Horse arena finish with just a rear blade?

[JimRB]

They use these at the horse show grounds near me. Arena Harrow - Northstar Attachments

 

[KenBike]

ABI makes nice horse arena grading equipment. Just smoothing out the surface does not prepare the arena well. Need to breakup the arenas surface down a few inches and fill in horse hoof divits.
We pull an

ABI ARENA RASCAL PRO​

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Maybe the OP can confirm that he is not actually working a "horse arena" but wants his grading to have the smooth top finish.
I don't think that he has an actual horse arena from looking at his pictures. He just wants his grading to look as if it was?

 

[MH8675309]

we use a small chain harrow for ours. It can be pulled behind a zero turn or a four wheeler

 

[WM75Guy]

I have used my arena drag to smooth out dirt when filling in around the stables and pastures. It does OK. The rear blade does build up some dirt when dragging but you have no real control over how much is released. For that smooth finished look I use a 4'X4' chain harrow behind the Mule.

 

[Cycledude]

My Bison rear blade weighs 1,400 pounds without the hydraulic cylinders. If the ground is dry it works excellent for leveling, a few days ago I leveled some ruts in the bottom of one of my field ditches and it turned out beautiful ! I really should have taken some pictures.

 

[hammick]

Maybe the OP can confirm that he is not actually working a "horse arena" but wants his grading to have the smooth top finish.
I don't think that he has an actual horse arena from looking at his pictures. He just wants his grading to look as if it was?

Correct and I apologize for the misleading title. I don't have a horse arena or a horse. Just trying to get the look that was easy with my box blade. The photos above were in the Fall when the ground wasn't baked dry by the summer sun. I'm certain I can get a good grade with my blade by adding the shoes and maybe the side panels.

I have about 4 hours of rear blade experience at this point so I have a lot to learn. I am amazed how much this blade will cut and size of the rocks that it has extracted so far.

 

[nyone]

Would think a "harrow" after blading would be final finish.... I use a section of old chain link fence drug behind tractor to get best results....

This is what I would start with. A blade would just be to aggressive to me. I the other other thing I would try would be a landscape rake.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

If you want really smooth, make your blade towable and with a really long tongue. Then add an axle to the rear.

This is a 3-way blade I had left over and everything is bolted or pinned to the original blade so it could still be used as a normal 3-point blade.

Since the offset function isn't needed, that cylinder now works the axle. Anyway, the long tongue is what makes it work so well.

 

[scootr]

If you want really smooth, make your blade towable and with a really long tongue. Then add an axle to the rear.

This is a 3-way blade I had left over and everything is bolted or pinned to the original blade so it could still be used as a normal 3-point blade.

Since the offset function isn't needed, that cylinder now works the axle. Anyway, the long tongue is what makes it work so well.View attachment 882456View attachment 882457

Nice looking rig! I want one of those for my road. Been watching the sales for yrs.