Something to tear up sod

metalbender · Mar 19, 2020

I made a dirt bike track in an old pasture. Tough job for sure, very rough to start with. Bush hog, disc, spike diamond harrows and land plane. Quite a few hrs in the seat. Turned out pretty good, son took his Ford Raptor on it. Doesn't shake the eyeballs to do a couple of laps now. In the meantime I also got a three point cultivator, need to try that on another area. The three point disc seemed ro give the best results to start with. Getting out with dirt bikes sure did a job on the remaining grass.

CoyPatton · Mar 28, 2020

I would suggest a disc, you can get adjustable height units designed to be pulled by ATV’s or a chisel plow similar to what was shown in the picture on the blue tractor. Not sure if these are available for an ATV without modifying.

bindian · Mar 29, 2020

Buy a drag harrow for your ATV. Tractor Supply has then in 4 foot widths. I think they are 4 foot long. You can make it aggressive or flip it over for less aggression.

I have a 10 foot wide one and love it. It has two sets of harrows making it 8 or 9 feet long. Great for turning under grass seed an inch or two down. Here is my thread on it... https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/277658-amazing-find-drag-harrow.html
hugs, Brandi

musselmark · Mar 29, 2020

I found a you tube video for something I was originally thinking of building, shorter tines would be fine for what I want. I have a few side shaft engines kicking around. At the end of the day this would be cheaper than buying a small disc harrow.

Stephen's homemade tiller - YouTube

musselmark · Apr 18, 2020

Original poster here. I couldn't let it rest and finally got around to building this contraption. I had pretty much everything kicking around the shop except for some pillow block bearings and sprockets. Engine is 8 hp from dead generator. Drum is turning 320 RPM at WOT. I welded 22 6" length of scrap leaf springs on for tines. Engine doesnt bog down at all and tears the **** out of the sod.