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Road grader pay rates?

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Gravel grader guy

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In my neck of the woods the gravel roads are a mess cause of the spring thaw. I was wondering if any of you guys grade gravel roads and driveways for money. If you do then what is your pay rate?,
I have been toying with the idea of getting a large tractor with Cat. 2 rear 3 point and grading roads and driveways. Is it worth it.
 
We had a couple bids of around 75 an hour. The township likes it bid by the mile so we know what the bill is going to be. We have them bid it by the mile and that is what we pay on. This year the bid was $26/ mile. This is on maintained gravel roads that is done 8 times from spring to fall. If there is heavy grading such as a section line then they get paid by the hour and heavy grading is usually l0-20 dollars an hour more than regular road grading.

If you plan on using a 3pt blade your rates would have to be lower in my opinion because you would not have down pressure or cutting power to blade a road that is wash boarded.

There are several different brands of pull type bladers on the market now for around 10,000. One brand i know of is called "HY GRADE" graders, it is a heavy pull type out fit.

One other thing if you decide to do public roads is insurance, my premium for one year is just over 800 dollars and i do around 11,000 dollars of township work per year, so its not cheap.
 
i get $50. a hour for tractor and blade...also have a homemade pull type grader...same hourly rate...only do private roads and driveways here in s c Tx.
 
Don't you pay taxes to have the roads maintained? A rear blade will not do as nice a job as a grader. A grader does a much better job because it has a long wheelbase to make the road smoother. Being able to position the blade to the right angle, slope, down pressure and pitch is another big advantage of a grader. Dave
 
Speaking to private roads and drives only using a tractor and blade I get not less than 50.00 an hour for anything with me and a tractor. As to public road grading, that takes a bit more specifics and usually a regular motor grader.
 
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