Ram4x4
Silver Member
My yard is pretty rough and I want to smooth it out and just not sure where or how to begin. I've read that spreading thin layers of dirt and raking it will do it, but I've got a lot of yard, easily 5 acres (at least the part I consider yard and that gets mowed). The rest I consider "field" and it gets the bush hog treatment on my Mahindra 5035HST. That'd take me 2 years to do, lol!
I've read about using a roller, but short of some monstrous, 10,000lb thing, I don't see those little water filled ones towed behind the riding mower really doing much to help.
I do have areas where I absolutely just need to drop a load of dirt from the tractor FEL to even out the dips expansive low areas, but the flat areas too are just rough. I don't think a proper yard was ever planted here. My house was built in 1900 and I think they just let whatever grew here become the yard. Lots of different grasses and weeds and I'm pretty sure the yard was never properly smoothed out. It doesn't look bad when mowed, but boy, I take a beating on my riding mower.
I've even considered taking my box blade and just tearing up the entire yard, smooth it all out and plant all new grass, but that would be pretty pricey and very time consuming.
Would running a chain harrow over it smooth it? Is the thin layers of dirt the best idea? I dunno what to do. I'm kind of afraid to run the 5035 on the main yard because it is so heavy, it would compact the ground under the tires too much (it does in the field, at least).
I've read about using a roller, but short of some monstrous, 10,000lb thing, I don't see those little water filled ones towed behind the riding mower really doing much to help.
I do have areas where I absolutely just need to drop a load of dirt from the tractor FEL to even out the dips expansive low areas, but the flat areas too are just rough. I don't think a proper yard was ever planted here. My house was built in 1900 and I think they just let whatever grew here become the yard. Lots of different grasses and weeds and I'm pretty sure the yard was never properly smoothed out. It doesn't look bad when mowed, but boy, I take a beating on my riding mower.
I've even considered taking my box blade and just tearing up the entire yard, smooth it all out and plant all new grass, but that would be pretty pricey and very time consuming.
Would running a chain harrow over it smooth it? Is the thin layers of dirt the best idea? I dunno what to do. I'm kind of afraid to run the 5035 on the main yard because it is so heavy, it would compact the ground under the tires too much (it does in the field, at least).