Grading an agility field

[mbgt2003]

I'm currently grading an agility field (80x120')
which is about 2 feet lower on one site.
I started moving dirt with the box blade but it is very messy to run over the accumulated dirt every time when I bring another box full of earth downhill.
Any suggestions on a more streamlined approach.
Thanks
MB /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[Anonymous Poster]

If you lift the blade very slowly as you drive, it will spread the dirt in flat sheets, and as you drive over with more loads it will help pack it - which is a good thing! Two feet of dirt dumped in uneven piles is going to settle out kinda lumpy.

What is an agility field?

--->Paul

 

[tdenny]

Be patient you will get much better at this as you practice. I was having the same problem for a while but practice helped a lot. Now I use my position control to feather it out much more evenly.

 

[mbgt2003]

Thanks for the encouragement.
An agility field is for dog agility trials.
Running over hurdles, jumping, tunnels etc.
MB

 

[theboman]

Have a FEL? Maybe move the dirt first and then level. Have a dump trailer or truck or some way to move the dirt?

Wouldn't a scraper blade pull more dirt than a box blade? Then use the box blade to level it up.

 

[Rubintropfen]

Well, my 250'x200' Schutzhund field isn't quite level, but it is smooth. Our jumps are limited to a 1 meter brush hurdle and a 1.8 meter A frame with 1.9 meter sides. But we also have 90 pound dogs making contact with the bad guy at about 30 mph.

I cut down several hundred small trees in early spring, and had a dozer push all the stumps for me. I graded and raked my field in July, when it was as dry as possible, and seeded just before a gentle multi-day rainstorm that the weather-guessers got right.

If you really feel it has to be perfectly level then I would talk to somebody with a dozer. I would be concerned that if you don't plan drainage up front then it will be soggy a lot of the time. Of course, this depends on your local soils and climate.