My step father showed me how to open those string bags 45 years ago but after not opening one for years I forgot how to open, thanks for sharing. The cultivator did an amazing job!
Years ago, my grandad plowed and disc his field preparing for planting. It left a lot of rocks on the surface, so I said something about running a roller to bury the rocks. He chuckled and told me "you bury a rock around here and 10 rocks will come to its funeral." I do like the way that soil cultivator leaves it. Thanks for sharing.
Well done. Only other person that may be able to make that many rocks disappear is David Copperfield! I really enjoy your wisdom and how it is sprinkled throughout your videos.
I think that you still have lots of your dad's wisdom. You will have that forever. Hopefully you will be able to pass it along to your daughter as well as others.
I too share in remembering my dad’s and grandpa’s words of wisdom. I share them frequently with my sons and grandchildren…whether they appreciate them or not😉 Thanks for taking us on this journey with you. Blessings.
Would be nice. April Wilkerson, a woodworking TH-camr got a show with Tim Allen. Not only is she an excellent TH-camr, she is “easier on the eye” than me :-)
I don't know how many bags I've opened over the years but only a small percentage ever worked out like that for me, it must be my technique. I lost my dad six years ago and miss his wisdom and experience and chats every day.
Good thing you have a cab on your tractor. You're going to need to get out the leaf blower and air compressor nozzle to get the tractor cleaned up. Love your videos.
Hopefully today's rain will help the little grass roots dive deeper into the soil. The hump looks wonderful and still will add character to your front yard. The soil conditioner did a great job pushing the rocks down. Who would have thought that Dad's would have so much wisdom and you rarely known he was schooling you till you encounter the situation later in life.
💥 WOW VENTRAC!! I cannot believe the beautiful job that attachment did! It looks absolutely incredible. I have the perfect application for that at our school. Can I borrow it next? Wow! *Keep on tractoring!*
WOW that conditioner really made a difference! I have used many power rakes and Harley rakes but I think that roller basket on the front made all the difference! Good job Tim and cristy
The soil cultivator is amazing. I would have seeded immediately after using the soil cultivator. When working ground it is easy to be too focused on making it perfect. Great video. Loved the verse at the end.
That is one impressive seed bed even with the very dry conditions. It seems we're all reluctant to give in and listen to our wives and just try their suggestion only to regret we didn't think of it ourselves. Needless to say if you keep this up you'll give Pete from GCI Turf a run for his money with the new content and planting much bigger yards. Hoping those seedlings can mature fast enough before your first hard frost. You already put down the granular starter fertilizer at planting time but if you can squeeze it in, I'd suggest getting some simple lawn solutions liquid extreme lawn booster 6-18-0 since that will go to work asap. I've tried lots of various liquid ferts and theirs is by far the best which I learned about from Ryan Knorr. The only caveat with some of that darker liquid fert with humic acids in is it'll clog the screens at the sprayer ends if not agitated enough. If you do watch Pete, you'll know his biggest pet peeve is getting your dirt right. I'm sure you have lots more tricks up the sleeve from growing up on the farm and you could even come up with a Words of Wisdom Wednesday series of shorts to honor your Dad! Keep us posted.
In Ohio we plant grass seed before the first snow. I’ve seen landscapers plant after the first snow too. But that’s actually the best time to plant cuz they are dormant and will start growing with the grass in the spring. Your dad’s wisdom carries suit with my Mamaw’s wisdom. They both always had smart things to say.
My dad too would spill out lots of wisdom. My grand dad was a farmer too. He would clean off all of his tractor attachments (plow, disc, etc) and put a coating of used oil on the parts that contacted the ground. I would sometimes help, but never seemed to get enough on.
I live in Fishers and hustled like crazy in late august/early September to till, level and seed a large area of our lawn. The seed and straw sat dormant until right about the time you all seeded. Thanks for sharing the entire project and dad’s wisdom.
That new ventrac attachment is incredible! There is a similar attachment available for tractors called a “stone burier” or basically a modifier tiller. I first found the videos of the “rotodarian” brand and I was amazed! I would love to see ventrac add the capability to run more attachments on the rear of the machine with a PTO as I think it would make it much more attractive to most guys who already have a good fleet of 3pt attachments.
Beautiful seedbed with the cultivator. As to it running lower on the one side, I'd guess it's because there's more weight on that side of the unit with the pump being mounted on that side. It might be possible to fab up a weight holder on the opposite side to balance things.
Beautiful job on getting rid of the hump, working the dirt and seeding. Lots easier in south Louisiana however, our heavy rainfall puts the final 'smooth' on the dirt (mostly river sand/silt), plus we don't have any rocks to worry about.
I need one of those seeders and grass seed!!!!!! That is too me is a great stand Tim! Given the dirt quality. I hav dealt with basement dirt and tried and tried with broadcast seeder nothing like what you hav. Every time i do grass it never enough time!! No matter if you have the time or not. Lots of work and time to make it perfect.
Dad always planted rye on marginal dry fields. It grew rapidly and provided cover for the grass seed . Really like your videos. I remember opening burlap bags filled with dairy ration by using the pull the one string method.
It’s high on the right because of the left side gear box weight. We have the same issues on our Harley takes when getting lawns flat. One thing you can do since you don’t have independently adjusting gauge wheels is just back one pass in one direction and then turn around and then alternate each pass. It’ll allow your right side deck to butt up to one another. You don’t feel it in the lawn but takes the ridge out
I understand what you are saying about your dad. It's been 6 years and I still catch myself wanting to ask him questions. I need that phone so I can call and ask where the fence stretcher or whatever is lol
I say he had so many things to share you could make videos from now on and still not get it all there is something about that generation they had loads of common sense God bless!
I too was late seeding a big project this year. I got extremely lucky with rain in terms of frequency and amount. I had a pretty decent stand by the time the cold hit. I’m sure I’ll still be overseeding in the spring, but I think we are off to a good start!
When I did work for a builder I used my land pride soil pulverizer as my final grade attachment before planting or laying sod. Worked great! Plus I used it on softball fields and horse arenas where there was hard pan soil but you got all those fancy attachments, ventrac, etc. I was a poor boy and at the time this was the cheapest attachment I could afford and it did great and faster than tilling plus the bigger rocks I could drop off at the ends then come back with the loader and use the rock for drainage. Y'all need some rain bad. We just had rain,1.25", come thru yesterday, might be headed your way!
I also try for as smooth a seedbed as possible, but sometimes less is better. A few clods left on the surface can help minimize erosion in the event of a heavy downpour, minimize soil crusting preventing seed emergence and prevent wind erosion while the new grass struggles to survive. I like the comment below about how when you bury a rock, ten more come to its funeral.😄
That area should be nice and smooth to mow. I'm a former grass farmer, current retired avid gardener, so I usually want more plant information than you provide. My patience was rewarded this time by learning about the new RTF fescue you used. Did not realize grass breeders had gotten that far with rhizomes, at least in turf type tall fescue. My solution to knit a fescue sod, which has become common, was to use 10% bluegrass. I still like some diversity in a lawn, though primarily in pasture. But that will come, at least some white Dutch clover will appear in your sward. And the RTF looks really promising as a base or mostly stand-alone grass.
Have a s 20 steiner built York rake, work backwards and would never want to work with a rear unit. Problem with the machine pushing the rocks down. You will see them as soon as it rains or after a freeze
That did such a great job on the seed bed. I too wonder why it wasn't rear mounted. I remember my first lawn I put back in college for a lady. She had a new house and all I had was a 6hp simplicity front rototiller. Ground was so hard and rocky, I spent hours just with a garden rake getting stones out, it did turn out really well though. So rewarding when I drive by to see the progress. Yeah you were probably late seeding, but like you said mentioned the weather was so dry, I would have done the same thing. Let the snow do its thing, and patch seed in the spring, or just wait to do another seeding next fall.
Sorry, I did not explain myself properly. What I meant is it looked to me like you were only backing in one direction and then driving forward without running the implement rather than turning around at the end and going backwards running the implement as you go back to the opposite end. Seems to me that takes twice as long as using a headland to turn on and working the ground both ways. Just wondered if going back and forth made some difference in the end result rather than working in only one direction.
Just catching your video. There is a company that makes a "soil conditioner" for the 3 pt on the tractor, that operates in the same manner as the new tool for the Ventrac. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer, but a selective search should yield the appropriate results. They made them for everything from compact tractors to larger tractors, if memory serves me correctly. Might be something that you could look into and utilize if they are available in your area. Todd
I have a new compact tractor arriving this week. I just wish I could decide the best attachment to deal with a 100 yard long gravel driveway. Box blade, regular blade, land plane. Every video seems to contradict the others.
@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks for the reply. I have watched a few more videos and I will be getting a box blade. I can't afford to buy all of the attachments I want right now! I bought a Massey Ferguson. I really wanted a Deere but the local Deere shop was recently purchased by a corporation and the service has gone downhill bad. It took 3 trips and almost 4 months for them to fix my wife's 425. The first trip they broke it worse than when I took it in! The same company now owns all of the Deere dealers within an hour drive of me. It is sad. My wife really loves her 1996 425 and loves to mow with it.
I can say after doing a search that Deere and Land Pride both have 3pt soil conditioners/pulverizers. The Ventrac one looks like a smaller version of one I'd spot on a compact track loader.
I just checked out a video they have on their website about that very product. Rotadairons look very useful. I find it interesting that Deere sells the second roller assembly as a kit for their version. Land Pride doesn't even have it listed on theirs.
I’m going to guess your uneven height issue is due to that large gearbox on one side with no weight on the other, causing it to dig harder on that side. A simple remedy to try might be to hang a small suitcase weight off of the other side to counter act it. I’m not familiar with the ventrac front mount set up, but does it have a leveling crank like the 3pt mount?
That looks smooth, can you rent a Hydro cedar, are you having friends in landscape Business that has a Hydro seeder, you can pick out your Bluegrass and use whatever mix you want, as you probably know there are some seeds out there that don’t require watering. Like I did it in my backyard on Cedar Lake. You’ll seed that Acreage and a half a day. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
As I've watched the different videos showing how you've been moving and spreading out that big hump, I keep wondering how it would compare, if instead of dragging soil from place to place (using box blades, etc), you used a loader to move the bulk of the soil. Say, if you had quickly used the disk and tiller just to break the soil up enough to efficiently work it with a loader bucket. Then used a front end loader to grab 1 foot deep loader shovel fulls to move the bulk of it and to do the initial spreading. Only at the very end use a box blade or tiller for final surfacing. Is a bucket faster at doing the bulk moving and spreading? I would think it takes time for a box blade to scrape a box full of dirt into the box and then smoothly unload it. The loader on the other hand just quickly scoops up a bucket full and can quickly dump it. Both would take a similar time to actually move the dirt once loaded. I did a somewhat similar job on my property a little over a month ago. I had about 650 cubic yards (30 tandem truck loads) of fill dumped where the trucks could safely go (50 to 100 feet from where I wanted it in the muddy low area). Then I used my front end loader/bucket on the 1025R to move all of it into the low area and to spread it around. It took me a couple of long (9 hour) days by myself to do it all. I'd estimate 2/3 of my time was focused on final grading (for drainage) & packing, and 1/3 moving and spreading the bulk of the fill. The moving part of the job was fast enough I could almost keep up with the single dump truck, moving what was dumped before he returned from 2 miles away with the next load. I plan to add a couple of inches of soil on top next year and to plant grass.
I find it very difficult to keep a level surface with the bucket. It also takes longer to fill the bucket than to fill the box blade. Overall, this approach works better for us. The prior episodes show the smoothness of operating the box blade, and how easy it is to distribute the load smoothly.
@@TractorTimewithTim I got fairly good at leveling with the bucket but I think the big difference in what I was doing is I was dealing with freshly dumped fill, making it easy to load into the bucket. I haven't tried scooping up tilled dirt that has been self packing for years (I don't own a tiller). With the aftermarket bucket teeth installed, I can dig directly into packed ground, but it is far from easy.
The stone burrier should hang (float) on the rear roller and the three point linkage and the rear roller should be offset partly over last path to bond into pervious pass. You are going to fast. See the results on turf if you go slowly it will burry it all.
"Single string on the right, opens bag without fright" 😂 I say that in my head every time I open a bag.......and we open lots of bags!!
Cool phrase!
Our saying was always "Light to the right".
your father's wisdom, and my father's are priceless.... Unfortunately only in our thoughts... 💔
Right. Oh well. At least we have the memories!
My step father showed me how to open those string bags 45 years ago but after not opening one for years I forgot how to open, thanks for sharing. The cultivator did an amazing job!
Years ago, my grandad plowed and disc his field preparing for planting. It left a lot of rocks on the surface, so I said something about running a roller to bury the rocks. He chuckled and told me "you bury a rock around here and 10 rocks will come to its funeral." I do like the way that soil cultivator leaves it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing Dad's wisdom. I just learned something new thanks to you both!
Well done. Only other person that may be able to make that many rocks disappear is David Copperfield! I really enjoy your wisdom and how it is sprinkled throughout your videos.
I think that you still have lots of your dad's wisdom. You will have that forever. Hopefully you will be able to pass it along to your daughter as well as others.
Your dad was a very smart man. Years of having to figure it out was a blessing. Miss him in your videos.
I too share in remembering my dad’s and grandpa’s words of wisdom. I share them frequently with my sons and grandchildren…whether they appreciate them or not😉 Thanks for taking us on this journey with you. Blessings.
Great video. Thanks! 😀
Our dad's always have great wisdom to pass on if our kids will just listen!
Holy that's looking so fine all your hard work has payed off well done
From the sounds of it... looks like a sit down show with your brother to talk about all of the lessons learned from your dad!
Hard to think of them until we encounter a specific situation.
i would watch the videos with your dad in them many times over
That Ventrac rock burying tiller is amazing! I like that seeder also.
After watching your show for years i have to say it´s time that you do a seasson with Tim Allen .. Tool Time meets Tractor Time with Tim .. 👍
Would be nice.
April Wilkerson, a woodworking TH-camr got a show with Tim Allen. Not only is she an excellent TH-camr, she is “easier on the eye” than me :-)
Tim, your video's always have the best Audio... As much as I enjoy the content, the audio makes it that much more enjoyable.
Rewatched this one... Love the Ventrac soil cultivator and how it impacts the ground... Instant satisfaction.
I watched it the other day too! Amazing isn’t it!?
@@TractorTimewithTim love it!
I don't know how many bags I've opened over the years but only a small percentage ever worked out like that for me, it must be my technique. I lost my dad six years ago and miss his wisdom and experience and chats every day.
I ordered my soil cultivator this morning, cant wait to get it in 3 weeks! Thanks for showing what ut can do!
We are impressed!
Good afternoon & Gpd bless you all
Morning everyone 👋
Love the Ventrac and you working on it... ground looks great! Great content, your channel is a great one!
Watched, Liked, Commented, Subscribed, Shared.... loved the video, i am a Ventrac true fan! More videos please!
I love watching your 3520!🙂
Looking good Tim
I can’t believe the job that cultivator did. That is a great tool.
Good thing you have a cab on your tractor. You're going to need to get out the leaf blower and air compressor nozzle to get the tractor cleaned up. Love your videos.
Every attachment you show is amazing. This one is no different. I swear about every 4th new implement, I don’t see how I could live without.
That is a truly amazing finish with Vinny.
I’m absolutely gobsmacked at how well that works.
Rocks? What rocks!!!!
Hopefully today's rain will help the little grass roots dive deeper into the soil. The hump looks wonderful and still will add character to your front yard. The soil conditioner did a great job pushing the rocks down. Who would have thought that Dad's would have so much wisdom and you rarely known he was schooling you till you encounter the situation later in life.
Man! Next summer will be like nothing ever happened. Great content, worth the hassle (for the channel at least) and no more stupid hump.
💥 WOW VENTRAC!! I cannot believe the beautiful job that attachment did! It looks absolutely incredible. I have the perfect application for that at our school. Can I borrow it next? Wow!
*Keep on tractoring!*
Rewatched again! Love it!
My gosh ! what a great job the thing does . So smooth .
Tim u should try spreading compost on this area maybe even ur whole yard
WOW that conditioner really made a difference! I have used many power rakes and Harley rakes but I think that roller basket on the front made all the difference! Good job Tim and cristy
When the grass grows up, no one will know you went crooked backwards.. LOL... What an extremely useful attachment. Area looks great.
Vinny never ceases to amaze me. Another excellent implement.
The soil conditioner sure does great job! The grass is coming up nicely!
The soil cultivator is amazing. I would have seeded immediately after using the soil cultivator. When working ground it is easy to be too focused on making it perfect. Great video. Loved the verse at the end.
That is one impressive seed bed even with the very dry conditions. It seems we're all reluctant to give in and listen to our wives and just try their suggestion only to regret we didn't think of it ourselves. Needless to say if you keep this up you'll give Pete from GCI Turf a run for his money with the new content and planting much bigger yards. Hoping those seedlings can mature fast enough before your first hard frost. You already put down the granular starter fertilizer at planting time but if you can squeeze it in, I'd suggest getting some simple lawn solutions liquid extreme lawn booster 6-18-0 since that will go to work asap. I've tried lots of various liquid ferts and theirs is by far the best which I learned about from Ryan Knorr. The only caveat with some of that darker liquid fert with humic acids in is it'll clog the screens at the sprayer ends if not agitated enough. If you do watch Pete, you'll know his biggest pet peeve is getting your dirt right. I'm sure you have lots more tricks up the sleeve from growing up on the farm and you could even come up with a Words of Wisdom Wednesday series of shorts to honor your Dad! Keep us posted.
Great job, love to see all the different types of equipment used with the project.
Great video!
Great video, Nice job, attachments for Vinny . 👍👍👍🙏🙏🌧🌧🌧🌨🌨💧
In Ohio we plant grass seed before the first snow. I’ve seen landscapers plant after the first snow too. But that’s actually the best time to plant cuz they are dormant and will start growing with the grass in the spring.
Your dad’s wisdom carries suit with my Mamaw’s wisdom. They both always had smart things to say.
Impressive Brother
Nice video tim and kristie and nice camarawork too and this was a big job but with all the equipment you have a beautiful job 👌👌
My dad too would spill out lots of wisdom. My grand dad was a farmer too. He would clean off all of his tractor attachments (plow, disc, etc) and put a coating of used oil on the parts that contacted the ground. I would sometimes help, but never seemed to get enough on.
Great video lots of work but worth it looking good that soil conditioner would be great as a 3 point mounted tool no backing up
Awesome 👌 maybe a list called farming time with tim where you put together not only your dads wisdom but also your family's wisdom. 🤠
We have a farming playlist.
I live in Fishers and hustled like crazy in late august/early September to till, level and seed a large area of our lawn. The seed and straw sat dormant until right about the time you all seeded. Thanks for sharing the entire project and dad’s wisdom.
I think of all the equipment you showed this machine is the best it eats rocks
That new ventrac attachment is incredible! There is a similar attachment available for tractors called a “stone burier” or basically a modifier tiller. I first found the videos of the “rotodarian” brand and I was amazed!
I would love to see ventrac add the capability to run more attachments on the rear of the machine with a PTO as I think it would make it much more attractive to most guys who already have a good fleet of 3pt attachments.
Beautiful seedbed with the cultivator. As to it running lower on the one side, I'd guess it's because there's more weight on that side of the unit with the pump being mounted on that side. It might be possible to fab up a weight holder on the opposite side to balance things.
Beautiful job on getting rid of the hump, working the dirt and seeding.
Lots easier in south Louisiana however, our heavy rainfall puts the final 'smooth' on the dirt (mostly river sand/silt),
plus we don't have any rocks to worry about.
I need one of those seeders and grass seed!!!!!! That is too me is a great stand Tim! Given the dirt quality. I hav dealt with basement dirt and tried and tried with broadcast seeder nothing like what you hav. Every time i do grass it never enough time!! No matter if you have the time or not. Lots of work and time to make it perfect.
Yes, quite pleased with the stand.
Dad always planted rye on marginal dry fields. It grew rapidly and provided cover for the grass seed . Really like your videos. I remember opening burlap bags filled with dairy ration by using the pull the one string method.
Disappearing rocks ….. is amazing
My neck hurts watching that going in reverse, but that smoothness is great !
Nice!
It’s high on the right because of the left side gear box weight. We have the same issues on our Harley takes when getting lawns flat. One thing you can do since you don’t have independently adjusting gauge wheels is just back one pass in one direction and then turn around and then alternate each pass. It’ll allow your right side deck to butt up to one another. You don’t feel it in the lawn but takes the ridge out
I understand what you are saying about your dad. It's been 6 years and I still catch myself wanting to ask him questions. I need that phone so I can call and ask where the fence stretcher or whatever is lol
Are we going to see any recent farm videos with your brother? They are special
Wednesday 7am (unless plans change)
Wow Tim that did a nice job looking good old boy I can't even imagine how much you had to spend on that grass seed 😀.
Fertilizer and seed together…$2,300!!!’
@@TractorTimewithTim holey cow.
Would you do a follow up video in the late spring to let us know how the grass is coming in.
Thanks!
I say he had so many things to share you could make videos from now on and still not get it all there is something about that generation they had loads of common sense God bless!
Have your dad's wisdom come out on Father's day.
I too was late seeding a big project this year. I got extremely lucky with rain in terms of frequency and amount. I had a pretty decent stand by the time the cold hit. I’m sure I’ll still be overseeding in the spring, but I think we are off to a good start!
Glad you have some good germination. Maybe another shot of rain and a warm day or two will get the rest to pop through.
Amazing tool !!!
When I did work for a builder I used my land pride soil pulverizer as my final grade attachment before planting or laying sod. Worked great! Plus I used it on softball fields and horse arenas where there was hard pan soil but you got all those fancy attachments, ventrac, etc. I was a poor boy and at the time this was the cheapest attachment I could afford and it did great and faster than tilling plus the bigger rocks I could drop off at the ends then come back with the loader and use the rock for drainage.
Y'all need some rain bad. We just had rain,1.25", come thru yesterday, might be headed your way!
This was Oct 25. We had rain later that day. Raining now.
Nice Messicks tractor! 😁
That thing really does an impressive job! Seems like it might be more user friendly if it was rear mounted though?
Well most every other attachment for the ventrac work well with the front mount. Win some lose some
I also try for as smooth a seedbed as possible, but sometimes less is better. A few clods left on the surface can help minimize erosion in the event of a heavy downpour, minimize soil crusting preventing seed emergence and prevent wind erosion while the new grass struggles to survive.
I like the comment below about how when you bury a rock, ten more come to its funeral.😄
It's never to late late to seed grass in Minnesota you can plant grass just before the 1st snow
That area should be nice and smooth to mow. I'm a former grass farmer, current retired avid gardener, so I usually want more plant information than you provide. My patience was rewarded this time by learning about the new RTF fescue you used. Did not realize grass breeders had gotten that far with rhizomes, at least in turf type tall fescue. My solution to knit a fescue sod, which has become common, was to use 10% bluegrass. I still like some diversity in a lawn, though primarily in pasture. But that will come, at least some white Dutch clover will appear in your sward. And the RTF looks really promising as a base or mostly stand-alone grass.
Thanks for the info. I simply don’t have the knowledge to share more. Thanks for providing a bit of your expertise!
Your making quite the "Putting Green" There Timmer HAHAHAHA.
Mike M.
The right side of the implement is higher because the left side has more weight on it. It's not a symmetrical implement so it'll tilt.
I think that is the same thing as the rotodarin bed preparer i think they sell those for 3point too
Have a s 20 steiner built York rake, work backwards and would never want to work with a rear unit. Problem with the machine pushing the rocks down. You will see them as soon as it rains or after a freeze
That did such a great job on the seed bed. I too wonder why it wasn't rear mounted. I remember my first lawn I put back in college for a lady. She had a new house and all I had was a 6hp simplicity front rototiller. Ground was so hard and rocky, I spent hours just with a garden rake getting stones out, it did turn out really well though. So rewarding when I drive by to see the progress.
Yeah you were probably late seeding, but like you said mentioned the weather was so dry, I would have done the same thing. Let the snow do its thing, and patch seed in the spring, or just wait to do another seeding next fall.
No PTO on the back of the Ventrac.
Agreed. I feel like the whole point of the front mount is to not have to drive backward... Not sure the ventrac has the belt drive in the rear.
The ventrac left a great seedbed but i think the best bet for getting a nice level pass would be to run a land leveler over the area
You appear to be in low range with the Ventrac. Did you try it with high range since time was an issue?
Just wanted to say before I even watch that made a nice seed bed. Just based on the thumbnail
If your are not getting the coverage you want from the seed it’s your speed. I would suggest a broadcast seeding before a snow to get better coverage.
Great video. Just curious, will that machine only work one way or could you do rounds instead of driving back to the other end without running it?
Have to go backwards.
Sorry, I did not explain myself properly. What I meant is it looked to me like you were only backing in one direction and then driving forward without running the implement rather than turning around at the end and going backwards running the implement as you go back to the opposite end. Seems to me that takes twice as long as using a headland to turn on and working the ground both ways. Just wondered if going back and forth made some difference in the end result rather than working in only one direction.
@@davidbalvin8112 the roller sticks out on the right side…so intended to overlap on the right.
@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks.
Is that ventrac view of a stone burier tim
Just catching your video. There is a company that makes a "soil conditioner" for the 3 pt on the tractor, that operates in the same manner as the new tool for the Ventrac. I don't remember the name of the manufacturer, but a selective search should yield the appropriate results. They made them for everything from compact tractors to larger tractors, if memory serves me correctly. Might be something that you could look into and utilize if they are available in your area. Todd
Tim do they make one of these in 3pt hitch form?
Not sure. They do in Europe.
That looks like a front mount version of Rotadarion
Yep.
I have a new compact tractor arriving this week. I just wish I could decide the best attachment to deal with a 100 yard long gravel driveway. Box blade, regular blade, land plane. Every video seems to contradict the others.
Well, if forced to choose one, it would be box blade. However, I don’t like box blades much.
@@TractorTimewithTim Thanks for the reply. I have watched a few more videos and I will be getting a box blade. I can't afford to buy all of the attachments I want right now! I bought a Massey Ferguson. I really wanted a Deere but the local Deere shop was recently purchased by a corporation and the service has gone downhill bad. It took 3 trips and almost 4 months for them to fix my wife's 425. The first trip they broke it worse than when I took it in! The same company now owns all of the Deere dealers within an hour drive of me. It is sad. My wife really loves her 1996 425 and loves to mow with it.
Wow, that soil conditioner does an AWESOME job! I wonder if they do, or can, make one for pulling behind a tractor?
I can say after doing a search that Deere and Land Pride both have 3pt soil conditioners/pulverizers. The Ventrac one looks like a smaller version of one I'd spot on a compact track loader.
@@RCPSU4 I looked at the Land Pride one but it looks more like a power rake. The one Tim has here looks more like a tiller combined with a roller?
This is essentially a Rotadarion
I just checked out a video they have on their website about that very product. Rotadairons look very useful. I find it interesting that Deere sells the second roller assembly as a kit for their version. Land Pride doesn't even have it listed on theirs.
You need a mirror on the inside of the roof of the canopy so you can back up with looking forward.
I’m going to guess your uneven height issue is due to that large gearbox on one side with no weight on the other, causing it to dig harder on that side. A simple remedy to try might be to hang a small suitcase weight off of the other side to counter act it. I’m not familiar with the ventrac front mount set up, but does it have a leveling crank like the 3pt mount?
No.
what model is that seeder from woods may need to rent one next spring for a job
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That looks smooth, can you rent a Hydro cedar, are you having friends in landscape Business that has a Hydro seeder, you can pick out your Bluegrass and use whatever mix you want, as you probably know there are some seeds out there that don’t require watering. Like I did it in my backyard on Cedar Lake. You’ll seed that Acreage and a half a day. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
As I've watched the different videos showing how you've been moving and spreading out that big hump, I keep wondering how it would compare, if instead of dragging soil from place to place (using box blades, etc), you used a loader to move the bulk of the soil.
Say, if you had quickly used the disk and tiller just to break the soil up enough to efficiently work it with a loader bucket. Then used a front end loader to grab 1 foot deep loader shovel fulls to move the bulk of it and to do the initial spreading. Only at the very end use a box blade or tiller for final surfacing.
Is a bucket faster at doing the bulk moving and spreading?
I would think it takes time for a box blade to scrape a box full of dirt into the box and then smoothly unload it. The loader on the other hand just quickly scoops up a bucket full and can quickly dump it. Both would take a similar time to actually move the dirt once loaded.
I did a somewhat similar job on my property a little over a month ago. I had about 650 cubic yards (30 tandem truck loads) of fill dumped where the trucks could safely go (50 to 100 feet from where I wanted it in the muddy low area). Then I used my front end loader/bucket on the 1025R to move all of it into the low area and to spread it around. It took me a couple of long (9 hour) days by myself to do it all. I'd estimate 2/3 of my time was focused on final grading (for drainage) & packing, and 1/3 moving and spreading the bulk of the fill.
The moving part of the job was fast enough I could almost keep up with the single dump truck, moving what was dumped before he returned from 2 miles away with the next load.
I plan to add a couple of inches of soil on top next year and to plant grass.
I find it very difficult to keep a level surface with the bucket.
It also takes longer to fill the bucket than to fill the box blade.
Overall, this approach works better for us. The prior episodes show the smoothness of operating the box blade, and how easy it is to distribute the load smoothly.
@@TractorTimewithTim I got fairly good at leveling with the bucket but I think the big difference in what I was doing is I was dealing with freshly dumped fill, making it easy to load into the bucket.
I haven't tried scooping up tilled dirt that has been self packing for years (I don't own a tiller).
With the aftermarket bucket teeth installed, I can dig directly into packed ground, but it is far from easy.
Roll it after seeding it
The stone burrier should hang (float) on the rear roller and the three point linkage and the rear roller should be offset partly over last path to bond into pervious pass. You are going to fast. See the results on turf if you go slowly it will burry it all.
My Stone burier's roller over laps about 20%.
So does this one.