lzicc
Platinum Member
Here is where I am at. I cleared a good area of my property that had allot of large pine trees in them. I pulled them down, roots and all. I scraped the current yards topsoil last year and put it in a pile, so I am down to raw dirt. The area I am working with is roughly 50' x 100' and I will be putting the topsoil back down and planting grass. I need to level off the current raw land now since there it is bumpy and uneven now from pulling the trees and filling in the root holes. The dirt that is there now is like clay and clay type dirt.
Here is what I have to work with, L3800 tractor, FEL, Boxblade, landscape rake, grader blade and tiller.
My thoughts are to use the boxblade to level out the raw dirt, then use the FEL to roughly spread the topsoil all over the yard, then till the topsoil to break down any clumps in the topsoil, use the boxblade again to level off the topsoil, then go over it with a landscape rake. Some of the topsoil is somewhat clumpy and I am hoping that the tiller will smooth all that out and the rake would pull out any remaining clumps and rocks. Does the plan sound right?
My other concern is weeds. How can I treat the dirt prior to seeding it to kill any weed seeds that will be in it?
Here is what I have to work with, L3800 tractor, FEL, Boxblade, landscape rake, grader blade and tiller.
My thoughts are to use the boxblade to level out the raw dirt, then use the FEL to roughly spread the topsoil all over the yard, then till the topsoil to break down any clumps in the topsoil, use the boxblade again to level off the topsoil, then go over it with a landscape rake. Some of the topsoil is somewhat clumpy and I am hoping that the tiller will smooth all that out and the rake would pull out any remaining clumps and rocks. Does the plan sound right?
My other concern is weeds. How can I treat the dirt prior to seeding it to kill any weed seeds that will be in it?