BOX BLADE tips for dirt roads (2023)

Introduction

This Dirt Road Needs Some Basic Repairs!
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Content

How about you, I'm hank, welcome to hamiltonville farm today we're going to do some box blading on this little dirt road here and I'm going to kind of go over the basics of some box: blade, basics.

You know what you need to think about how we're going to get this road fixed and things like that.

So, if you're here, for you know some box blade basic tips, say that fast three times right, some box blade basics tips then stick around for it to watch this fix this road.

You know that this road has been a thorn in my side if you've seen any of my videos, but I think that it's dry enough now that we can at least get the ruts out of it and that we can start making it a little more smooth and in previous videos.

I had talked about making a culvert across here, but I'm not sure that, since I've done these ditches that a culvert is needed, I just need to repair what is on the road itself and the box blade is going to be the perfect tool for that.

I came down here this morning in my truck to see how soft it was going to be, and I went.

I sank a little here made a depression here, so you can see my my tire tracks this morning as I come through now, the ones on the right side of that is kind of old, but the ones uh.

So this one right here is fresh and this one right here is fresh from this morning, so I don't think it's too terribly soft.

So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take and I'm gonna just start pulling dirt in this way, and let me tell you why I don't think I need a culvert.

This is where this is where the wet stuff was uh.

You know when it rained a couple times in the last week or so, but I think since we ended up taking it and and cutting a trench out right here and we drained all this water, it dried it up pretty good, and I think that since we have these ditches, especially on this side, I mean that's a huge, ditch, a deep ditch I should say well.

This is where the swamp comes out over here comes out in between those green trees there and it comes out here, but I think that this ditch will carry it all the way down this way and if it does cross again, then I will, I will think about a culvert, but I'm not sure that's the answer to my problems, but if I was to make a culvert, I think I would put it.

I think I would put it there and run it maybe at an angle and come out and go into the swamp there.

I think that's where it would probably probably make the most sense, or would it make more sense to let the water drain down this ditch and then have it cross right here I don't know.

Is this the lower spot? That's a good question! Hank! I don't know: let's get started with this box blade.

Let me show you what we're gonna do we got the bucket on front of brutus yeah? It's got a big smile on it.

Don't worry about that! Those who have and those who will- but this is the homestead- implements pinnacle series.

Six foot wide box blade: this is the heavy duty model.

I really think that you should get a a box blade as your first implement a lot a lot of discussion about that, but I think a box blade is going to be your best bet for your first implement adjustable shanks clevis style cat, one cat two hookups here inside an outside blade reversible.

So you don't have to worry about that.

So made a good thick steel and the shanks are protected, underneath here by an extra gusset to keep it from coming out the back if it catches a big root or something like that, you have gussets here.

Guess it's here, solid welds, all throughout but anyway, so that's the box blade that we're going to be using- and I think that's going to do a perfect job for for this over here.

I think that I don't know this might be a continuing project every time it rains.

I might come back here after it dries out fix it until I fix it right all right, let's get started so so so, foreign, okay, what you can do is you, can pull with your box blade or you can push with your box blade right as you seen there, so you can fill that that debris up or that dirt inside the container of the box, and you can pull it to fill in the holes and then, when you're you're on the back side of it.

So to speak or the other side of the hole you can actually with some more debris.

You can push it back or more dirt.

You can push it back and try to fill those holes up.

You can also couple it with the bucket and do some back dragging and then what I'm going to do now is I'm actually going to go, get some dirt and I'm going to go, try to fill in some low spots with some dirt and so we'll watch that process as well.

So use your box blade and your bucket together in tandem to kind of make sure that it's as level and as flush as well, not necessarily level because you might want it offset or you might want it crowned or whatever, depending on how you want your water to run.

But you can see here, I've got the box blade level, there's a link on the right arm over there.

That's got a turnbuckle in it and you can adjust the length of that arm and that will that will angle the box blade like so, and so you can create a ditch or you can create a crown by doing it.

That way, so you can adjust the angle of the dangle.

You'll hear it called in several youtube videos, and then I've also got a hydraulic top link which adjusts the pitch or the angle of which the front blade digs in or the back blade can dig in or ride over or whatever I'll show you that in just a second that hydraulic top link is the that's.

The bee's knees man, so I've got it set up on this red handle here.

My second spool, so if I pull it toward me, the box blade goes up in the back.

If I push it away from me, the cylinder travels further away and pushes the box blade down in the back.

You can really get some aggressive cuts in by doing that, but what we're going to do now is we're going to go, get some dirt to fill in these holes down here.

Okay, it looks pretty good now.

You know I've got I've got it mostly where it can uh.

You can pass it.

You know, and I think that as it, if we don't get any more, we don't have any more rain in the forecast for like two weeks, so that will just help our calls some it'll dry out more.

You can still see where it's a little dark here and here that's where it's still not completely dried out, but then it's dry the rest of the way.

So I think that it's gonna, I think it's gonna shore up.

I think it's gonna be okay.

So when you're taking the box blade and you're actually pushing the dirt with the back blade, you know you're, going in reverse in the tractor and you're pushing that dirt with that box blade, and it covers that, then what you do is you know, as you manipulate your box blade to go up and down to release the dirt.

Where you want it to release, then you can follow that up by putting the bucket on the ground and back dragging it, and that gets it pretty smooth as well again, just a couple little spots there and there, but nothing to be concerned about it'll dry up, I'm hoping, but I think this looks a lot better and at least it's passable, and so I think that again I may wait till the next rain to see whether or not a culvert is the best option, because right now I'm just like you know, I think the ditches are working.

I think the ditches are doing the job it's supposed to do, but I will say this if, after the next big rain, if it, if it appears that I do need a culvert, I I think that the rain will tell me or where the mud hole where the mud hole is, will tell me where I need to put the culvert because remember we talked about earlier in the video.

It might be up there where the swamp comes out, or it might be right here where the water comes down the ditch and then crosses right here I mean that might be.

That might be the area right there.

I don't know you know I wish I would have studied a little more about engineering when I was in college, oh man, but the water won't lie.

The water will tell you where it needs to go and it always runs downhill and it always takes the path of least resistance from what I understand.

So, if indeed it crosses right here.

That's where we'll put the culvert now you know, I thought you know 12 inch heck, maybe even an eight inch culvert pipe would work.

I don't know, but at least a 12 20 foot long, something like that made out of 18 foot long.

I don't know what I know they come in 20 foot strips, I don't know if they come in 16, 18 or not, but I put a concrete culvert over it, but anyway.

I hope this gives you some some things to think about with a box blade, because the box plays super versatile, and I really think that you could.

You know if you're gonna buy a tractor and it's got a package deal with it and it's got a box blade or a bush hog your choice.

I th, you know if it's your first tractor.

I think I would depending on your situation.

Obviously, but you know, I definitely think you get more use out of a box blade than you would a bush hog if you're buying it for your very first implement, unless, of course, you own property that all you're going to do is bush hog, and that's I mean you know, that's a no-brainer there, but anyway, hey listen.

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If you're on that website, hamiltonvillefarm.com anyway, we'd appreciate it thanks for watching the video guys, I really appreciate it.

You guys are the best man.

I I enjoy reading your comments and uh.

I just you know we're it's a really cool community, we're part of here, and I appreciate you guys, tagging along.

Hopefully you got some information out of this video.

We'll see you guys soon take care, god bless.