LD1
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Here is a barn pads I stripped back on may 31....bought 2.5 weeks into a drought.
Anyone used a tiller to remove topsoil for driveway?
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Tilling it first will speed up decomposition.
I had a nice crop of bluegrass where my tin shed was to be built so I tilled and remove about 6" to get most of the vegetation. The 2 big piles of sod & soil decomposed and when the building was finished, the soil was easy to work with for grading.
I had a nice crop of bluegrass where my tin shed was to be built so I tilled and remove about 6" to get most of the vegetation. The 2 big piles of sod & soil decomposed and when the building was finished, the soil was easy to work with for grading.
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You might want to mow a couple of weeks in advance before tilling, to help decomposition.
With that much material, 750 ft of driveway, I like LD1's advice to windrow the loose material to each side with an angled blade instead of scooping it.
With that much material, 750 ft of driveway, I like LD1's advice to windrow the loose material to each side with an angled blade instead of scooping it.
Yep. 4 inches of soil off an 11 foot wide driveway adds up fast; about 100 yards of loam off the 750 feet.
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Hmm good point. I was going to use my 75C tractor to scoop up the soil but that’s about 75 trips back and forth lolYep. 4 inches of soil off an 11 foot wide driveway adds up fast; about 100 yards of loam off the 750 feet.
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