Grading land with boxblade

[keith27581]

Thanks for all the advice, I値l try to get some pics up later this week; supposed to rain down here tomorrow.

All I have is the box blade, gonna try and get it done with that.

 

[ovrszd]

You'll get it. Just have patience.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I have a piece of land that used to be a tobacco farm, there is an area that still has the crop rows that I need smoothed our. I am a new tractor owner and am learning as i go. Will I be able to level this area out with a box blade? Does anyone have any advice?

The rows run north/ south, Would it be best for me to go in line (north/south) with the scarring teeth down, or would it be best to go East/west?

My tractor is a Mahindra 2538 with a Mahindra HD 5 box blade, soil type is clay ( north central NC).

Thanks in advance for any help!

Yep, I know exactly what you are talking about. I've done the same thing on my land with a box blade and then a landscape rake after. I did mine with the rows so I wouldn't shake a kidney loose, then I worked them back and forth. Don't do it too wet, or too dry...

 

[MoMower]

Yes, a box blade will work fine for that. I just did an abandoned garden for a customer, same except no rows, the hills and valleys were random and winding.



You won’t get golf course with a BB alone, but relatively flat and level is doable.

 

[WoodChuckDad]

Yes you can do it. As others have said, it will take time. I would try two separate passes. First with scarifiers tearing it up, then with just the boxblade to see how I liked the result. Its old row crops so it shouldn’t offer too much resistance. Remember that is a 38 hp tractor and not a bulldozer. It can get the job done but it requires more finesse.
Don’t forget pictures.