Cherokee140
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- Joined
- Aug 27, 2013
- Messages
- 840
- Location
- Kingsville MO
- Tractor
- John Deere 650, Ford 8n, John Deere Model 70 Kubota BX25D
We have decided to stop bailing our property and now it is really going to be one big yard. The only real bad part of this (aside from fuel costs to keep it nice) is the land is VERY BUMPY. It was a pasture at one time, but now it has been my front and back "yard" for about 20 years....but you can still feel the bumps from the hoof prints and such.
Any suggestions for smoothing it all out with as little destruction to the grass that is there. On our back part we have some very bumpy parts....ankle breaking parts. This area has bumps in it that can be up to a foot deep (no kidding) it is a moon scape. I have started to reclaim the last bit of this area this year. In the past what I did was plow the disc, disc, disc....oh then run the disc some more....as that is all I had. It is somewhat better, but not as good as the rest of the "yard" but not as bad as the reclaimed part I did a few years ago. The reclaimed area is still too bumpy for your normal riding type lawn mower. The unclaimed part is too bumpy for the belly mower on the 650. For brush hogging you better take a hand full of sheer pins, you will bust them as the tractor falls in the holds and the blades hit the dirt....it is that bumpy.
I was thinking of a box blade for back there, but is there anything that would be better. Would a land plane be better for this.
This is really a two part question, how can I smooth out the "yard", then how can I smooth out this reclaimed out part. I really want to do the yard part with as little damage to the existing grass as possible, the reclaimed part it really does not matter if it goes back to dirt first.
Thanks again for all your help.
Any suggestions for smoothing it all out with as little destruction to the grass that is there. On our back part we have some very bumpy parts....ankle breaking parts. This area has bumps in it that can be up to a foot deep (no kidding) it is a moon scape. I have started to reclaim the last bit of this area this year. In the past what I did was plow the disc, disc, disc....oh then run the disc some more....as that is all I had. It is somewhat better, but not as good as the rest of the "yard" but not as bad as the reclaimed part I did a few years ago. The reclaimed area is still too bumpy for your normal riding type lawn mower. The unclaimed part is too bumpy for the belly mower on the 650. For brush hogging you better take a hand full of sheer pins, you will bust them as the tractor falls in the holds and the blades hit the dirt....it is that bumpy.
I was thinking of a box blade for back there, but is there anything that would be better. Would a land plane be better for this.
This is really a two part question, how can I smooth out the "yard", then how can I smooth out this reclaimed out part. I really want to do the yard part with as little damage to the existing grass as possible, the reclaimed part it really does not matter if it goes back to dirt first.
Thanks again for all your help.