Which 3pt attachment to use to smooth this out?

[Highbeam]

One more thing. If it's too rough to even drive the tractor over in the first place for the raking stage, you can use the back of the boxblade dozer style to push the high spots into the low spots as needed to make it driveable. Don't bend the low hanging tie rod on your CK.

 

[7mmrum]

Thanks for the feedback., it sounds like I have a couple different options. I feel the Rake or the Box Blade would fit the job accordingly, since there is still some debris left over that does need to get raked to a pile. The soil is not hard clay, but it isn't sand either, working with FEL didn't pose too much of a problem.

 

[PapaPerk]

Rent a dozer....looks a little rough for a tractor and box. After dozer is done then smooth with tractor and box. 2 acres is alot....

A large bobcat may work well. Especially the ones with tracks.

 

[SnoFalls]

7mmrum,

What kinda "level" are you looking for?

If you don't mind the area gently sloping with the dirt in place, then what highbeam describes should work for ya ...

I'm doing much of the same. I'm placing "cuts" into "fills", and the source dirt has roots rocks, etc mixed in. I'm gettin the resulting grade sloped close with push/pull of the FEL, but nothing close to "level" (i.e. I still has a slope). I'm getting a landscape rake and boxscraper for other needs anyway, and will "finish" the grade to a nice gentle slope when I'm done (aka the fill has settled and is ready for finish this fall).

If you need laser level, then I'd suggest a dozer as others have. If you want a gentle slope, then cut/fill, and rake/boxblade it in ...

Oh, and dig a hole someplace, dump the rock/root debris in it, and cover with the tailings from the hole. Leave a bit of a mound at that point so the debris can settle/decompose.

my 2 penny's

 

[dqdave1]

This is what I do for a living; First contract a local contractor with a D-4 dozer; depending where you are the rate would be about $60 to $80 per hour. The dozer will clean up the site ( rough grade) in about 6 hours. Then all you need to do is beg, borrow or buy a rake ( wheels are great feature for leveling), or a box blade. That may be all you need for good yard. If you are fussier then rent a 3 pt tiller. ( make sure rental tiller is in good shape; especially tines). Till and re- landscape rake. One problem with soil in this condition is settling as in previous post. Dozer will help tremendiously with this and with a 6 way power angle blade grade will be correct( if you have a good operator)

 

[KiotiJohn]

Okay, we have nothing to lose with any of our suggestions, so here's another. Get the landscape rake and gather up all that trash stuff.
Then, if you have an old fence gate or can make a pipe frame with chain link mounted in it and weight it down, drag it all over, around and around and you'll soon have a much smoother surface and won't have spent a lot of money.
Dragging with the chain link will break up many of the clumps and make the soil smaller particles that will compress much faster.
After you have a few rains, you may want to drag it again a few times.
This does nothing for grade, so you may have to address that specifically if the property is draining to the wrong areas.
John

 

[millsnhills]

It really looks like it does not matter if you use a dozer, rake or box blade you still have a ton of limbs, sticks etc to deal with. I would find some cheap labor first to get as much of this in a pile or hauled off otherwise you will spend all of your time later getting it up. If you get a dozer and they are able to get it just below surface it will come back and haunt the owners for years.

Not sure but it kinda looked like a house is or was on site so another consideration is there a septic drain field somewhere out there or is this house on a city sewage system.

A decent size bobcat or skidsteer with a four-in-one bucket would do just fine with this and if there are teeth on the bucket would act as a decent rake to pull back and then pick up the debris.

So my vote in the end is clean out as much of the stuff as possible and then you could use any of the suggestions with greater success.

 

[EastTexFrank]

I think that using a dozer is probably the best idea but that it's kinda cheating. 7mmrum obviously needs some new attachments so let's help him out.

Looking at what I've got out in the shed or what I have access to, I'd run over it with a rake to get most of the sticks and stuff up and then I'd disc or rottotill the heck out of it. I'd then drag or boxblade it or both. Dragging would probably be faster and easier. I've found that a boxblade is pretty simple to use but that there is a knack to using it really well. After giving it time to settle, I'd use the boxblade and maybe the FEL to get the high/low spots.

 

[kingoflawns]

Tractor and rake all the way, perhaps a small cat, maybe a 277. dozer is OVERKILL for this job. JMHO don't anyone take offence!

 

[JohnSinVA]

7mm -

How are things progressing on your buddy's lot?