motor graders have fascinated me for a good while would love something like a cat 140m or a JD 670, ive spent ages watching various channels on youtube such as this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7n-gHHA7OY but there are dozens of others so much to learn about them,
some are 6x4 a few 6x6, some are artic steer plus front wheel steer some just front wheel steer etc etc, i dont have room to use a full size one and even if i did i doubt i could afford it unless someone was giving one away lol now if it 2m or 7ft wide or so i could used it round my wood, a real one has the ability to rip and gouge rocks out all i have is top soil to level out and loose clay that i have dug out of the pond, most folk will say save your time and buy something like a dozer but thats not a project thats shopping
i have always built things from scratch 75% of the fun is building it if its useful afterwards great if not well i had fun building it , so i was thinking of just driving the back 4 wheels having pivot steer and front steer cant see the need for wheel tilt at the front , dont need a ripper on the rear but may add a rukus rake instead and i dont need the molding board to go almost vertical like they do in the vids, if i could lift it 18" at each end and rotate it that would be fine
so first question is how much grunt does it need given im only pushing loose soil thats been tipped out of a dumper,, depends a lot on gearing i guess but i was thinking along the lines of a landrover 300tdi or p38 diesel engine with auto box then through a 3.3 to 1 transfer box then into some 5 to 1 axles that i have out of a jcb 1cx ( i think ) that i have
does any of that make sense ??
