WarrenPFJr
Member
Hey all,
Im new to this site and looking for a bit of advice. I just built a new home and have a ton of yard work to do now, mainly turning my construction site into a yard. I have used my Kubota B3200 to move the bulk of everything to where i want it landscape wise, mostly backdragging with the FEL. I live in the catskills and my soil is all clay and gravel so this meant a lot of getting off the tractor and picking out the 2ft plus boulders, back dragging again to pull out the smaller stuff and then keep working my way down to golf ball size stuff which i would wind up raking out by hand before throwing seed down. It has been a lot of work on the few sections i have done and i know there has got to be an easier way, plus i have a long way to go. Im on about 8 acres and considered just sprinkling top soil over everything but that sounds real expensive....
In researching attachments it sounds like a harley rake is the way to go but that is way out of my price range. Im thinking box blade or maybe a landscape rake with wheels, maybe scarification teeth? Im worried if a landscape rake is suitable for my rock yard? How fast will i break these tines? How do you pros turn a forest into a yard after all the stumps have ben pulled and things have been roughly graded to where they need to be?
Other than the yard i have about a 1000' driveway i have to do also, spreading stone at least. I already filled it with softball size material ontop of road stabilization fabric and had dozers, excavaters and concrete trucks pack it in, but its still a teeth rattler and a pain to plow in the winter- LOL. I know i can spread this stone with the FEL but would a rake or box have any advantage?
Any insight would be appreciated!
Im new to this site and looking for a bit of advice. I just built a new home and have a ton of yard work to do now, mainly turning my construction site into a yard. I have used my Kubota B3200 to move the bulk of everything to where i want it landscape wise, mostly backdragging with the FEL. I live in the catskills and my soil is all clay and gravel so this meant a lot of getting off the tractor and picking out the 2ft plus boulders, back dragging again to pull out the smaller stuff and then keep working my way down to golf ball size stuff which i would wind up raking out by hand before throwing seed down. It has been a lot of work on the few sections i have done and i know there has got to be an easier way, plus i have a long way to go. Im on about 8 acres and considered just sprinkling top soil over everything but that sounds real expensive....
In researching attachments it sounds like a harley rake is the way to go but that is way out of my price range. Im thinking box blade or maybe a landscape rake with wheels, maybe scarification teeth? Im worried if a landscape rake is suitable for my rock yard? How fast will i break these tines? How do you pros turn a forest into a yard after all the stumps have ben pulled and things have been roughly graded to where they need to be?
Other than the yard i have about a 1000' driveway i have to do also, spreading stone at least. I already filled it with softball size material ontop of road stabilization fabric and had dozers, excavaters and concrete trucks pack it in, but its still a teeth rattler and a pain to plow in the winter- LOL. I know i can spread this stone with the FEL but would a rake or box have any advantage?
Any insight would be appreciated!