Fixing a Gravel Driveway with Compact Tractor and Box Blade

[@davew1919]

A hydraulic top link works awesome with a box blade! It’s a must have accessory!!

[@Academy_Farm]

It's on the wish-list! I can see how much more efficient it would make things. I'm still enjoying learning the "olden" ways for now. Thanks for watching.

[@ThePeds955]

Very costly here in Australia 😢

[@aaronburford5701]

In a box blade fan, love driveway work. Great Job!

[@Academy_Farm]

@aaronburford5701 Thanks! It's quite the implement.

[@stevestock2439]

Yeah nice work, thanks for taking your time to show us your piece of paradise.

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks, Steve. My pleasure!

[@robertgonzalez8419]

Man seen that water go through the side of the property like that and that view I don’t know why anybody would want to live in a city so beautiful God bless

[@Academy_Farm]

@robertgonzalez8419 lots of responsibility keeping a rural property like this neat and tidy. A lot of people prioritize leisure...

[@TheRaulr151]

Great job and beautiful property.

[@Academy_Farm]

Thank you!

[@medlinlandmaintenancellc]

Check out a Land Plane, you would like it much more than a box blade. Takes a lot of the work out for you and is really a great tool for driveways. I have a John Deere about the same size as your tractor, and I use a 72-inch Land Plane. AWESOME TOOL!

[@Academy_Farm]

Awesome. Thanks. I've been keeping an eye out for a used unit but may need to bite the bullet for a project in the spring.

[@aaronburford5701]

Rewatched! Even after 10 months kf watching this video, i havs a greater appreciation for the box blade process and driveway repair!

[@Academy_Farm]

@@aaronburford5701 awesome to hear. Thanks. Wonderful tool, indeed!

[@bradbruggeman6745]

Fine job. Yes,a compact tractor is a very good little tool. I don't know what I would do without mine.

[@Academy_Farm]

Agreed!

[@davefarrar7435]

Thanks for the video.I have the exact same setup and I need to fix the driveway into our horse boarding facility here in Central CA. Unfortunately, I spent most of the video in awe of your beautiful property. I should probably watch it again... Thanks!

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks! Those small adjustments to the top link seem to be the only difference between a quick project and making an even bigger mess. Good luck!

[@aaronburford5701]

Watched, Commented, Liked, Subscribed, Shared! Great video love the Box Blade demo !

[@Academy_Farm]

Thank you, Sir. A fine tool you can really finesse the landscape with once you get the hang of it!

[@aaronburford5701]

@@Academy_Farm Yes it is and you use it well... please share more!

[@paulfay357]

That looks great! Fun fact. Out here in Missouri that brook would be called a creek. Or a "crick" if you want to put a little twang on it! 😊

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks! That's how we know someone's from the south; when the use the "c" word when talking about our streams 🤣

[@ThePeds955]

Thanks for the video mate, might have just inspired me to do the same to my driveway soon..👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@SandyLocke-m3j]

Very smart young man. Im so proud 😉

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks, Mom...

[@brianrosabeck]

Nice! Gorgeous place!!

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks! It's pretty special to us!

[@jcammons3692]

I’ve got the same box blade. You commented about the clips. I bought that particular blade due to those spring clips after having a box blade with the standard hairpin clip and pin. I keep pliers on the tractor anyway and find dropping and losing the big spring clips is less common than dropping and losing those tiny hair pin clips. I also made a drop in bolt to keep the scarifiers in place that can simply be lifted and the scarifier adjusted. It works great and is too less. Good work. I do driveways pretty much just like this fairly frequently.

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks for the insight! I don't plan on upgrading the box anytime soon but it sounds like those clips might be worth the trouble. I appreciate it!

[@HangNguyen-ty7zv]

Hello bro!!! What brand is your box blade? I am researching one.

[@Academy_Farm]

@@HangNguyen-ty7zv that's a Land Pride unit.

[@tomjohnston224]

Nice Job

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks!

[@Jim-zb1lu]

You should use the front loader in float when you are backing up That way you are being even more efficient

[@jiemda3]

Thumb nail said box blade, all I saw was beautiful river flow.

[@rcguy18]

Good amount tips using a box blade. Nice upgrade would be hydraulic top link.

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks! Not sure I can justify that cost just yet, i dont have rear hydraulics setup; someday!

[@rcguy18]

@@Academy_Farm I spent more on the cylinder then I did on two spool valve, hoses and fittings coming out of power beyond. Was definitely worth the cost.

[@aaronburford5701]

Great video, love the commentary, driveway looks good!

[@Academy_Farm]

Thank you, Sir.

[@LFfire1597]

Greetings from Walpole

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks for watching, neighbor!

[@TexasRedneck]

great job!

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks!

[@chrisgramstorff996]

Where are you located I’m just over the border in Mass but looking to move to NH soon

[@Academy_Farm]

There are still great properties hitting the market. We're just south of the lakes region in Loudon. Thanks for watching!

[@ap98781]

So your taking the high spots and lowering them?

[@Academy_Farm]

Better described as loosening all the spots, high and low, and then grading them as we see fit.

[@paulmang5840]

Nice video! I have a similar problem with my long driveway in one spot. Each year potholes develops. Any idea how to prevent the potholes from coming back?

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks, Paul. Potholes wouldn't exist without water. Really solid substrate combined with an appropriate crown should theoretically prevent potholes from returning.

[@georgea6403]

They say you have to dig a hole with sharp corners. Like with a backhoe bucket. Then fill with gravel with the fines in it. With the tapered sides of the bottle stones just want to disperse out with the squared off corners it won’t disperse out as easy.

[@georgea6403]

Pothole. Not bottle

[@Academy_Farm]

@@georgea6403 makes sense!

[@brianlb78]

What is the other pin on the box blade below the top link?

[@Academy_Farm]

I think that just holds the frame/supports together.

[@ginozanga2129]

Where in NH are you at? Was Born in Peterborough

[@Academy_Farm]

Nice! We're in Loudon!

[@patrickhennessey5221]

It seemed on video that the tractor was running maybe a bit to fast especially when you had the rippers down causing the box blade to jump and skip ...😮

[@Academy_Farm]

Perhaps! That box is only 350lbs, and the driveway is generally very hard and riddled with softball-sized rocks. It probably wouldn't have hurt to be low gear and to creep along for the ripping phase.

[@andrewaitken8869]

@@Academy_Farm It might have saved breaking the tip off the right side ripper. I enjoyed this video and yes that is a nice piece of the world.

[@Academy_Farm]

@Andrew Aitken Yep! The rippers are better suited for slow and steady. I broke the tip in the woods on a large, jagged boulder; but nothings saying that couldn't happen in the driveway as well.

[@groundcontrol2795]

The most common cause of losing tips is backing up with the scarifier still in the ground. Definitely a no no. : )

[@Stumpman61]

👍🏻🇺🇸awesome

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks, Mike!

[@sap3055]

Interesting to see how Americans scrape the Roade her in Norway we don't use this box blades and laneplane we use a blade witch we can adjust with hydraulics we always pull the materials to the middle of the Roade that way you get a curve on the Roade and all the water goes straight away from the road and you then don't get so much pot holes seems that you keep the roads absolutely flat in America and that way the water have almost no way to go so it stays in the road and keeps making more pot holes

[@Academy_Farm]

Thanks for the insight! Agreed; with a decent crown, the pothole should be few and far between. Thanks for watching!

[@vc8160]

Yes but a blade is almost useless if you don't rip up the surface with the scarifiers. Otherwise you will have nothing to grade with your blade.

[@TF856]

It looks like your 3-point drop rate is set too fast.

[@Academy_Farm]

I bet it is; I've never adjusted that little knob under the seat. It's probably causing unessary wear and tear on the implements. Thanks for pointing that out!