Rowski
Veteran Member
- Joined
- May 18, 2000
- Messages
- 1,474
- Location
- North Central Vermont, Jay Peak Area
- Tractor
- 2004 New Holland TN70DA with 32LC loader, 2000 New Holland 2120 with Curtis cab, 7309 loader
I just completeed a portion of a large project of recovering/exposing rocks. These rocks were pushed into a wave line by a dozer many years ago. It was over grown with brush and small trees. I could not bring the one ton 4x4 dump truck to the project, it was way to wet. So I had to use the FEL and drive the roots, grass, stumps, etc. thru the wet spot. I wasn't bottomless mud nor was it soupy mud basically soft ground. The stretch is about 125ish feet long. I used the backhoe to smooth it out using the bucket bottom and using down pressure along with swinging the boom side to side. It seem to work very well but is time consuming. I tried the front bucket and backing with down pressure and in float position. I tried this with both the heel of the bucket and the toothbar. Didn't seem to do much. Seems like the more I worked it with the FEL the worse it got. Most likely because I was driving across it. I didn't have my rake nor my rear blade at the job to give it a try. I don't think they would work either.
Does anybody have any other ideas on how to get rid of those ruts? Is the backhoe the best way. This is a feild that gets rotary cut once a year, it is not a lawn.
Attached is a picture before it got all broken up. It is the begining of the ruts.
Does anybody have any other ideas on how to get rid of those ruts? Is the backhoe the best way. This is a feild that gets rotary cut once a year, it is not a lawn.
Attached is a picture before it got all broken up. It is the begining of the ruts.