Buck
Platinum Member
Gary,
I have never used a single scarifier, but my scraper has seven. I tried both my tiller and my box scraper with scarifiers on to loosen the soil. Hands down, and this is suprising to me, I would choose the scraper for any future work like this. The tiller simply mixes the sod up to well with the topsoil, requiring much more soil to be removed to get the land level.
I think your farmer friend may be onto something. I've been watching the farmers and how they achieve the smooth fields before planting. Plows are rather cheap and if you plow the area now, turning the vegetation into the earth, you'll be in a better position for smoothing in the spring. Hopefully, the existing vegetation would rot before early summer. Please keep us informed on your decisions and progress!
Buck
I have never used a single scarifier, but my scraper has seven. I tried both my tiller and my box scraper with scarifiers on to loosen the soil. Hands down, and this is suprising to me, I would choose the scraper for any future work like this. The tiller simply mixes the sod up to well with the topsoil, requiring much more soil to be removed to get the land level.
I think your farmer friend may be onto something. I've been watching the farmers and how they achieve the smooth fields before planting. Plows are rather cheap and if you plow the area now, turning the vegetation into the earth, you'll be in a better position for smoothing in the spring. Hopefully, the existing vegetation would rot before early summer. Please keep us informed on your decisions and progress!
Buck