Rut repair

   / Rut repair #1  

yanmars

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I had logs skidded out and the equipment in the soft soil left ruts up to a foot deep. Mostly on my steep hills/lane. They are frozen now. Should I just get a dozer in the Spring to level them. I do have a small lane drag with rippers, a disc and on the flats a plow for my Cat 1 tractor. Can't use the lane the way it is and worried about erosion making it worse. Also a hard place to bring in gravel later. Shoveled most of it by hand in the past out of the bed of my pick up.
 
   / Rut repair #2  
After starting 108 threads, neither your Yanmar model nor your location show.

How can we proffer quality advice without knowing the capability of your tractor?

Perhaps this thread will assist if your Yanmar is similar in weight:

 
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   / Rut repair #3  
I had logs skidded out and the equipment in the soft soil left ruts up to a foot deep. Mostly on my steep hills/lane. They are frozen now. Should I just get a dozer in the Spring to level them. I do have a small lane drag with rippers, a disc and on the flats a plow for my Cat 1 tractor. Can't use the lane the way it is and worried about erosion making it worse. Also a hard place to bring in gravel later. Shoveled most of it by hand in the past out of the bed of my pick up.
For Forest Service timber sales, we require ruts to be ripped first to reduce compaction, then smoothed and seeded. If there is any slope we also have water bars constructed perpendicular to the slope.
 
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#4  
I have access to two tractors. A Yanmar 336d and a Mahindra 4510. Both MFWD and Cat 1 tractors. Small, 33 and 45 HP. I live in western Ohio. Elevation changes on my ground are 75 feet in 300 feet or less. Pretty heavy clay ground but with many rocks in places. Hopes that helps answer the question.
 
   / Rut repair #7  
Had the same situation used a 3 point rear tiller,worked great..
 
   / Rut repair #8  
in my area the loggers that damage the terrain are usually required to repair it.
 
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#9  
I caused the ruts helping drag out the logs where the horses could not. The repairs will be on me.
 
   / Rut repair #10  
I caused the ruts helping drag out the logs where the horses could not. The repairs will be on me.
??? A horse or mule can go work in places no tractor could even begin to. Please explain this.
 

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