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Read articles →Tony films himself actually grading a dirt road on his property using a 6-foot Iron Craft rear blade, explaining blade angle setup, crown shaping, and ditch placement as he works. The most practical moment is his specific warning about tractor speed over rooted ground and the mechanical damage it can cause. Breaks mid-video for a sponsor read. Best for first-timers learning rear-blade road-building technique from a real ongoing project.
An owner-operator documenting a working homestead build, so advice comes from personal trial-and-error rather than professional or dealership expertise.
At speed, the tractor's kinetic energy hits a root and stops suddenly, pushing pressure onto one side of the three-point hitch and risking damage. Moving slow lets the tractor just stop without tearing anything up.
Extend the top link so the blade top is fairly horizontal to the ground for better curvature cutting, use the pivot arm to adjust reach, then pull material to the center and shape ditches on each side to form the crown.
Not too much, since adding layers of gravel later will raise the center further and could make it basketball shaped if the crown is already too high before gravel is applied.
