Land Plane For “Smooooth” Results!- 38 

Greetings, former cheesehead here. I do gravel driveways professionally and share your admiration for the land plane. It is THE tool for leveling dirt and gravel. Typically it will revive a driveway with the gravel mooshed into the ground with several passes with the scarifiers deployed. I like to think the box blade is for rough grading and the land plane is for finish grading. In your case, I would have used the box blade to pull the gravel back up the hill and then finished it with the land plane.

Nice job Tony 👏 Thanks for sharing 👍

Hello Tony. Like you, I have a 600’ gravel driveway. I use a landscape rake, box blade, and rear blade to maintain it… I see a land plane in my future! One thing I added to my tractor is top and tilt to my 3 point hitch. It is a game changer to be able to hydraulically control the top link length and also tilt the the rear implement. Makes crowning the drive very easy. I need to do a video on it and you need to add it to your tractor! Have a great week and “keep moving”. - Dick

You make it look easy with the Land Pride Tony. Nice job!!

That does a pretty decent job! I think I actually like that attachment better than a box blade!! It would come in really handy on our huge driveway at the farm....think I am going to look into one!! Thanks for the info you gave us on yours!! Stay safe

👌 Good job Tony.

Well that was easy! Another great tool👍👍

Good job on the driveway Tony. The landplane does a great job! I recently picked up a 60" king kutter box blade on sale for $899. It works great for our wooded trails were I need to move large amounts of material due to heav washout. Thanks for sharing.

Great show Tony, thank you. Most people think if you fill in a pothole it will be fine. That's not true, because the dirt will come back out. This machine you have will chew a pothole up (with those scarifiers and the blades will grade the road smooth behind it. This is a great piece of equipment.!!

Very helpful video Tony. Definitely able to feather in the loose gravel better than a box blade And driving forward has got to be easier for the occasional user. Nice results for a nominal cost also. 👍👍

Great video! Love the grading process done with the box blade....

Another awesome review of a cool tool..😁👍

Tony I think I would have used the back blade to start with rolled the outside gravel in then the land plane. You did what works for you, well done.

Nice work Tony ! Great explanation of this tool. I don’t have a tractor or any of it’s Big Boy Toy’s, but if an when the time comes, I’ll have a better understanding of these implements 👍👏🚜 Rick

That was a nice introduction that was enjoyable,

Hi Tony - thanks for the video. I ordered a set of rear facing blades for my 60” Land Pride land plane so I can push backwards when necessary. Haven’t installed them yet but I think they’ll come in handy under certain circumstances.

looks a lot better tony. Going to give mine a try at the camp in the next couple of weeks.

Hey Tony. The land plane is definitely on my list of attachments for the tractor. We picked up a used box blade foe cheap so I use that for now. Have a great day!

Tony another great video. I have considered a land plane. I have an old box blade but feel a land plane would do what I need better.

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Landplane is by far the best attachment to maintain a driveway. I have a 84" Woods, heavy and effective. I have a hydraulic top link that makes adjustments easily.

Nice video! A land plane is on my list of purchases, having looked at the Land Pride GS2584, BushHog HDR84 &96, and Woods GSM84 & 96 I am leaning towards the Woods. Deciding on the best width for my driveways, parking areas, and trails is the hard part as I would prefer to only buy one.

I have the same land plane made by LP. The thing I hate the most about it it the clips that hold the rippers. They are a PITA to remove. I wish I would have gotten one with the simple pins, which they have on some models and not others for some odd reason. But other than that, it works great for my 1000' driveway.

Tip for you Sir. I suggest buying a 6’ plane for driveways because you can grade it without screwing up your crown in the road. And if the road doesn’t have a crown in it you can make one very easily. Just remember anything wider than the six foot the road needs to be wider.

Now Tony you need a roller so you can compact it after you get done grating it. Just another tool for Tony's Cool Tools.

My drive is .2 miles long and hilly. I wish I had a plane and tractor big enough. Comparatively speaking, you have lots of gravel lol. Good show.

Tony, Chris knows a guy that has gravel😀🇦🇺

smooth

The land plane earns its keep by pulling the gravel back to the top of the drive. Enjoy the journey - cheers

Im leaning towards getting a Land Plane, need a conveyor for the wood splitter first!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day

You need to raise the front up a bit and let the rear do most of the cutting.

Another Wisconsinite here....Didn't catch the model of tractor you're using, but in any case, do you feel like it would handle the 72" land plane?

Will the land plane rippers rip up stuff just as good as a box blade?

$1700? Man, that was expensive. They had some new old stock at a few ocal dealers around here foraroud $1200+. Only thing about that is I bought a new kubota bx1880 and had to get a 48", just like yurs. They were cost from $12-1400, depending on where I called. I finallybfound a dealervthat had one for over 3 years and it was about $930+ tax. I had to travel about 3 counties over to get it and it barely fit in my truck, but I got it home and my brother used my loader to unload it for me. Thats a shame. I've had this bx for almost a year and still nee practice. It shoukd get better. Anyway, he made a few passes on drice just to try it out, an no more potholes, at least for now

How can I send you a picture of a box blade that I removed the top pieces and built an arched frame and bolted it over the box blade with wheels behind the blade and a trailer hitch in front? I have a three point receiver hitch for my 30 hp Kubota tractor. The blade splits the difference between the tractor in front and the wheels behind.

The box blade is equivalent to a bull dozer, the land plane is equivalent to a road grader.

I’m just missing the land for the tool:(

LOL Tony your land plane looks more like 59 45/64” better get your micrometer out and measure that…..🤣

Tony; sell Chris this lane plane when you buy the 72 inch one. Offer him a new stick of gum instead of twisting his arm. 🙏👍🏼☕️🍩

I’m not a virginal viewer😀🇦🇺