Clearing ground for pasture

[ponytug]

Sounds like you have worked out a solution.

You could also try disking it from different angles. Dragging a piece of chain link fence with some pieces of pipe or just dragging some medium sized logs can do an ok job of leveling things out. I know some folks who drag the chain link behind their disk cultivator, but it really depends on your soil conditions and tractor HP.

All the best,

Peter

 

[paulsharvey]

Sounds like you have worked out a solution.

You could also try disking it from different angles. Dragging a piece of chain link fence with some pieces of pipe or just dragging some medium sized logs can do an ok job of leveling things out. I know some folks who drag the chain link behind their disk cultivator, but it really depends on your soil conditions and tractor HP.

All the best,

Peter

Springs from a burnt mattress work on clean ground too.

 

[oosik]

I have a two acre field that I cleared. Started with a disk setup. NO joy. Moved to my box blade with scarifiers. Worked better but still had buried roots.

In the mean time I upgraded to my Kubota M6040. Stripped my single bottom moldboard plow to just a bare single shank. Happy Days. This setup resolved all the problems. Neighbors root rake and my M6040 cleaned up the entire mess.

 

[paulsharvey]

Hi - I’ve been running a seven or eight foot disk over for a couple weekends now. I’m surprised by how soft it is now that it is “opened up”. Still having a lot of sticks, etc but not fowling the disk nearly as often now that I’ve added ~200lbs weight on top it. Got it opened up enough that I think it will take the lime better. I’m looking for a piece of railroad rail or something similar to drag it and hopefully knock down the highest spots. I did have a local dirt works guy look at it to root rake and level (really needs some slopes pulled back and a lot of dirt pushed around to get the run off / grade correct). I’m going to get it as clean as I can by just picking up sticks etc. and as I lime it disc it a few more times before seeding. Thanks for all the feed back

How has smoothing/leveling the area gone after disking?

 

[LDR812]

How has smoothing/leveling the area gone after disking?

Hi Paul - I’m only out here on weekends- last weekend was working on the new to me dump bed k3500 - there is so much roots and such that are in these fields and a bunch of dirt etc that needs to be moved etc that I bought a old Gainesville city truck. Today I made 1 pass longways loading the bed with debrei - then had to take over mowing xyz from the wife. It was a hot day! I think I’m just going to roll that old truck around and pick the roots etc that the disk dragged up - and next will be spreading lime. I’m in SE Alachua - I shore wish I could find a place to get a lime buggy - otherwise I’m going to use the broadcast spreader on the MF 165 and hopefully load it with the NH 33 loader. IFAS saws 1 ton an acre - I am thinking I’ll hit this first 5 acre with about 1k lbs an acre and then run the disk again wait a bit - then lime it again- and hopefully be able to broadcast sun hemp for this season - it’s getting late in the rain season so I hope it works out. The first disking (maybe 3-4 passes in the same direction) made a huge difference. I’m thinking after I lime it first time I’ll disk it more and hopefully figure a good drag - we’ll see how it goes

 

[paulsharvey]

Hi Paul - I’m only out here on weekends- last weekend was working on the new to me dump bed k3500 - there is so much roots and such that are in these fields and a bunch of dirt etc that needs to be moved etc that I bought a old Gainesville city truck. Today I made 1 pass longways loading the bed with debrei - then had to take over mowing xyz from the wife. It was a hot day! I think I’m just going to roll that old truck around and pick the roots etc that the disk dragged up - and next will be spreading lime. I’m in SE Alachua - I shore wish I could find a place to get a lime buggy - otherwise I’m going to use the broadcast spreader on the MF 165 and hopefully load it with the NH 33 loader. IFAS saws 1 ton an acre - I am thinking I’ll hit this first 5 acre with about 1k lbs an acre and then run the disk again wait a bit - then lime it again- and hopefully be able to broadcast sun hemp for this season - it’s getting late in the rain season so I hope it works out. The first disking (maybe 3-4 passes in the same direction) made a huge difference. I’m thinking after I lime it first time I’ll disk it more and hopefully figure a good drag - we’ll see how it goes

Check with GRU about getting water plant lime, if they still sell it; or from City of Alachua, they have their own water-sewer department as well.

Edit: You mean SE Alachua County, I thought you meant the City of Alachua. Also, check with City of Hawthorne.

 

[paulsharvey]

See this from Yesterday's Tractor. Looks like Southern States in Anthony, can't be far from you. They very well might rent a spreader.

 

[LDR812]

Yes - I’m south of Hawthorne. I asked the folks at Sparr in Anthony and tried to find them online - no luck. I had seen the post you forwarded and did not get an answer at that number. A few weeks ago I was in Williston and saw a buggy being towed down the road- I was towing the MF 165 on a trailer behind so I couldn’t get over and ask where he got it

 

[paulsharvey]

Yes - I’m south of Hawthorne. I asked the folks at Sparr in Anthony and tried to find them online - no luck. I had seen the post you forwarded and did not get an answer at that number. A few weeks ago I was in Williston and saw a buggy being towed down the road- I was towing the MF 165 on a trailer behind so I couldn’t get over and ask where he got it

Try Diamond R in East Palatka?

 

[LDR812]

I think I saw them on the internet- I have not tried to contact them. I am curious about the water works lime you told me about. How would a guy spread that? Broadcast maybe mixed with sand?