Before You Buy a Tractor Land Plane, Watch This
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- čas přidán 18. 07. 2023
- Today I"m tackling my uneven trails and fields with this tractor land plane to see how it handles the terrain. I'm not sure what to expect with this one as I"ve never even seen a land plane until now. To say I'm brand new to land planes is an understatement. Wish me luck!
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Awesome new tool! I have done quite a bit of dirt work in construction over the years and wanted to mention a couple of things. The land plane is a finishing tool. It worked well in your application, but again, it is primarily a finishing tool. As for your box blade. You shouldn't be having to constantly work the up and down controls. On your height control, there should be a "float" position. Typically you should be able to push the control lever all the way forward (full down position) and there should be a detent to hold the lever . This allows the attachment to do just what it says, float. This will allow the blade to do what you want it to, deposit the spoils in the low spots. It took me several years before I learned this from an old timer. For cutting crowns, do the same thing as your plane. Put the blade in float then adjust your side to side tilt lever to run your crown as steep or shallow as you want. Hope some of this helps.
I move dirt for a living, been doing it for nearly 40 years. Your roads need to be built up. I’ve used just black dirt when that’s all that available. Built up and shaped and given time to cure, it will hold up to light traffic even during the rainy season. No I don’t mean log trucks going in and out. Good job, I love my land plane, top and tilt kit really helps.
It looks nice but you didn't fix the problem. The high side are the issue not the center. Go wider knocking down the sides, build up the middle. The water will flow off the road. When pulling down the road the side of the land plane with the blades in the lead will move the dirt to the center. You need a crown to get rid of the water issues. Also a layer of gravel is badly needed! Try to be helpful not trying to criticize hopefully you take this that way!
Its all about the material flowing smoothly. Rake it first if you have sticks, roots, and big rock. You can scarify and break it up when DAMP, but it just makes a big mess when wet and material doesnt flow. The downside of a big machine and little road is that it is tough to crown. Crowning is best achieved by lowering the left shoe since the material can flow under and over the blade. When the terrain slopes one way or another, just plane the drive to the downhill side and forget the crown. Which means picking it up when you are going the wrong way. Crowns are for flat terrain.
It’s not Rocket Science. You need to open relief trenches towards the low side to allow the rain water to drain off the trail. The land plain will smooth it out but you’re still left with a big channel for the water to collect.
Sandy, as a land owner of a forest property I can appreciate your trail grading. We have occasional tree thinning, where the logging equipment ruts many of our trails. They grade them before departing, but I have learned that if there is a ridge on the down hill side of a trail the water will follow the trail and dig impressive washouts. Making sure that every dozen feet there is a place for the water to leave a trail, especially on a slope is essential to my maintenance efforts. I have gotten into the habit of digging water bars to direct water off of the trails in wash prone areas. It is a lot more enjoyable to maintain the trails with the right tools. I think the land plane will work well on your land. I enjoy your sawmilling, had am looking to get one for personal building projects.
Where’s your mate Wolfe?
Fantastic! Now that you've opened up that ground, a nice bed of woodchips over the top would give the trails a nice base. One good rain storm could wash that fresh dirt right off the trail. Just a thought. Have a wonderful day Sandy!👋👏😁
How about when you get a large amount of material, you raise the plane, back up and the use the bucket to move the material where you want it. Just a thought. It works great Sandy and I’m sure we will see it in action again and again. Stay safe. 😮😮😮😅😊😊😊😊
I don't think the adjustments of the blades will allow a different height from side to side. It will only adjust how far below the skids the blades will sit. If I'm wrong, let me know.
It actually takes less to bend some of those scarifiers than a person might expect. I've bent a couple on my box blade (on two separate occasions) by unknowingly catching roots/buried objects that were large enough to bring my 5,000lb-ish tractor to a complete & sudden stop. Thankfully I wasn't going all that fast, but it was still a bit of a surprise when it happened - am also glad the shanks bent rather than the damage occurring elsewhere.
Sandy, my landplane was a game changer for me. I have found it works best when soils are dry. But if you run it when its wet just wait a couple hours after that first or second pass. It will dry out and you can go to town. That will let the dirt flow better over the top of the scraper blades. I also use mine in revers almost as much as I do forward. You can now use a back blade to dig the side trench for water flow.
I’ve had a 7’ Dura grader for years to maintain my road, it’s a 1/4 mile. It does a fantastic job for me, it takes the gravel and sifts it out the back and re-deposits on the road to give it a fresh look. It does not crown but scrapes flat and to me it is a nice clean look. I don’t know what they sell for now but years ago when I bought mine seems like $750.00 is what I paid, but well worth it. Very durable piece of equipment and I’m still satisfied with it. I know you will enjoy yours.
Sandy, I've never used a land plane before so it was educational to see it in use. Someone below pointed out that it's a 'finishing tool.' I would be prone to use the box blade to repair those deep ruts and knock down the shoulders, then finish it with the land plane. I don't recall a float position on a 3-point hitch, maybe it's there and I've never used it? The excavator has a float position on the blade, and that makes it handy for light grading and leveling a job after refilling a dig. One thing about it, if 20 people comment, you're going to get twenty different... "THIS is how you do it's." Take what I say with a grain of sand - or clay - try it out and decide what works best for your application.
before I drank my coffee I read "Before You Buy a Tractor Land Plane" I think have tractors become so expensive Sandy is comparing the price of tractors to the price of airplanes? Then I drank my coffee and watched and learned what a Land Plane is. If Sandy gets over enthused with planing trails and disappear off into a maze of old forest trails he will leave a nice trail to follow.
Great explanation of how a land plane works and why it's better than a box blade.
awesome job. Before you started I thought that you would not be doing so well because of roots but am pleasantly surprised with your results. Great job. Man, if I keep watching your videos, I'm going to go broke ;)
Thanks Sandy.
Material tends to pile up on the outside edge of the roadway.
For a gravel drive, you want to scarify and loosen when damp (not wet-just packs up), and then put your final grade when dry. When dry the big rock stays on the top...rain comes, washes the fines off the big rock and you're GTG.