2016 - Volume #40, Issue #3, Page #37
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Home-Built Skid Loader-Mounted Road Grader
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I started with an old Deere 3-pt. mounted, 8-ft. wide grader blade, which I turned around to face backward. I used 5-in. dia. drill stem for the frame, and the front caster wheels are off an old side delivery rake. I used part of a local shop’s junked wheel alignment machine to build a front axle that supports the wheels. The wheels are free to pivot up or down so the blade always stays level, even when the road is “crowned” in the middle. A hydraulic cylinder is used to adjust the blade angle. An adaptor plate attaches the blade to the skid loader.
I use the blade to grade a 1,000-ft. long gravel road on my property that’s lined with live oaks on either side. It keeps my “oak alley” road in great shape. (H.D. Weaver, 12375 FM 880 S., Baird, Texas 79504 ph 325 280-6647)
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