Hi,
The photos with fancy box scrapers and big tractors are a bit intimidating, but I can tell that there's a wealth of knowledge here, so I'm going to give it a try.
I have a basic John Deer box scraper: 4 or 5' across, 4 scarifiers (actually 3 'cuz I broke one), only adjustment I can make from the seat is to raise and lower with the 3pt hitch. I can pull it with my little 30-something HP John Deere.
I've only tried to use it a couple times, because the scarifiers make the box immediately dig straight down. Based on what I'm reading here, it sounds like the issue is the angle, right? Would I lengthen or shorten the top bar to get rid of this issue?
I was thinking about trying to use the box scraper this spring to try to 'aerate' my little 2-acre horse pasture. The grass roots have no depth because they're on top of hard pan. Since this is the only pasture I've got, I can't have it out of commission for a year, so radical renovation is out of the question. I'm hoping just to break things up a bit. Will this work?
FYI I do have a harrow, but, without cinder blocks it does nothing (and with cinder blocks, I have to stop every two minutes to put them back on).
Many thanks!
The photos with fancy box scrapers and big tractors are a bit intimidating, but I can tell that there's a wealth of knowledge here, so I'm going to give it a try.
I have a basic John Deer box scraper: 4 or 5' across, 4 scarifiers (actually 3 'cuz I broke one), only adjustment I can make from the seat is to raise and lower with the 3pt hitch. I can pull it with my little 30-something HP John Deere.
I've only tried to use it a couple times, because the scarifiers make the box immediately dig straight down. Based on what I'm reading here, it sounds like the issue is the angle, right? Would I lengthen or shorten the top bar to get rid of this issue?
I was thinking about trying to use the box scraper this spring to try to 'aerate' my little 2-acre horse pasture. The grass roots have no depth because they're on top of hard pan. Since this is the only pasture I've got, I can't have it out of commission for a year, so radical renovation is out of the question. I'm hoping just to break things up a bit. Will this work?
FYI I do have a harrow, but, without cinder blocks it does nothing (and with cinder blocks, I have to stop every two minutes to put them back on).
Many thanks!