Definitely need to adjust that top link. I just finished grading my driveway with one of those and found the best way to get a nice smooth drive was to adjust the top link so the front blade dug in just slightly more than the back (you can actually set it on perfectly flat ground and adjust the top link until it's just snug and it *should* be enough, but trial will tell if you need a little more). The downside to this is that you do have to adjust the 3-point as you go, but it makes it possible to get a super smooth finish (with the right kind of material, that is). You want the front blade to fill up to the point it spills over while the back blade should never spill over, just slightly build up material on the blade. This is because your front blade is your rougher and your back blade is your finisher. If either of your blades don't have material on them at all times while you're engaging the ground, you're not using it right.

💥 Another terrific video Neil! I’ve heard them called land planes more often than scrapers. Different parts of the country I suppose. Keep on tractoring! 👍

best video I found on that implement

Neil, please do make a follow up video with the gravel. I have this with an L3301, and as a brand new tractor owner, this thing is amazing. It's like "grading for dummies" :)

In Ireland we call that a land leveller.

Two other factors are attachment weight and conditions. If you don't have enough weight, you'll be waiting for conditions to be correct so you can use these tools. I maintain a half-mile stone drive and a 400lb 5' box blade won't penetrate during the dry summer months and just skates across the compacted crusher run. I ordered an 800lb 6' grader to try and resolve that to let me work when I have time vs. rushing to do this job when conditions are more optimal. Box blades and grader/land planes often come in different build levels and with these implements get what you can pull.

As Niel has demonstrated, another use for this grader is Planting Go Pros! I wonder how fast they grow? Probably faster with some rain! Neil, your a good egg in the long run! sdh in the TOBACCO VALLEY of CT

It looks like the front blade was not doing much work. It should do better if the top link was adjusted to allow the plane to run flat on the ground. If either the front or back blade isn’t picking up material, then double check to make sure top link is correct

Another fun and informative video! Loved the bloopers!

Awesome video. I just purchase a scrapper to finish my rock driveway and doing my front yard that used to be a farm field.

Looks like a disc could have made this piece work a lot better afterwards.

I love mine. It is extremely effective, I recommend it!

Came here from 10th Generation Dairyman site, just subbed.

This is great content!

Also pull logs on a angle,to lap over where u already been!!!!

The best implement that i've found for leveling would be a Land Pride Power Rake. I have a APS1572 and it has eliminated the need for a box blade, soil pulverizer, and tiller.

Hi I was wondering if you could do a video about box blades how to use them grade, and maybe how to use one to move alot of dirt and maybe with a Hydraulic top link

Any advice on how deep to set the scraper blades depending on job? I just got a Land Pride Land Plane and want to take some potholes out of our well travelled dirt road.

Did you ever do the update video? Really trying to decide which would be better the box or the scraper. No experience with either before.

It seems the best way to smooth that field would've been to use a harrow.

What would be the best implement ripping up dirt whit of rocks?

One important issue for those of us on limited budgets: I have been told that anything one can do with a grading scraper one can also do just as well with a box blade, but there are things that a box blade will do that just cannot be done with a scraper. Is that a true statement?

I have this same land plane, and I find my quick hitch won’t work with it but works with my other implements. The triangle supports get in the way. Are they supposed to be removed to be quick hitch compatable?

How long is that set-up from bucket tip to the back of the land plane

I’ve found working in circles or figure 8 works best.

Looks pretty good. Looks like you still got some work to do though. Do you think it would have done better taking the bumps out with the scarifier blades in after you turned 90degrees to your first pass? I might have to consider getting one of these eventually. Thanks Neil

I am looking for a video of spreading Loam?

just get an land leveller from Bos or AP, atleast those get the job done. without an grader.

How did this workout? I have about an acre that I have cleared. I was thinking of getting something like this to smooth out the ground.

Will this work to sort of scrape off rocks and dead branches from the soil?

Could a BX23S lift and pull that 60" grader (assuming moderate grading, not deep ground engagement)? Land Pride says it weighs 511lb. I know there's a GS0560 option at 350lb, but always buying the beefier version seems like a good practice, and especially good if someone later decides to upgrade to a more powerful tractor.

Gotta love whiny old hydrostat transmissions😂 for loader work and landscaping there a no brainer, but in the field I’d rather have a geared transmission.

Just curious if you are floating the 3-point. My assumption, it is not in the float position? We plan on using our grader scraper with a M4D installing trail system.

Would a B2601 pull the GS1560 or would the GS1548 be better. Trying to get as much width as possible with the tractor we have.

Would a GS1560 be too much for a B2601? There's the GS0560 but it seems like going for the heavier one would be better.

You can never get an even cerface with al that green and stubble on top. First thing is plow and then level it

Drag 2 logs together, works faster,weighs more also,,,,Think out the box,simple !!!!

Neil would the 1560 be too big for the 2601?

If you are going to advertise a piece of equipment you first need to learn how to use the product first. In showing this video you show that the front blade is higher than the rear grade. Having it set up this way is cutting your grading efficiency in half because your front blade is not doing any work. You need to have both blades level so that your front blade is cutting and holdings some material while your rear blade is acting more like a box blade to just carry material that has spilled over from the front blade so that when you get to those larger holes that the front blade doesn't have enough material to fill that the rear blade comes in as backup and can deposit more into that hill.

Do they make them sized for the bx series?

Tired of this guy talking and talking? Want to see the equipment and what it can actually do then 4:01 You're welcome.

Makes me very sad that you are turning a productive food producing field into a lawn.

Neil what size scraper would you recommend for my B7100D? I’m wanting to go with at least the 5ft model but was curious of your opinion since kubota has historically recommended 4ft attachments for my tractor.