Boxblade or Plow

Grandad4 · Sep 25, 2015

12-14 acres of boxblading? Ground covered with vegetation, too? You'll spend the rest of your life doing that with a little tractor and a boxblade. I'd go with TXDon's suggestion. Mow it down as much as possible, remove any bigger stumps that exist, then have someone with a BIG tractor and disc come in and break it open.

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They'll get the ground opened and rough levelled in a day; then you can do some touch-up work and maybe even overseed it with your eMax. If there are any really big holes/ruts that wouldn't get filled by discing, you might fill them with additional soil beforehand.

Garycw · Sep 25, 2015

Grandad4 said:
12-14 acres of boxblading? Ground covered with vegetation, too? You'll spend the rest of your life doing that with a little tractor and a boxblade. I'd go with TXDon's suggestion. Mow it down as much as possible, remove any bigger stumps that exist, then have someone with a BIG tractor and disc come in and break it open. Google Image Result for https://www.deere.ca/common/media/images/product/tractors/row_crop_tractors/2011_7r_series/7280r/r4d010291_7280R_642x462.jpg They'll get the ground opened and rough levelled in a day; then you can do some touch-up work and maybe even overseed it with your eMax. If there are any really big holes/ruts that wouldn't get filled by discing, you might fill them with additional soil beforehand.

It's about 2 ac op said. A countyline box blade with scarifiers down will do nicely. IMO. A box blade is something you can't do without either. They're good for a lot of things.
Ps. If you're close to Russell springs you can find new 2nds for big discounts from a few places

joeu235 · Sep 25, 2015

I'd disk it real good, drag it with something heavy like an i beam, and let rain and gravity finish leveling it out.

TSO · Sep 25, 2015

Box blade with rippers will create clumps that won't grade well. Best bet is to disc it a bunch first, then use the boxblade... Or even better, till it first, then grade it.

Grandad4 · Sep 25, 2015

Garycw said:
It's about 2 ac op said. A countyline box blade with scarifiers down will do nicely. IMO. A box blade is something you can't do without either. They're good for a lot of things.
Ps. If you're close to Russell springs you can find new 2nds for big discounts from a few places

That was the original post, then his second one mentioned more acreage. Sorry if I read it the wrong way. I'd agree a couple of acres is do-able - did that on my place actually - but 10+ acres is a whole new ballgame. Agree boxblade is a very useful tool for such work.

jeff9366 · Sep 25, 2015

BigTee said:
I have a boxblade and plow. The areas was grow up bad,it hasn't been touched in over 20 years.

The area I'm talking about doesn't look that rough in the picture, but you can hardly mow it for the ruts.

A HEAVY Disc Harrow with pans 24" or greater in diameter will both cut and smooth this area considerably, keeping in mind that a HEAVY Disc Harrow produces its own small furrows after it passes. You will need a HEAVY tractor to pull such a Disc Harrow. (RE: Grandad 4, Post #11)

Fourteen acres is no more than one days work for a HEAVY tractor and Disc.

I like to get things done. Now is my favorite time. The taxes you pay each year waiting are better spent improving the land today.

txdon · Sep 25, 2015

You need to think of how the box blade will act when full of large clumps of grass. I still think to get the prettiest land first disc or till. If you don't have one hire it out or go shopping - (we love to spend your money).

BigTee · Sep 25, 2015

I'm sorry I wasn't clear enough. The area that is so rough is about 2 acres.Part of it is the road coming in and the rest must have been where they staged their logs. There is still a couple of big ones laying there rotting away. I have a Frontier 4' boxblade and a good disc. I have a few small trees to cut first and then I'll try them both to see which one works the best.

Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge.I would have already made a lot of mistakes if it wasn't for this forum.