Yard Help!!

[conropl]

Not an expert, but I had the same problem. The concrete trucks were the worst. Each truck got stuck and had to be pulled out by the next. The last one need two other concrete trucks to pull it out. However, between those, skytrac, lift truck, deliveries, and getting power run to the barn my whole yard was destroyed (not unexpected).

I used a box blade and FEL to get everything filled in, and used the rippers (scarifiers) to loosen everything up. But in the end, you will need something to smooth things out (fence or bed springs as wolfman said). I ended up ripping up about 2 acres of lawn and it took a lot of time with a 6' box blade. I still think that was the right tool to get things leveled and smooth and it now works good as ballast. Plus I have a gravel drive to use it on for leveling and pulling snow away from the house.

Now for the "but". In the end, the lawn needed more work and smoothing. I could have gotten by, but I wanted it smoother to save my back mowing and I wanted to get rid of more weeds. Last week I got a 6' rototiller. Wow... does that thing make it easy. So much less time to tear up the yard this time. I already had a small roller that I could use behind the mower to repack the soil. With the tiller you will need to roll it if you for down deep to reseed.

Just my experience.

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[turbofreak403]

yea the cement trucks did the most damage, not as bad as that though.

Thanks for the input. So basically a tiller is a quicker box blade LOL

HMMMM

 

[conropl]

yea the cement trucks did the most damage, not as bad as that though.

Thanks for the input. So basically a tiller is a quicker box blade LOL

HMMMM

I have been holding off on getting a tiller because I always thought the rocks (field stones 4" - 12") under the surface would destroy it in no time. There are not a lot of rocks, but enough that you run into them often. I was wrong, it handled rocks way better than I thought it would. I think it helps to have a cab because I do not hear every noise of things happening back there... sometimes ignorance is bliss[emoji16][emoji6]

But for you... let's put it this way. If you are going to completly rip out and re-seed a large area, then the tiller is easier (I will be doing 2.5 - 3 acres of lawn, and then food plots in the future). If you are just going to do repairs to damaged areas, then the FEL with box blade should do the job... especially if it is small enough to hand rake the areas after you use the scarefiers for subsoiling (or use some kind of drag with multiple passes).

One piece of advice if you use the box blade - wait until the ground is dry. Otherwise the scarefiers will create a bunch of large chunks of dirt that you will have to break up later, and the whole job gets tougher. I was not near that patient, and it ended up causing more work. I had a new tractor a job to do... So I just had to jump right in and create a lot of large chucks of soil. Live and learn.

Good luck and enjoy the seat time.

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[turbofreak403]

thanks for your insight!

 

[turbofreak403]

So a local place next to me had a landpride 48" box blade that they were selling.

Offered them 400$ and they took it.

Will be picking it up tomorrow.

Yehaw!

 

[turbofreak403]

not bad for 400$

Cant wait to put it to work!

 

[Lencho]

That will do the job! Good score.

 

[turbofreak403]

That will do the job! Good score.

Thank You!!