Piston
Elite Member
Hi Guys,
My wife and I are in the process of getting 25 acres of land in NH (the GRANITE state :laughing and it is currently all forested. It's been family land since the '60s and we plan to clear about 8 acres of it, and have about 4acres of lawn/field (not golf course manicured lawn) and about another 4 of dedicated field (possibly horses or miniature cattle down the road)
I will be doing the initial clearing of the trees (mostly 12"-16" dbh pines and small hardwoods) with a John Deere 410 Backhoe and my Kubota L4610 with Grapple. Next, I will bring in my neighbors 100hp skidsteer and mulching head to mulch up all the brush and small trees.
My question is what should I do for the next step? Since it's the granite state there certainly is a lot of rock, however I don't see that much but I know it's there
I want to go from that mulched state, to get ready to plant grass (or some other field grass or something, not sure yet and open to suggestions)
I have read a lot about Harley rakes and can rent one for 200 per day. Will a Harley rake be able to take virgin forest land that has never been lawn, and was just mulched, to get ready for seed?
I understand that is the intent of them, but does it work that easy? I know the soil isn't crazy packed down but it's not exactly fluffy either. Should I buy a box blade and rip as much up as I can with the scarfiers, and then harley rake it?
I guess the main question is, when the heck can I go out and rent that Harley Rake that I want to use so bad!
My wife and I are in the process of getting 25 acres of land in NH (the GRANITE state :laughing and it is currently all forested. It's been family land since the '60s and we plan to clear about 8 acres of it, and have about 4acres of lawn/field (not golf course manicured lawn) and about another 4 of dedicated field (possibly horses or miniature cattle down the road)
I will be doing the initial clearing of the trees (mostly 12"-16" dbh pines and small hardwoods) with a John Deere 410 Backhoe and my Kubota L4610 with Grapple. Next, I will bring in my neighbors 100hp skidsteer and mulching head to mulch up all the brush and small trees.
My question is what should I do for the next step? Since it's the granite state there certainly is a lot of rock, however I don't see that much but I know it's there
I want to go from that mulched state, to get ready to plant grass (or some other field grass or something, not sure yet and open to suggestions)
I have read a lot about Harley rakes and can rent one for 200 per day. Will a Harley rake be able to take virgin forest land that has never been lawn, and was just mulched, to get ready for seed?
I understand that is the intent of them, but does it work that easy? I know the soil isn't crazy packed down but it's not exactly fluffy either. Should I buy a box blade and rip as much up as I can with the scarfiers, and then harley rake it?
I guess the main question is, when the heck can I go out and rent that Harley Rake that I want to use so bad!