[AT] Need advice on 3pt Tractor

[Larry D Goss]

That style of land plane is very common in areas that use flood irrigation, 
Charlie.  They show up at auction in farm communities in eastern Colorado 
along the Platte River aquifer (along I-76.)

Larry

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From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Need advice on 3pt Tractor


> Thanks Richard and everyone else.  I searched for those things under land
> plane, maintainer, and everything else I could think of and just never 
> found
> it.
>
> Those are what I had in mind except for some minor variation in the way 
> the
> grader blades are set.  The one's I've seen around here pull the dirt one
> way, then back the other and then spread it out flat.
>
> Charlie
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> From: "Richard Walker" <richardwalker at pobox.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Need advice on 3pt Tractor
>
>
>>
>>>There is some sort of rig I've been seeing lately that I'd like to try 
>>>but
>>>I
>>>don't know what to call it.  I tried to find it on a web search with no
>>>luck.  It is a 3 pt mounted square frame maybe  6 feet square with small
>>>grader blades set at angles inside the frame.  It drags along the top of
>>>the
>>>ground pulling dirt from side to side and leaving it level.  Anyone know
>>>what I'm talking about.
>>
>> These?
>>
>> http://www.monroetufline.com/products/lp-series-plane.htm
>>
>> http://www.beavervalleysupply.com/sectione/cimar.htm
>>
>> But I've never used one and haven't heard how well they work.
>>
>> Seems quite feasible to shopbuild a similar road leveler out of scrap
>> steel.
>>
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard & Judy Walker
>> Monrovia, CA
>>
>> richardwalker @ pobox.com
>> judywalker @ pobox.com
>> delete spaces to use addresses
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