Grading Dirt Work

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#31  
I very big thank you to all the input on this. I talked with a contractor friend of mine. He came out and shot some elevations on the pad site. He told me we will need to remove about 5 feet of dirt front the back section of the pad and add 2 feet to the front. We are going to be a tag team, I am going to clear the area of light brush and debris left around. Then he is going to loosen up the dirt with his excavator while I move it. He will use his track dozier to finish grade the area and move the 3 ton rock at the edge of the pad. I was not going to move it but since he is digging down so much we got to move it. Thanks again for all your help!!!!
 
/ Dirt Work #33  
I've only done some minor grading with my 45 hp Massey with no FEL. What has worked for me is to use my 5 ft. tiller to loosen up about 6" of top soil then move it with my blade. Then repeat the process as necessary.
 
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#34  
Hi All,

An update, I got a box blade from Tractor Supply 6' and I love it was able to do about 85% of the grading with it and my FEL. I was able to do so much that my contractor knocked $500 off the price to do the finish grading! I love this blade it is built like a tank! Now the building is up and I got some place to work on my tractor! Thank again to all for all your advise!!
 

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