th gear around 5.5 mph but that’s in good conditions and I have the experience I can operate at that speed you just starting out I recommend you take it slow 2 to 4 mph get the feel for things first before you go faster I’d recommend not using throttle lock run it with your foot to get the feel if you have any other questions ask away hope this helps thanks for watching!

@@stevens8328 happy you have been watching the videos I appreciate you watching and find it interesting as far as your road and grading it with a blade on the back of your tractor I’d try and blade the grass off to the side then try and cut material from the outside to the middle creating a centerline then take and level out the windrow of material in the middle a little bit creating a crown hope this helps and thanks for watching!

@ right and I loosened up the grass and the ground with my disk harrow with a few passes then I put my blade on the tractor was wondering how much of an angle should I use far as 20 degrees or 45 degrees and should I have my mole board angle forward or backwards for cutting it

Been getting lots of rain too so the ground as lots of moisture in it

@@stevens8328 that’s good that you did that I would angle your blade at like 40 degrees and try that if it doesn’t flow very good just put more angle on your blade and try that let me know how it goes and good luck.

@@graderman140m hey thanks for the tip it’s been cold here and I’ve been getting over my cold I did do that took me a while couple hours but turned out good see how long it last in the Florida sand lol

@@wbball15 thanks I really love the sharq system now that I have the carbide blades being able to switch different blades with just a hammer is very convenient thanks for watching and will do my best to stay warm.

That's awesome! Good luck with the new job - hopefully, these videos help you feel confident in the seat! Thanks for watching!

@@Jörgensmaskiner thanks for that tip I imagine that would definitely make them last longer thanks for watching.

@ jag skulle tro dom håller nästan dubbelt så länge då… jag svetsar hårdpåläggning på mina tänder till grävmaskin oxå… det gör stor skillnad

@@Chris-fm4ty so In my opinion once you get in to the dry season I don’t recommend using them I mainly use them for a couple of months in spring and to get dust control ready. Thanks for watching.