What attachment to remove heathy grass?

cyamaha2007 · May 19, 2014

Hello my name is Chuck I live in Warrenton Mo. I currently have a L3130, box blade, rear grader blade, and fel with tooth bar. Im in the process of moving left over topsoil around my 5ac property. Im running into a issue, when i try to blend the new fill into the existing my box blade is clogging with grass debris. The box blade seems to work great everywhere except areas with grass. Im ending up with large pile of dirt and grass mixed together. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for your time
Chuck

KennyV · May 20, 2014

harley power rake.....

JOHNTHOMAS · May 20, 2014

KennyV said:
harley power rake.....

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cyamaha2007 · May 20, 2014

That will do the job. Ill call around about renting one. Too bad the price tag is so steep. That would be a nice tool to own.

Thanks Chuck

nc redneck · May 20, 2014

A PTO driven over seeder will do it in one pass. But they are expensive and hard to find.

cyamaha2007 · May 21, 2014

No luck with the harley rake. I cant find a rental thats for a tractor. The skid steer version is available but that isnt ideal. Will a landscape rake do anything? I may just have to use a stiff tine hand rake and do it all manually.

Thanks Chuck

GaryM · May 21, 2014

I'm in Warrenton myself. If you have a loader on your tractor and want to try a Ratchet Rake send me a PM and we'll hook up. I'm South of town on U.

JOHNTHOMAS · May 22, 2014

GaryM said:
I'm in Warrenton myself. If you have a loader on your tractor and want to try a Ratchet Rake send me a PM and we'll hook up. I'm South of town on U.

I missed the question on first pass. I thought he was trying to remove attached grass. Now after reading your reply and going back to original post I believe you have the correct answer. I've owned a landscape rake and no I don't think it will pick out the grass from the dirt as well as the RatchetRake will. The RatchetRake is my most used implement for finishing off yard areas and make them ready to seed.

GaryM · May 22, 2014

Chuck does have a loader on his tractor, so perhaps the ratchet rake would help. He's sure not going to hurt it any!

RaydaKub · May 22, 2014

JOHNTHOMAS said:
I missed the question on first pass. I thought he was trying to remove attached grass. Now after reading your reply and going back to original post I believe you have the correct answer. I've owned a landscape rake and no I don't think it will pick out the grass from the dirt as well as the RatchetRake will. The RatchetRake is my most used implement for finishing off yard areas and make them ready to seed.

Ya know, I have a RachetRake and I like how it works for removing brush and how easy it was to tear down honeysuckle. But I tried to use it on some lawn last year and was actually fairly disappointed in it. I only have a BX & turfs all around, but driving forward, if I put the bucket down with some pressure, I'd spin out, if I didn't have any pressure, it would scratch it up, but never really pull it loose. I went over the area a dozen times, in all 4 directions. I didn't try backing up, but it seems that would put way more pressure on my curl cylinder.