How do you fix ruts with a tractor?

[CADplans]

I have good luck taking out about 80% of the rut with a lawn roller,,
Soil conditions have to be P E R F E C T !!

Many times, different areas have to be done on different days,,, to get ideal conditions,,,

The roller does the nicest job at the fastest speed your tractor can pull the roller.

After 80% is gone, many times simply waiting will allow the soil to self flatten for the remainder ,,

If you are trying to achieve instant perfection, this is not the answer,, pull out the checkbook if you want perfection.

I use my DIY lawn roller a L O T !!

 

[DieselBound]

As Crocodile Dundee would say: "That's not a rut, This is a rut!" (some of these would almost trap my B7800 if I got perpendicular to them and had no weight on the back)

I'd vote for filling in and reseeding, that or shallow tilling (and then reseeding).

 

[4570Man]

Your back filling job doesn’t look bad except for being a little wet. I’d probably add a little dirt and re seed. Re working it enough robot need dirt will really destroy the grass. As it is now most of it will probably come back. And I’d probably look into ways to get water off the yard.

 

[JDAOWNER]

Your back filling job doesn稚 look bad except for being a little wet. I壇 probably add a little dirt and re seed. Re working it enough robot need dirt will really destroy the grass. As it is now most of it will probably come back. And I壇 probably look into ways to get water off the yard.

I HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM---LOGGING CO. LEFT SOME HUGE RUTS IN MY YARD AND WOODS. I PLAN ON USING MY KIOTI AND A BOX BLADE TO LEVEL THEM OFF. THE GRASS WILL PROBABLY CLOG THINGS UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. I DON'T CARE IF THE GRASS DIES, IT'S A FIELD AND WILL COME BACK EVENTUALLY.

 

[WranglerX]

New tools I have rediscovered, shovel and rake....

Dale

 

[/pine]

New tools I have rediscovered, shovel and rake....

Dale

You in the middle of a second childhood?... having a tractor and attachments along with a FEL...means the days of shovels, rakes, pick mattocks etc. and wheelbarrows are over..."Once you tried that...you never go back"....!

FWIW...Having hydraulic T&T will give even the average operator an added advantage that often equates to being able to make a job look like it was manicured by hand without ever leaving the seat...and when you get done you can HOFBOL (huff on fingernails..buff on lapel)

 

[WranglerX]

You in the middle of a second childhood?... having a tractor and attachments along with a FEL...means the days of shovels, rakes, pick mattocks etc. and wheelbarrows are over..."Once you tried that...you never go back"....!

FWIW...Having hydraulic T&T will give even the average operator an added advantage that often equates to being able to make a job look like it was manicured by hand without ever leaving the seat...and when you get done you can HOFBOL (huff on fingernails..buff on lapel)

The more I work on ruts with tractor the worse it gets....

Dale

 

[Stancoll]

The more I work on ruts with tractor the worse it gets....

Dale

Are you working on leveling the ruts with the material there or are you getting fill dirt from somewhere else to fill the ruts?

 

[Ford850]

For minor ruts like the OP had in a lawn, I use a potato fork and pry up the 'dents' one fork width at a time. Sometimes I work down both side of each rut. Works like a charm and no seeding necessary. Major ruts I till, drag, seed, roll.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

For minor ruts like the OP had in a lawn, I use a potato fork and pry up the 'dents' one fork width at a time. Sometimes I work down both side of each rut. Works like a charm and no seeding necessary. Major ruts I till, drag, seed, roll.

Interesting, kind of like fixing a golf ball mark but on a large scale.