I'll work into that if there is enough interest, there are other techniques I have experimented with that have a time saving function too. The terracing works on a slight slope, but certainly not for mountainous terrain.
no hijack, I think most of us are really interested in learning what a top and tilt functionality allows us to do.
I don't have a three point tiller and I don't have a pallet fork; my focus was more on using my box blade to create drainage ditches or swales.
The fields I mow seem to have a kind of terracing built in on the hills. Likely done by some farmer many years ago. And those undulations need to be leveled out
for a new gravel driveway going in, so I have a nice project ahead. Need to think about whether I want to push the higher material into the lower areas or simply scrape it off and leave
the lower. Going lower and building up in layers of two sizes of gravel makes more sense to me. Don't want the driveway to act as a new drainage ditch though, so am assuming some water diversion
method needs to be employed. The driveway currently goes through fairly dense woods between two fields. Long driveway...
So any suggestions on how to move earth in interesting manners are certainly appreciated. I've got a much better picture now, thanks, so let the thread go where it wants, but make sure it always involves
functionality that only a tilting mechanism can provide. Straight blading is a whole nother topic.
I never knew a tiller could pack down the ground under it. Lot to learn here.
But that's why I have a subsoiler that I can't wait to try on my new larger tractor.
Thinking that might help with some underground water drainage down that driveway also.
time to go to youtube and type in "how to build a driveway"... but then hundreds of you have so I'm interested to know how the top and tilt
can improve my driveway and water drainoff work.
I'm about to get a quick hitch, likely pat's, as my back does not enjoy the normal horsing around you do do lining things up, invariably picking up something heavy.
So our number 1 is sure on my list too, actually the primary reason I bought the cylinders.
And as far as number 5, well...., that right cylinder sure did look
beefy to me, and all those hoses sure do look impressive. I'll take a picture soon when I get the Kubota back from the dealer
on Wed. And I'll take a pic of the terrain where the driveway is going in.
I grew up with a JD B with only a drawbar. It is enormous fun "going back" after retirement and in some ways "doing this again" but this time with much better tools. And the farm I take care of is only about seven miles from the farm where I grew up. Same soil. Same trees. Same rocks. Except now I'm going to use a hydraulic control instead of a pick axe and crowbar as I did fifty years ago. Major improvement.