Adjust Box Blade and Crown the Road
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The Big Scrape! Bobcat Skid loader..building campsite areas..and finishing up the new gravel road!
What happens here
To create a crowned road – a surface that is higher in the middle to allow water to run off to the sides – the box blade needs adjustment. The presenter demonstrates pulling pins to rotate the blade slightly (one notch over), creating an angled cutting edge. The blade is also dropped just enough (approximately an inch) to lightly scrape the surface. The tractor then drives down the road, with the angled blade pulling gravel from the edges towards the center. This action builds up the middle of the road, forming the desired crown and preventing water from pooling or creating gullies.
Goal: The box blade on the tractor is adjusted to a slight angle and a shallow depth to pull gravel from the edges towards the center, creating a 'crowned' road surface that sheds water effectively.
Tools and materials
- Box Blade (Green)
- John Deere Tractor
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