Restoring a Gravel Driveway with Box Scrapers

Gravel Driveway Restoration & Regrading: How To Guide Using a 3 pt Box Scraper & Pull Type Box Blade. Plenty of action shots as well as BEFORE & AFTER drone footage of how to restore a gravel driveway for my neighbor using a 3 point hitch mounted box blade on the John Deere 755 and a pull type grader box behind my John Deere 316. I outline my 4 step approach to rejuvenating a stone driveway to freshen up the edges and blend in some new stone with the old stone. This is a good method to practice for driveway maintenance, driveway repairs or rebuilding your existing driveway. I also provide a bunch of tips and techniques for using the homemade pull type hydraulic box blade or pull type grader box when you want to regrade your driveway.

To build your own grader box:

[CaptainKleeman]

love that pull type grader you made. i'm going to have to build one of those for the 755. I'm awkward as all get out with a box blade on a three point, which is why i don't have one. but that pull type really does the job. nice work sir!

[aaronburford]

Neil! This video separates you from the rest sir! You make it look so easy and simple! Your are hands down the best at doing driveways! I absolutely LOVE your process!

[aaronburford]

I am STILL watching this! Hands down you are the Best Sir!

[aaronburford]

Great video! I hadn't seen anybody do circles in the grading process.... that's good point!

[mykee]

Them 318s are beast of garden tractors. That's why I own one!

[aaronburford]

Rewatched! You are the box scraper KING! You can make any driveway look pristine!

[TNYankee]

Genius, this video is awesome I love the combination of the Kubota and the John Deere, lot of effort and time went into this especially with the drone nice circles interesting technique. Tennessee Yankee

[denjhill]

Nice work! And you commentary is definitely the voice of experience. Newbies would benefit greatly from listening closely.

[taniagilbody]

Love the circles and your explanation as to why you do this. Great video, thank you

[aaronburford]

I'm watching again.... soothing and informative commentary, love the box blade and grading of the ground.

[Dale]

I respect your love for older John Deere tractors. I recently purchased a John Deere 790 4wd, and I want to restore it. It is mechanically in good condition. Just could use a fresh paint job. A pull type box blade is something I have wondered about, and you validated my thoughts when I found your channel. I remember my dad using a bigger version to grade his turn roads when he was farming.

[clarkfreese]

One of the better videos on how to do this and tools used and use of them.👍👍

[aaronburford]

The circle approach, your attention to details is thd BEST!

[BruceS]

Nice work! We're looking into restoring our gravel driveway, which is about 10' wide, 580' long. This definitely gave me some ideas, including wishing you lived near here and could/would get our driveway looking great.

[TheHobbyShop]

Wow that turned out great. That little pull behind grader box seems to be the ticket! 👍🏼

[aaronburford]

This is my 5th comment on this one video.... Neil i can not begin to explain how much i enjoy watching you grade ANY driveway! Your process, strategy, commentary, the usage of tractor, box blade pull type.... This is perfection! By reading thru other comments im not wrong that you are the King of Box Blades! Thank you so much for this masterpeice!

[aaronburford]

Neil, this would be a great project that I would love to be there in person to learn, ask questions, use the equipment, etc. this would be worth the price of admission! Learn from the Master of the Driveway!

[aaronburford]

Back again.watching this great video! Love the circles in the grading process.... the driveway looks good!

[edzachary]

Wow another great video I don't live anywhere near where there's driveways like that but I watched every second of it and had a good time doing it

[johndowe]

goin in circles and different angles is good to take out the "wave" out of a road