Leveling Bumpy Field

   / Leveling Bumpy Field #11  
Our place was also kind of rough when we bought it. I went over it a couple of times with a rototiller. Then I went over it a couple of times with a chain harrow to level out the loose soil better. Then I reseeded it. That worked pretty well for me.
 
   / Leveling Bumpy Field #12  
I have been using Everything Attachments back blade with their gage wheel kit to straighten out my bumpy gravel road, it works excellent especially considering it was the first time I have ever used a back blade. All I had to do was set the angled blade down and tension the gage wheel turnbuckles to however aggressive the cut and go. I think it would be even easier on a dirt field.
 
   / Leveling Bumpy Field #13  
I have been using Everything Attachments back blade with their gage wheel kit to straighten out my bumpy gravel road, it works excellent especially considering it was the first time I have ever used a back blade. All I had to do was set the angled blade down and tension the gage wheel turnbuckles to however aggressive the cut and go. I think it would be even easier on a dirt field.

Gauge wheels do make gravel and dirt work easier. I used a rake on my gravel driveway, and adding gauge wheels made it a two pass job.
 
   / Leveling Bumpy Field #14  
I live on 10 acres of retired wheat farm in eastern Washington. Over the past 20+ years of lying fallow, the elements and burrowing wildlife have turned the field into a pretty decent mogul ski run.
Mkelcy,

Have a look into Harley rake, aka power rake, as they are purpose built for leveling earth. They come in both 3PH with a set of guage wheels and the less desirable SSQA run on a track loader. The power rake, with its spinning drum breaks up the high spots and the wings keep the material captured until you pass over a low spot, much like a box blade but far easier to use since box blade uses a cutting blade and weight to shear the high spots off.

I have both a box blade and power rake and would only use the power rake for leveling your 10 acres.
 
   / Leveling Bumpy Field #15  
+1 on the 3pt Harley Rake. Found it on Marketplace, but it took a while before a usable one showed up. Before and after pics.
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   / Leveling Bumpy Field #16  
BackRoad, nice job and probably pretty quick with the 8 foot rake.

Here is pic of my rake just after receipt. I wonder how the two rakes compare given different soil types and buried debris ( rocks, roots, etc)? Your drum has bars whereas mine has carbide tipped studs.
 

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   / Leveling Bumpy Field #17  
You've got a much newer version! Very nice!

If my understanding is correct, Paladin bought the the Harley Rake line from Glenmac about 2005 and mine is a Glenmac built, yours is newer and updated, made by Paladin.

Only mentioning this, as I've seen older Glenmac built units for sale which need a bit of TLC.

For mine, I had to replace a critical bearing assembly holding one end of the bottom roller. Even though they didn't build the original rake, Paladin was able to machine the new replacement part in about a week which bolted right up (but the part was not cheap!)
 
   / Leveling Bumpy Field #18  
You've got a much newer version! Very nice!
Thanks for the background info.

If you have the opportunity, invest in a top n tilt package for your 3PH implements. Anytime you are working on landscape, driveway, etc that is anything other than dead flat the ability to change the approach angle of power rake or box blade or any other implement with levers, at your hand, instead of getting off machine and cranking on the 3PH attachment links will make you 10X more productive. The top n tilt gives me 6 degrees of freedom with 3PH implements.
 
   / Leveling Bumpy Field #19  
Agree, got mi E from Brian at Fit Rite.

The added Rear Remotes and the TnT easily get my vote for the most beneficial mod on the tractor!
 
 

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