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Read articles →Distinctively focused on using a laser-controlled box blade to cut a swale with barely 0.43% grade, a genuinely difficult real-world drainage problem. The video shows laser setup, grade math (tenths-of-a-foot calculations), troubleshooting beam interference, blade weighting decisions, and manual-versus-auto tilt technique. It's candid about trial and error rather than polished instruction. Best for 1025R owners considering a laser grading system for low-slope drainage work.
An owner-operator channel documenting hands-on projects on their own property, explicitly positioning itself as non-expert experimentation rather than professional instruction.
Divide the drop in feet by the total distance in feet. Here 1.8 feet divided by 410 feet equals 0.43 percent slope, measured with a grading stick in tenths of a foot.
The laser was set too low so the tractor itself blocked the beam. Pulling away from the laser instead of toward it solved the signal problem.
The video operator added eight 70-pound weights for cutting undisturbed soil, but says with small tractors and this laser system he does not think the weights are really needed.
The C5 Manufacturing blade, Summit Hydraulics kit, and Kanamac laser system together cost about $7,000, compared to a $200,000 GPS-equipped skid steer loader.
