Smoothing after FEL

[Gary_in_Indiana]

A box blade would get my vote for what you want to do. You can set the scarifiers to go as deep or shallow as you need to move dirt to low spots.

Good luck with whatever you decide. I hope this helps. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Rch]

tld, One thing to consider for repairing ruts etc is top soil and smooth it down by backdragging with the FEL. A load of topsoil or, as in my case, mounds of topsoil saved from putting in a road is real handy. Dump a FEL load or two on the scars and grade it smooth. On the lawn ( say I removed a stump so I need to make -up a deficit) I sprinkle fertilizer around, dump a bucket of soil on the area, grade it smooth and then sprinkle grass seed on it. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif I keep a pile of gravil around also.

 

[popeye]

I just bought a '7 Leinbach landscape rake Tuesday and spent about 6 hours with it the same day. Wonderful little attachment. Moved dirt with Fel, spread with rake. Cleaned up trash, cleaned an access road, removed tire ruts with one pass including old ones made by a truck after last rain. Handy little tool.
Mike

 

[rmorgan]

A real plus with a lanscape rake is you can go over and over the area, pulling up rocks, logs, sticks, old turf, etc., without doing any real digging and at the same time smoothing everything out and evening it up--the implement is heavy enough to have real ground impact b but the tines are flexible and do not dig way down. Also a landscape rake is uniquely suited to is digging in grass seed. I find that the yield is a lot higher, and the seed won't wash out on slopes, if I run the rake over it lightly after spreading it; of course, unless you're putting in a large area, this last can be done with a /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif hand rake.