Back in the saddle again!

[Ed7Oaks]

Yesterday was 6 weeks to the day since my surgery on my busted leg. The Doc said stay off of it for 6 weeks, so I did. But yesterday I got back up on my 2615 and headed for the pine trees. I decided to make a walking path through the woods to help my recovery (And for walks with my wife and dogs). I mowed the intended pathway as close as possible with the rotary cutter and did a little smoothing and filling in some holes with my Front End Loader.

My question is this. I want the path to be smooth and well packed; could I rig up a drag using some large 6X6 posts and some fencing that I have on hand, or should I just bite the bullet and buy a blade? Also should I get a box-blade or a grader blade? I don't have much use elsewhere on my property for a blade, but might get some use from one in the future should I decide to hire myself and the tractor out.

I will definitely buy a small disk harrow in the future to work a vegetable garden with. Could I just use this to break up the path and come back with something else to pack the soil?

I just want the lowest cost solution that will fit in with my future needs. Any ideas would be appreciated.

 

[Maine_Polack]

If there is loose material on top, ye ole' bed spring works real well. Pic shows one that I used. Had 4 concrete blocks and some old steel in it. They used to make things well, because I didn't break even one of the springs/wires that form a bottom. The pic shows a new road that I moved a lot of dirt on with the bucket. Then used the back/grader blade. Then the rig in the pic.

 

[George2615]

If you're making a drag to only use a few times, get some chain link fence and weight it down with cinder blocks or whatever you have, wire it to the links and drag it around. Backblades aren't that expensive though. I bought a backblade and a rake for my 2615 at TSC for $500. They usually store them outside and if they get rusty from sitting, the manager can usually knock off a few bucks to unload them.