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John Deere Tips Notebook
- The Top 10 implements you should acquire first
- How To Adjust & Operate The Frontier LS1145 Mounted Sprayer
- How To Control Weeds
- How To Build A Self-Filling Livestock Water Tank
- How To Adjust & Operate The Frontier LS11 Series Mounted Sprayers
- How To Use A Manure Fork
- How To Use A Food Plot Seeder
- How To Remove A Tree Stump
- Which tillage tool might be right for you
- Why vertical tillage might be right for you
- How to adjust and operate the VT17 Series vertical tillage tools
- How to maintain a gravel drive using a box blade with hydraulic scarifiers
- How To Control Water Drainage In A Small Feed Lot
- How to gravel a farm road using a drawn box scraper
- How To Use A Wood Chipper
- How To Clear Debris Using A Root Grapple
- How To Plant A Food Plot
- How To Handle Large Round Bales
- How To Renovate A Pasture
- How To Gravel A Country Lane
- How to get driveway gravel out of the grass.
- How to use a wood chipper.
- Why shorten a PTO shaft?
- How to choose the right hay tedder for you.
- How to plant a wildlife food plot.
- How to maintain a one- or two-bottom plow.
- How to aerate, fertilize and over seed your lawn.
- How to use a middle buster in your garden.
- How to store off-season equipment
- How to free a tractor stuck in the mud.
- How to create a large vegetable garden with a one-bottom plow
- Time for your tractor’s spring maintenance?
- How to build a rail fence
- How to restore a pasture
- The Top 10 implements you should acquire first.
- How to use a tractor mounted rotary cutter
- How to use a PTO-driven post hole digger
- How to maintain a gravel drive
- How to use a land plane
- How to dethatch your lawn.
- How to use a box blade: The basics
- How to eliminate standing water using a subsoiler.
- How to plant a wildflower meadow
- How to use a tractor mount rotary tiller in your large vegetable garden
- How to make great garden soil.
- Frontier WR00 Series Carted Wheel Rakes
- Frontier WR31 Series High Capacity Carted Wheel Rakes.
- How to use a one-row cultivator.
- How to aerate, fertilize and over seed your lawn
- How to use a grooming mower
- How to use a one-bottom plow
- How to use a manure spreader
- How to adjust and use a rotary cutter
- How to Fill And Level A Low Spot With Gravel
- Frontier TD34 Series Hay Tedders
- How to use a subsoiler
- How to use a rotary tiller
- How to Maintain A Gravel Drive
- Frontier DM50 Series Disc Mower.
- How to use a middle buster
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About
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John Deere Tips Notebook
- The Top 10 implements you should acquire first
- How To Adjust & Operate The Frontier LS1145 Mounted Sprayer
- How To Control Weeds
- How To Build A Self-Filling Livestock Water Tank
- How To Adjust & Operate The Frontier LS11 Series Mounted Sprayers
- How To Use A Manure Fork
- How To Use A Food Plot Seeder
- How To Remove A Tree Stump
- Which tillage tool might be right for you
- Why vertical tillage might be right for you
- How to adjust and operate the VT17 Series vertical tillage tools
- How to maintain a gravel drive using a box blade with hydraulic scarifiers
- How To Control Water Drainage In A Small Feed Lot
- How to gravel a farm road using a drawn box scraper
- How To Use A Wood Chipper
- How To Clear Debris Using A Root Grapple
- How To Plant A Food Plot
- How To Handle Large Round Bales
- How To Renovate A Pasture
- How To Gravel A Country Lane
- How to get driveway gravel out of the grass.
- How to use a wood chipper.
- Why shorten a PTO shaft?
- How to choose the right hay tedder for you.
- How to plant a wildlife food plot.
- How to maintain a one- or two-bottom plow.
- How to aerate, fertilize and over seed your lawn.
- How to use a middle buster in your garden.
- How to store off-season equipment
- How to free a tractor stuck in the mud.
- How to create a large vegetable garden with a one-bottom plow
- Time for your tractor’s spring maintenance?
- How to build a rail fence
- How to restore a pasture
- The Top 10 implements you should acquire first.
- How to use a tractor mounted rotary cutter
- How to use a PTO-driven post hole digger
- How to maintain a gravel drive
- How to use a land plane
- How to dethatch your lawn.
- How to use a box blade: The basics
- How to eliminate standing water using a subsoiler.
- How to plant a wildflower meadow
- How to use a tractor mount rotary tiller in your large vegetable garden
- How to make great garden soil.
- Frontier WR00 Series Carted Wheel Rakes
- Frontier WR31 Series High Capacity Carted Wheel Rakes.
- How to use a one-row cultivator.
- How to aerate, fertilize and over seed your lawn
- How to use a grooming mower
- How to use a one-bottom plow
- How to use a manure spreader
- How to adjust and use a rotary cutter
- How to Fill And Level A Low Spot With Gravel
- Frontier TD34 Series Hay Tedders
- How to use a subsoiler
- How to use a rotary tiller
- How to Maintain A Gravel Drive
- Frontier DM50 Series Disc Mower.
- How to use a middle buster
How To Gravel A Country Lane
How To Gravel A Country Lane.
If you have a dirt track on your property that you’d like to make useable year-round, then gravel is the way to do and this video is for you.
For this video on how to gravel a country lane we matched a Frontier LP1207 Land Plane (US CA) with adjustable scarifiers with a John Deere 4052M Compact Utility Tractor (US CA). It packs 51.5 engine horsepower (38.4 kW) and comes with a hydrostatic transmission for ease of use. We’ve also added a D170 Hydraulic Loader (US CA) to this tractor that can lift over 2,000 pounds (907.18 kg), along with a 73-inch (185.4 cm) material bucket because there are all kinds of chores around the place where a loader and bucket are just indispensable.
As you’ll see on the video, we had about 150 yards (137.16 m) of bare track that ran from a pond on the back of the landowner’s property, all the way to the top of a hill. Erosion had taken its toll. So this country lane on the back of his property had become a lane full of ruts and bumps we needed to smooth out and firm up before we could spread any gravel.
The scarifiers on the land plane do a great job of churning up bumps and dips caused by erosion. Once we churned and flattened out those heavily eroded areas, we came back and smoothed everything out using the land plane’s blades, creating a smooth, level surface all the way from the top to the bottom of the lane. No wonder a lot of people call this tool a driveway leveler.
After we scarified and smoothed the surface with a few passes of the land plane, we were ready to lay gravel. Now, we could have spread the gravel ourselves with the hydraulic loader and bucket on our tractor. But with a lane this long, having the gravel truck spread it was a much better idea. So we had the dump truck driver back down our lane, then gradually spread the load of gravel as he traveled back up to the top. Then once the gravel was down, we used the land plane to smooth it out for a firm, even surface.
When finished, we had a graveled country lane that was better-equipped for handling all kinds of traffic. And the landowner will give it a little maintenance every year to keep it that way.
Talk to your John Deere dealer about which Land Plane is right for you and your tractor.
As always, remember to read the Operator’s Manual before operating any piece of equipment, and follow all operating and safety instructions.
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1402 FM 3156
Bay City, TX 77414
979-245-2711
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9135 College St.
Beaumont, TX 77707
409-842-1128
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625 N SH 60 Hwy
East Bernard, TX 77435
979-335-4887
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25830 US 59 Rd.
El Campo, TX 77437
979-543-8363
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2210 Hwy 90 East
Liberty, TX 77575
936-336-7226
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9806 US Hwy 59
Victoria, TX 77905
361-578-7072
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1012 Hwy 95 North
Shiner, TX 77984
361-594-3312
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1309 E. Austin St.
Giddings, TX 78942
979-542-2259
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