Attachment for trail in the woods

[ggg3988]

I have a b2601. Love it. My question is
I have 2.5 acres of woods. I have a trail that I let the kids ride a quad through about every 3 weeks. It gets tore up pretty good. I make them rake out all the ruts so we can w
Use it as a walking trail. I am thinking about buying a rear blade to groom the trail. It’s about 60” wide. Will that work? Am I wasting my time? Is there a better choice?
Thanks gary

 

[tealetm]

Box blade with scarifier teeth.

 

[ggg3988]

I have a box blade for my gravel driveway. Never thought about using it in the woods

 

[Papadiver]

Yep I agree. Box blade. I also maintain a gravel road with mine.

 

[Missouribound]

And box blade is the winner.
Setup properly it will do everything you need.

 

[Muzzy]

Box Blade works very good, I have used the Rear Blade also

 

[boz1989]

Around here I might take the landscape rake out there. The trees are too close, too many roots to catch a blade on.
You will have to be the judge on that, is it an open area, or trees?

Actually, a disc may be the answer. It will level it out, and roll over any roots.
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[bxray]

A box blade will work.

Or a land leveler

https://www.everythingattachments.com/Tractor-Land-Levelers-Land-Graders-s/9893.htm


Ray

 

[RonBoyBX25D]

A box blade will work.

Or a land leveler

https://www.everythingattachments.com/Tractor-Land-Levelers-Land-Graders-s/9893.htm


Ray

Agree with Ray and recommend the land leveler, most have scarifiers too.

 

[winesalot]

A box blade will work.

Or a land leveler

https://www.everythingattachments.com/Tractor-Land-Levelers-Land-Graders-s/9893.htm


Ray

This is exactly the tool you need. At a former job I was responsible for 11 miles of trails in the woods and wetlands and this is what we used.

The problem with rakes and blades is they leave burms on the edges. The box blades require too much fine tuning from the operator. With the grading scrapers (land planes) you just adjust the top link once so it rides flat, lower it and drive. Toughest part is making sure you don't spill your beer in your non steering wheel hand.

 

[ggg3988]

I do have roots that go side to side through the trail and the trail has some pretty tight turns.

 

[winesalot]

A couple of passes with the scarifier shanks down and the grading scraper tipped forward you won't have those roots.

 

[bearskinner]

I use my land plane ( home made) on all my trails thru the forest, it is perfect for removing quad tracks and ruts. I have about 5 acres of just walking, riding trails thru extremely thick cover. Just drop it and drive. Extremely easy

 

[Curmudgeon]

I have the same problem but I find my box plow tears up the ground cover more than I'd like which keeps the trails muddier longer.

I have been most satisfied running the landscape rake at full angle. It cuts the high spots and dumps them into the low spots and the grass comes back much quicker.

In the larger sections that were really rutted I ran the tiller set very shallow, then the rake next time I was in.

I have about 3km of trails all between 5 and 8ft wide. Teaching the kids to vary their line on the ATVs helped a lot too.

 

[Blondie70]

Leave it as is. Just cut the limbs growing in the way. It's the woods. It's more fun to ride on a rough trail than down the highway.

 

[Missouribound]

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I use my land plane ( home made) on all my trails thru the forest,

Any chance you have other photo's of that land plane?
Care to share dimensions?