Smoothing rough hayfield

[ismilelots]

Has anyone had much luck smoothing out a rough field?
I have a 12 acre field that had been plowed when I got it and then they guy tried to disc it when it was muddy. Left it a bone-jarring mess to drive on.
I've had someone come in and disc it again and then drag it. It helped some (the largest ruts and furrows are better) but mowing and raking the hay is a slow process because of the rough ground.
Any suggestions on what to try to smooth it out some more?

 

[RayIN]

Land plane; but it means re-seeding with your choice of seed.
FWIW, a land plane requires 7-8HP per foot of width.

 

[LHF2019]

Sounds like you need a more competent person doing the tillage. The best will be plow and fit it properly.

 

[scootr]

Went through this with the neighbor's field. Disc'd it, drug it, picked the big rocks out. Still linka rough. Squirrels aren't helping digging burrows... I suppose it will just take more dragging. The landplane clogged up with cuttings pretty fast. I made up a drag and found an unconventional use for the bucket dragged behind the tractor.

 

[5030]

Waste of time fiddling with it as it is. Needs to be chisel plowed and disced and the reseeded. You need to have a local farmer with the right equipment do it. No point in being half arsed with it as it will net you nothing but greif.

Pay a competent operator and be happy.

 

[RayIN]

Instead of following the plow rows, use the land °plane,W scarifiers, diagonally over them, then at 90° to the previous pass. Then whatever direction you think needs more smoothing.
5030 might have the best solution though; start from the beginning, but don't plow in the same direction as the old lands.

 

[Hay Dude]

Has anyone had much luck smoothing out a rough field?
I have a 12 acre field that had been plowed when I got it and then they guy tried to disc it when it was muddy. Left it a bone-jarring mess to drive on.
I've had someone come in and disc it again and then drag it. It helped some (the largest ruts and furrows are better) but mowing and raking the hay is a slow process because of the rough ground.
Any suggestions on what to try to smooth it out some more?

Had a field like that and instead of destroying the whole field and planting, had topsoil delivered and filled low spots with it. Since I knew where the low spots were, only had to seed the low spots, too.
Did it in mid- August, so it woked pretty good