Not a bush hog?

[pattyt21]

Just chiming in here regarding the idea of a rock rake/landscape rake. I have a BX2360 and a EA Attachments landscape rake. Love the rake and use it for maintaining my shop drive, and tend to use for some things it's not intended.... i.e light duty ditching because I don't have a box blade or rear blade. If were to try and use it to actually clear trails in my woods I would very quickly find myself replacing bent tines.

I second Jeff's suggestion of looking at a ratchet rake for your FEL or a tooth bar to use for clearing light brush on trails, with the caveat that your likely going to have to chainsawing heavier vegetation. There are enough stories on this forum about individual's tweaking their loader by pushing them past their uses.

A thought to mull over:

You mentioned tight corner's... think you might be able to fit your tractor and a brushhog through those tight spots if you removed the loader?

Unfortunately not, sometimes if I'm not making the swing right on my grizzly 700 atv I have to reverse and reswing. I completely missed the Rachet rake, just watched a video! I'm thinking chainsaw to move the 3.5 million down trees, rachet rake to clear vegetation, box grader to make nice and level, and eventually belly mow......
The dirt down there is phenomenal as I imagine the river dumps nutrients everytime it floods, the amount of decomposition, when we dig up the wild garlic you can use your hands like a mulch bed and pull it right up.....

 

[jeff9366]

I completely missed the Rachet rake, just watched a video! I'm thinking chainsaw to move the 3.5 million down trees, rachet rake to clear vegetation, box grader to make nice and level, and eventually belly mow......

Also consider a clevis-mount chain grab hook for your rear/center drawbar. As your tractor is light, 1/4" Grade 70 chain, with a grab hook on one end of the chain and a slip hook on the other end of the chain will be useful pulling some saplings and small dead trees. I recommend one 8' length of chain and one 12' length of chain, total 20' of chain to purchase.

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RATCHET RAKE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tractor+Ratchet+Rake

 

[Panik]

Don’t limit yourself to just looking at a ratchet rake..... there are also a number of good options for toothbars available Everything Attachments and Bxpanded.

You may want to consider the length of your atv and the total length of the tractor w/FEL. I don’t know, but you may have issues getting that B through the space your concerned about

 

[pattyt21]

Don’t limit yourself to just looking at a ratchet rake..... there are also a number of good options for toothbars available Everything Attachments and Bxpanded.

You may want to consider the length of your atv and the total length of the tractor w/FEL. I don’t know, but you may have issues getting that B through the space your concerned about

True! When I drove the tractor through the woods last weekend I had both the bucket and deck off, might have to reroute that particular end of the trail loop, that wicked bar from everything attachements looks amazing! As I used the tractor to dig out a big ugly bush on the corner of our yard with just the bucket (something the fiance has been telling me she wants it gone since we bought the house) there's still a ton of vines left that killed the Bush, think one of these bars would be great!

 

[cathy liebchen]

We use a skid steer to make trails, and a forestry mulching head on it to clear trees and brush, then maintain with the tractor. Bush hog set at 8” high

 

[GeeVee]

a 4' bushog is a must. If your swing radius is too tight, its not much of a trail, make the radius' bigger. I wouldn't buy a used BH either. they are too cheap to buy someone else's cast off.