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Home-Built Skid Loader-Mounted Road Grader
Here’s a photo of a skid loader-mounted road grader that I built out of scrap materials.
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 us
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Home-Built Skid Loader-Mounted Road Grader TRACTORS Skid Steer Loaders Here’s a photo of a skid loader-mounted road grader that I built out of scrap materials 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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