NICE JOB !! You're a man after my own heart !! I love doing these kinds of projects. You did a nice job. As far as the Z turn, I wouldn't worry about it. My neighbor pulls ALL KINDS of things with his and I pull anything and everything with mine. Never had a problem. Thanks for sharing your ingenuity with us !!

Damn nice! For me half of the enjoyment of a project like that is just visualizing it then figuring it all out. Thank for the video! 👍👍

That my friend, is the epitome of “Yankee ingenuity” . You remind me of my dad. If something needed to be done and you didn’t have the tool, you’d build it. A lot of trial and error. My dad has been gone now for thirty years, but a lot of his “created tools” are still with me, and will continue to be treasured. Subscribed.

Great job. This is a master class in grown-ass man skills.

Nice watching you put that together. Good job. I need something like that for my driveway. It's rough and uneven. And it goes uphill from the road. You are a creative backyard engineer.

Really great work !! No tubing bender needed the relief cuts and welding does the trick !! Works very well , great job !!! Very good video as well !!

Great build, Barry! Don't listen to the 'Can't do's ' You did a good job! Us old guys have to stick together.

That's awesome. Who needs a tube bender when you did a great job.

This video made my morning because of the humility, ingenuity, and plain old tenacity. Thanks so much for sharing!

Love your honest description of your materials lol

I enjoyed this build thanks for posting.

Been looking through your videos, when I grow up I want to be smart like you. Great content.

Nice fabrication skills and a nice looking shop.

INGENIOUS idea. Gave me some IDEAS. Thank You

Very cool scraper. Thanks for video.

nice job barry thumbs up your an old dude like me doing a pretty decent job keep on keeping on. good day.

Ty for the video!!! What I liked is you repurposed the metal you have!! You did a great job!! I hope it served it purpose for you, Dougie frome Boston

American ingenuity at its best, great stuff!

Don't listen to some of these negative comments because they dont have skills to fabricate this awesome piece of equipment. Great job!

I think it was a fantastic video! Dam nice work! It looks like a good build.

Bloody brilliant... I have an RV slideout mechanism that would be perfect for raising/lowering the blade. Thanks for the inspiration, going to try my hand at one of these.

Nice project, great build.

Cool project. I appreciate your problem solving mind.

Nice shop! Plenty of room, you have a lot of nice tools also! It’s the perfect retirement playground!

I can say most people wouldn't tackle a project like that and see it to the finish so kudos to you. but *shudder* at those welds. Cheers.

Thank you Senor Gringo, you giving me idea to grade my land down here in the Caribbean

Nice little piece of equipment you made there! Very well done, and loved your ingenuity in making your bends in pipe and saying someday I'd like to have a proper bender. But you should people that there is another way to get the job accomplished if you just think a little.

Nice build Sir, well done.

Wheels wobble but they don't fall off!

Great job! Reminds me of a Fresno. You can back into tight spots with it,as well. Nice

You'll never have grass... Because then you won't have dirt to move around! Nice build!!!

That is a great build, I'm highly impressed, greetings from Ireland 👍👍

Nice job building your box drag.

Great Job 👏

Great little project. You got a new subscriber out of me.

Next video, I will show you how to replace the blown-out T46 trans-axle on my mower! You've got a nice little shop there. Keep up the good work.

Substandard materials and marginal working ability sounds like my kind of guy 😁

Nice job. Thanks for sharing

Nice work man. Looks real good

I have just about the exact same mower. I love that skid bar on the left side. I bent the wheel support within the 1st 10 hours of running it.

Very nice, I like it. Got to build me one.

Great project and enjoyed it.

Very well done!!

Nice build

Excellent spectacular. Saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina. 👍😎

Very nice video. I plow my long gravel driveway with a garden tractor and plow. I bet this would be faster for the job and quicker to attach. Thanks

Great job on it

Awesome, good job!!

Nice build!!!!

Cool build

I like your style I am a fab guy and I just learned some tricks from you truck on brother

It's a nice project, hope u enjoy it for a long time.

Nice project!

Very nice build... you must have watched all the right KZfaq videos.... cause that is a solid build.... also, Water pipe changes its inside dimension when ever the schedule is changed.. so extra heavy pipe or schedule 80 pipe has a smaller ID then schedule 40 pipe..

You have schedule 40, 60, 80, that's the thickness, you'll usually see thicker pipe in the colder climates, I know this is an older video but hey thanks alot I built one from your assistance and it works gr8...

Nice build!

Good job 👍

What I seen is you done a great job the bending and all

Pretty cool man.

Nice job!!

I like this build. Been thinking about doing one myself. I like how you used what you had. Oh and...a grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't!

Nice job !

that landlevel is sweet!

I have a small finish scraper I’ve built and rebuilt several times I use to experiment with. I’ve gone through a lot of linear actuators. If there’s any bounce it’s transferred straight to the linear actuator and wears out the treads. If you have that issue try using a spring to dampen any bouncing

Absolutely loved it

Great job

Your question about water pipe. Standard pipe is known as Schedule 40 pipe. Heavy wall pipe is known as Schedule 80 pipe. It has the same OD but a slightly smaller ID than Schedule 40. Anyway, you have a great idea here and did an excellent job of bringing it to life.

Up north they would be scraper bars on snow plow blades. Real nice job, but I would suggest moving those wheels back about 4 more feet. Since it is only sand, a slightly wider blade would work too.

lol thats fckin cool there ole-timer, well done - love it

nice job!!!!!

That’s fantastic.

I wonder about a very sharp cutting edge and then a rolling edge behind that. Even cut into your cutting edge so the dirt can overflow it. Anything that overflows could be spread out with two or three short spreaders behind it. At least that is the idea I would go for with a fresh build. Yours is great though. As long as you can lift and spread. It is more of a pan than a grader, but pans can be great.

I put some concrete blocks on mine and it settled down and grades pretty good nice little grader

@1:15 Never heard someone put into words exactly what I do. lol That's when I'am here!

In the infamous words of Andy Barnes: “PROPER JOB”

Barry, I love the back ground music. What and who is it buy?

Nice, that really get the finish work done, that takes time to build and is well thought out, i like to build what I need which cannot be bought, make a large one for the tractor just raise and lower on the draw bar, thanks for the show and tell, fellow tinker, Joe

I am going to try something like that. It won't be the same but as long that it works. Right? Thank for the start idea.

But after watching you done a good job

good easy way get it done.

Not a civil engineer. I’m a boilermaker welder all good in the old school construction. If you had the wheels behind the blade, with angle of blade adjustment designed. Wondering if it would be a better design . Sort of like a dozer without the tracks. Still a good go mate and given me ideas for my own try one day.

Nice work! This has been on my to do list for a year now. Finally finished building our house and can get to these projects! What area of Louisiana are you located?

Nice build and effort, video and explanations went quite well to. But I really advise to try a pallet and a chain. 10 minutes to put together and extremely efficient . ;-) My project was about the same size as your or maybe a tiny bit bigger. It went quite well with the said pallet tied up with a chain. Couldn't be cheaper either, since I got the pallet for free. Definitely worth a try, because the ROI (return of investment) it's unbeatable. ;-) Cheers

Cool 😁👍

Fantastic video! I really enjoyed it. looking at making something similar.

I am very impressed brother. You have some great skills. I will buy one if you will build it. Could you paint it John Deere Green?

Widening the track width of the gauge wheels will help keep it more stabil

Right on, not bad at all for an old man 😁 So how has she held up since? Thanks for sharing brother, great video.

I was wondering if that cylinder you used would work in retrofitting a hand trip on a tailgate to using the cylinder you use. What is it called or where can I buy one?

No grass will ever grow there now. You got a toy to play with. I would sell it to someone that lives on a long private drive after you are done. You can bet they would appreciate it.

How about another cross tube in front of the blade with some scarf tines on it to help break up the ground ahead of the blade?

Did that thing burn the transmission out on that zero turn?

What's the capacity ( Lbs) And also the type of electric actuator? Thanks!

How much that Wilton vise set you back?

Cool

Great job but be careful welding galvanized materials because the fumes are toxic

Inside pipe diameters change with the schedule. Water pipe always has the right o.d.

How many lbs is the actuator is capable of lifting??

"I thought water pipe was all the same size"; it is, sort of. The outside is the same so the fittings are interchangable, the inside diameter depends on the pressure rating, schedule 40 pipe has a bigger hole than schedule 80.

try using Flood Penetrol to cover your whole project. it stops rust and makes a great primer. if you are using oil based paint you mix penetrol with the paint and it makes the paint flow and even out plus it makes your paint job almost look like you sprayed it instead of rolling or brushing it. your video will give inspiration to those who don't have all the fancy tools or skills to know they can accomplish things like this. and to to use whatever they have or can find for free.