What is the Best Attachment for leveling 120 acres with 72hp 4x4 Tractor?

[Ortimber]

I’m thinking dozer to get the bad areas cleaned up and make things more manageable with your tractor. Rent one for a weekend and see how much you can get done. Project that time and cost. Maybe your budget would allow renting one each year in order to knock out the 20 acres...

 

[jenkinsph]

I would say the accessory you are gonna need is a time machine,,,
by the time a 72HP tractor does anything significant to 120 acres,, you will be too old to have any use for the land,,

I am serious,, the tractor is light on horsepower,, and tractor weight,,

15 acres would be a SIGNIFICANT project for a 72HP tractor,,,

I would agree that leveling is much more intensive than simple smoothing.

As long as the job at hand is smoothing this is doable with a simple 70 hp. tractor. Not near as much dirt to move to smooth everything over.

 

[PineBrookFarm]

I have both a similar sized tractor to yours and I also have a small dozer. Dozer is a John Deere 450E (75hp 14,000lbs) with 6-way blade. You would be so far ahead just renting a dozer for a week at a time to get the work done. You will spend SOOO much time and use so much fuel trying to use the tractor to level 20 acres at a clip. Dozer will be so much more efficient, affective and won't wear out your machine.

I totally understand using what you have to get the job done but man there is no replacement for a dozer with that kind of work. You will beat your self and your equipment up trying to do it with a utility tractor. Since you have it you can just rent the dozer to rough everything in and then do all the finish work with your machine to save $$$. The local rental yard rents very nice John Deere 650K XLT 6-way dozers for $1500 a week. Money well spent in the long run. Good luck either way!!

 

[Ortimber]

I have both a similar sized tractor to yours and I also have a small dozer. Dozer is a John Deere 450E (75hp 14,000lbs) with 6-way blade. You would be so far ahead just renting a dozer for a week at a time to get the work done. You will spend SOOO much time and use so much fuel trying to use the tractor to level 20 acres at a clip. Dozer will be so much more efficient, affective and won't wear out your machine.

I totally understand using what you have to get the job done but man there is no replacement for a dozer with that kind of work. You will beat your self and your equipment up trying to do it with a utility tractor. Since you have it you can just rent the dozer to rough everything in and then do all the finish work with your machine to save $$$. The local rental yard rents very nice John Deere 650K XLT 6-way dozers for $1500 a week. Money well spent in the long run. Good luck either way!!

Excellent advice!