Mosey
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 4, 2002
- Messages
- 1,565
- Location
- Conifer, Colorado
- Tractor
- 2000 New Holland TC29D with 7308 FEL, and top & tilt. 1950 John Deere B. 1940 Farmall A.
I have a large area that I'm trying to get level. It's about 150' x 100'. It has humps and low spots, etc. I had my garden in part of it and took dirt out of it to use other places, which left a large low spot. So, I hauled dirt from another part of my property to fill it in. I'm mainly concentrating on getting the old garden area level first. It's about 40' x 40'. I can't seem to get the hang of getting it level! I have a FEL, 5' tiller, and 6' grader blade. After hauling the dirt in, I tilled it all up so it's loose and easy to work with, then got it roughly evened out with the FEL. I put the 6' back blade on and angled it, then started trying to level it good. But, when I drive over the dirt, it packs down (mostly clay, so very "packy") making it hard to work with again. Plus, it doesn't level good because the tractor is driving over uneven terrain, so the blade just goes up and down and I end up with uneven terrain again. I tried going over it a bunch of times and going in different directions including diagonal, and finally got it decent, but it took me well over an hour and it's still not really flat. If I go backwards, it's not long before I get a sore neck. I need to learn some better techniques before I do the rest of it. How do I go about doing this in a more efficient and less neck stiffening manner?