Lawn seeding prep

[Scott_F]

I have two acres of yard that has been sitting as an unfarmed field for several years. It is mostly weeds and is very rough. I had planned on having a neighbor disk it and then doing the final smoothing a prep work myself, but unfortunately when he first tried it was just too hard and dry to turn over. Since then we've had nothing but rain and lately it's been too wet for him to get in. I think we could probably get a tractor across it, but if we disked it would probably just ball up and be rougher than it is now. I could just overseed, but I would still have the roughness & ruts to deal with. Anyone have any suggestions on something I could rent that would tear up the top enough to smooth out the major ruts and roughness and leave a decent surface for seeding. Would something like a harley rake do the trick? Thanks,
Scott

 

[gerard]

You could try a drag or chain harrow set in the most aggressive position. If you do wind up discing it smoothing it out is pretty simple. You can drag some chain link fence over it, use a steel I beam, 6 x 6 post etc. Just keep dragging the things around until everythings smooth although things can't be too wet or you just make a mess.

 

[theboman]

Wait till it dries up, disc it and get an old pallet and a couple concrete blocks and drager smooth. It's cheap and it works.

 

[bky]

what about renting or borrow a rotovator(tiller) for the 3 pt hitch?

 

[Hoeman00]

A tiller will work but if it is too wet to disk
it is too wet to till.
It has to dry out or u will make bigger mess
than u have now.

 

[frank_f15]

as mentioned before , u will have to wait till it dries out a bit. i have used the chain link fence for smothing and it works pretty well. also that pallet with some weight sounds like it might be a good idea also. a lot will depend on the type of soil.