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Message: <blockquote data-quote="xtreem3d" data-source="post: 29813" data-attributes="member: 1282">afternoon guys,just got done spreading 200 tons of 3/4 minus at a mfg plant . it was to fill holes and get the lot smooth for tractor trailers. when i get these grading jobs they always turn out looking good but i think i should be able to go faster and do better. on this particular lot i did something different in that i scooped rock and spread it throughout the lot , then went back with my bucket about half full of rock and kept it flat to the surface going froward and backward and that seemed to be the best way i have done it so far. when going forward i found if i slightly curled the edge up  it didn't gouge(sp). i don't have a cutting edge on the back of my bucket but it worked in loose gravel. I also seem to think grading went better when the bucket had weight in it. i'd like to know if you guys who grade for a living use a skid steer grading bucket or a dirt bucket and is there a big difference in the 2? i guess i figured a bucket is a bucket?thanks as always,steve</blockquote>