Subsoiler and Box Blade for Leveling Cleared Area?

[chris the wrench]

Ive been building terraced flatspots around our very hilly property. Nothing like the size you are referring to, but several 30x30 spots. I have more time than $ so I drop trees, dig out stumps and then I dig the areas out kinda level with the backhoe. Then I spend alot of time going back and forth with box blade. Shanks do a great job in bringing up roots and rocks upto football size. I proceed to hand pick out all of the roots and rocks. Finally I box blade the area with shanks retracted. Its time consuming and other equipment would be faster, but it gets the job done and I can do it around my time schedule. I must have a pretty level eye, cause I do most of my eyeballing from the tractor seat and then check grade level later and Im usually pretty dang close.

 

[rgr33]

I use a subsoiler to keep invasive tree roots out of my wine grape vineyard.
A 2-3 inch root will stop your tractor dead in place, or worse, cause your front end to flip up.

This is with my 35 hp tractors with 250 lbs of weights on front end

 

[rScotty]

If it were mine, I'd first go with the bulldozer, then hire someone to disk it, and after mount a SSQA rock bucket on your Kubota to grub up the rocks and roots that got missed. Then it will be in nice shape to be workable with your Kubota and box blade.

 

[WVH1977]

I cleared 2 1/2 acres with the biggest mini-ex I could rent with blade on it. I dug out big stumps and then used the blade to rough level everything. Then I used my tractor and box blade/pulveriser to do the final grade.

 

[rScotty]

I cleared 2 1/2 acres with the biggest mini-ex I could rent with blade on it. I dug out big stumps and then used the blade to rough level everything. Then I used my tractor and box blade/pulveriser to do the final grade.


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That's an impressive project. How long did it take? What's a pulverizer?

 

[WVH1977]

2 weeks straight, around 10 hours a day. I was vibrating for a couple of days after.

That's an impressive project. How long did it take? What's a pulverizer?

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

The part about 10 hours a day has me thinking about hiring a guy with a bulldozer.

 

[WVH1977]

The part about 10 hours a day has me thinking about hiring a guy with a bulldozer.

Yours are rotting. When I dug mine they were fresh. Took 35 to 40 minutes a stump. You will probably get it done a lot faster. Depends on how much you like running equipment. LOL