This is what I envision
The compost is coming from the local landfill for $10/ton so I will be buying more as we get the property cleared to make way for some sunshine to reach the ground. I plan on putting it on fairly heavily.
Will have a dump trailer to haul compost to property and then dump it in a pile and grab a FEL Bucket at a time and go from there. I may just have pops keep tractor in reverse while I scoop from FEL and spread accordingly.
I'm guessing the tiller or disc won't really spread anything "out," just down into the existing dirt.
My main goal of doing this is to turn sandy soil into a little better growing medium.
I'm sure you're already done spreading for this spring, but for future reference, try this...
I have a gravel drive, but no box blade. The gravel has been there a while and has leaves crushed up and ground down into it. So when we bought the house I scraped it up with an FEL and washed out the top layer so that weeds weren't constantly growing through it...
Anyway, I had to respread and move a bunch of gravel.
I'd put your compost in big piles in a row at one end of the area you're doing--a dump trailer could do this for you if it is moving slowly while dumping.
Get on the side of the pile that's on the outside edge of the area, so you're facing the pile and the space you're spreading is on the other side. Lower your FEL bucket in the dump position, so the blade is around the depth you want the compost above the existing ground level (i.e. blade would be 6" above existing ground level if you want 6" of compost spread). Push your pile over the area you're spreading--should keep falling down below the bucket until the pile is gone.
Do this all the way down your row of piles. That should probably get your compost spread 1/3 to 1/2 way across your area.
Then facing the opposite direction, line up your FEL blade with the edge of the area (tractor is inside, facing the edge, with area you're spreading "to" behind you). Put your FEL down with bucket 1/2-way between "carry" and "dump" position and pull the thick part of the pile by backing the tractor up. This is just using the FEL as a grader blade to scrape the stuff across the rest of the way.
When you get the hang of moving the stuff, you can make the bucket flatter (closer to level) and add/take away some down pressure. You can level it really well, and even pack it a little so you can check how level you've spread it (since you're tilling it anyway, packing it doesn't really matter much).
So, I'm obviously procrastinating: long-winded, overly-detailed answer to a question from almost four months ago
...gotta get back to work. Hope this helps.
