steven1845c
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I live on a 6 block long 13% grade mountain road in Colorado. Every few years we need to "regrade" to get rid of washouts / ruts. There are lots of rocks here in the Rocky Mountains, and plenty of them just above surface level in my road.
I just sold an Argo which could only be used to plow snow. Would like to replace with a 50HP 4X4 tractor which could plow snow and hopefully also help maintain the road.
I'm wondering if a heavy box blade and ripper teeth could dig up 5 or 6 inches on each pass to provide enough material to re-level. The road is compacted from daily traffic, but also has washouts.
How effective would a box blade and ripper be and if effective how heavy would it need to be. The tractor weighs 4500 before adding any implements.
I just sold an Argo which could only be used to plow snow. Would like to replace with a 50HP 4X4 tractor which could plow snow and hopefully also help maintain the road.
I'm wondering if a heavy box blade and ripper teeth could dig up 5 or 6 inches on each pass to provide enough material to re-level. The road is compacted from daily traffic, but also has washouts.
How effective would a box blade and ripper be and if effective how heavy would it need to be. The tractor weighs 4500 before adding any implements.