Rut repair

[yanmars]

I had logs skidded out and the equipment in the soft soil left ruts up to a foot deep. Mostly on my steep hills/lane. They are frozen now. Should I just get a dozer in the Spring to level them. I do have a small lane drag with rippers, a disc and on the flats a plow for my Cat 1 tractor. Can't use the lane the way it is and worried about erosion making it worse. Also a hard place to bring in gravel later. Shoveled most of it by hand in the past out of the bed of my pick up.

 

[jeff9366]

After starting 108 threads, neither your Yanmar model nor your location show.

How can we proffer quality advice without knowing the capability of your tractor?

Perhaps this thread will assist if your Yanmar is similar in weight:

Advice on smoothing, leveling a field

I have a big field I want to keep mowed. Not feeling super good on the tractor doing it. It is rutted and wavy and has some pretty severe slopes. I feel nervous on the tractor at times as I go 20 degrees sometimes more. A good bit of it is at 15 degrees. But it is the ruts and wavyness...

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[jyoutz]

I had logs skidded out and the equipment in the soft soil left ruts up to a foot deep. Mostly on my steep hills/lane. They are frozen now. Should I just get a dozer in the Spring to level them. I do have a small lane drag with rippers, a disc and on the flats a plow for my Cat 1 tractor. Can't use the lane the way it is and worried about erosion making it worse. Also a hard place to bring in gravel later. Shoveled most of it by hand in the past out of the bed of my pick up.

For Forest Service timber sales, we require ruts to be ripped first to reduce compaction, then smoothed and seeded. If there is any slope we also have water bars constructed perpendicular to the slope.

 

[yanmars]

I have access to two tractors. A Yanmar 336d and a Mahindra 4510. Both MFWD and Cat 1 tractors. Small, 33 and 45 HP. I live in western Ohio. Elevation changes on my ground are 75 feet in 300 feet or less. Pretty heavy clay ground but with many rocks in places. Hopes that helps answer the question.

 

[Rockbadchild]

by plowing it and disking it it should do the job.

 

[jyoutz]

by plowing it and disking it it should do the job.

Yes. And also install waterbars.

 

[coobie]

Had the same situation used a 3 point rear tiller,worked great..

 

[Cycledude]

in my area the loggers that damage the terrain are usually required to repair it.

 

[yanmars]

I caused the ruts helping drag out the logs where the horses could not. The repairs will be on me.

 

[John0829]

I caused the ruts helping drag out the logs where the horses could not. The repairs will be on me.

??? A horse or mule can go work in places no tractor could even begin to. Please explain this.

 

[oosik]

Either a rear blade or LPGS with shanks. I prefer the LPGS with shanks. Chew it up - level/smooth it out. Compact with your tractor when all is smooth.

 

[EddieWalker]

In my experience with my red clay here in East Texas, I always have to add a bucket, or several buckets of dirt to the ruts to make them go away. If you just work with what you have, it will always be a low area, and hold moisture that will lead to more rutting if you go through there again.

I dump the dirt, back drag it, drive over it again and again, back drag is some more in the other direction, and drive over it again and again, until it is solid.

I do the same thing when I remove a stump too.

 

[yanmars]

Some of the logs were too heavy and long for the 2 horse teams and with a 4 team it was narrow in places. Also the horses got tired as it was hilly and I was able to help out and gave them some rest.