I have been thinking about getting one of these as I have a pretty long driveway. After winter it gets pretty torn up (ruts, washout..etc). Any of you have one of these and if so, does it do a good job? Was it easy to hook up?

 

I would like to know this as well. Long driveway and a road that the county hasn't assumned maintenance of yet. I'd love to be able to do the maintenance of both. I've looked into these and they look great, but some words from those who have used one would be great.

Thanks!

 

I bought a DR Power grader and it works fantastic. It really is an amazing piece of equipment and it does what the web site says and more (built very well). It does work on hard, packed down driveway, brings up the dirt in the gravel which then mixes it up again as if the gravel is new. Then just pack it down with your truck or car. Pulling slower works better. You do have to stop and pick out the big rocks it pulls out of the road if you have any. You can not drag a nice smooth road with big rocks. I have a Kawasaki 300 bayou 4x4 atv that I pull it with and I have some problems dragging up hill (spinning). I then have to raise of the teeth so it is dragging a smaller amount of material. Totally amazing... I would recommend this to anyone that needs to grade a driveway. fyi - I live in the Seattle area.

 

I seen in the last DR catalog they had their driveway maintainer listed. It seems like a nice concept and from the sound of it, it works fairly well. They did their market research well, that's for sure as I'm sure it's going to sell well for them in their target market.

Like a lot of DR stuff they are pretty pricey. They list the standard 48 inch model at $1,249.00 with it being 'on sale' in the catalog for $1,026.65 The 60 inch wide model is listed as $1,499.00 while in the catalog they have it 'on sale' for $1,239.15.

Not cheap.

It looks to just be a collection of flat stock, a couple of bogey wheels some scarifier teeth and an electric actuator. I would bet some scrap pile scrounging and a trip to the farm store and you could build one in a couple of weekends for far less that 1200 bucks.

If DR was selling it for somewhere in the 500 dollar range I might consider buying one. 1200? I think I'll pass for the moment. That or keep an eye on their used/returned listing. They sell stuff cheaper there sometimes. I got a nice trimmer there for cheap.