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Hi Dean,<br>
I have a 6x8 version of the exact drag you posted. . I've used it to
smooth my gravel driveway, I've used it to smooth our sand arena,
and our paddock and round pen. There were times I had add weight,
200 to 300 lbs so it would deeper. For the paddock and round pen, I
did not need the weight and I could pull it with my garden tractor,
although it worked the crap out of it.For the sand arena I needed
4x4 because of depth of the sand. Depending on your soil type it may
work, but their is no guarantee. IMHO a disc harrow would be better.<br>
<br>
Mike M<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/7/2021 6:32 AM, Dean VP wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What do you guys think of this unit from
Tractor Supply at $259 and then attaching a 4’ heavy plow beam
section at the tail end to create more down pressure due to
added tension and smooth things out a bit after the teeth do
their job? I would then just drag this behind the Garden
Tractor when I mowed. I don’t think the drag rake by itself
would do the job but adding the heavy plow beam at the tail
end might help quite a bit. A longer tow chain might reduce
the tendency to lift the front of the drag harrow too. Worst
case one could add weight on top but I don’t see how that
weight gets distributed very well with a chain drag. See URL
Link below:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/yard-tuff-4-ft-x-4-ft-heavy-duty-drag-harrow"
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<p class="MsoNormal">This can be purchased elsewhere for $239
but then $70 to $80 freight is added. At $259 at TSC is gets
delivered to the store. That is only 7 ½ miles away for me.
Haven’t found anything that beats that yet.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PS, I was thinking of pulling my water
filled barrel roller behind this to push the loosened rock
back into the ground but that is too heavy and cumbersome I
think <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI
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good going down hill. <span style="font-family:"Segoe
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] Pasture drag, rake, ???<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">One thing there is no shortage of here is
tractors. They range from Garden Tractors, to Compact
Tractors to a 720 Diesel John Deere. I do have about a 12’
section of pretty heavy channel iron that I use to level dirt
but since it is ridged I don’t think it would work very good
in the pasture, but I suppose if I went in enough directions
it might get most of the mounds. Maybe I could just drag it
behind the Garden Tractor every time I mow. I don’t see how
it could make things worse. Hmmm, I’m starting to warm up to
this idea. Maybe I could attach some weights to it too. Need
to see if the messes up the mowing that the channel iron has
been drug over before I get to mowing it. Wonder if there is
a way to offset it. Hmmmm, this could get intelesting. May
not work if it drags the loose clippings too much. What if I
just drug a heavy beam the width of the mower deck. That
would at least knock down the Mole and Pocket Gopher mounds a
bit. At least doing it the same time I mow would eliminate
duplicate trips over the field. Intelesting. Could drag a
drag a 4’ wide 8’ long section drag harrow behind while mowing
too. Need to have something that weighs enough to not bounce
around on top.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dean VP<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You likely do not a big enough tractor.
This what we did when we moved a house across the hay meadow
in winter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We were left with deep ruts. The truck
bogged down for two weeks. Finally got truck and house out
in on the pad.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We had huge massy Ferguson tractor and a
30 foot length of heavy railroad rail with a loop of heavy
chain welded to both ends. Hooked the tractor to the center
of the chain and drug it over the ruts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">It filled
the ruts and leveled it flat as a board.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That one looks very similar to the
one I spent many an hour dragging <br>
around the farm as a teenager - ours resembled two of
these (12' wide) <br>
ganged together. My dad believed it did an adequate
job...<br>
<br>
Mark J<br>
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On 5/4/2021 11:39 PM, Dean VP wrote:<br>
> Here is one that looks interesting. Not sure if it
has adequate pin density<br>
><br>
> <a
href="https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/loyal-drag-harrow-6-ft-x-8-ft"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/loyal-drag-harrow-6-ft-x-8-ft</a><br>
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> Dean VP<br>
> Snohomish, WA 98290<br>
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of
ignorance, and gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is
the equal sharing of misery."<br>
> ..Winston Churchill...<br>
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Pasture drag, rake, ???<br>
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> Spencer,<br>
><br>
> That is it. Drag or chain harrow is the name that
seems to work here too. Haven't found a single used one
for sale yet. Tractor Supply and Northern Tool have
some that might be worth looking at. I wonder if the
rental yards have them. That would be a way to test to
see how it works before purchasing.<br>
><br>
> Dean VP<br>
> Snohomish, WA 98290<br>
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of
ignorance, and gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is
the equal sharing of misery."<br>
> ..Winston Churchill...<br>
><br>
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Pasture drag, rake, ???<br>
><br>
> Drag harrow is what I think they’re called mainly
around the country. I hear “chain harrow” around here
more frequently. It’s probably your only option if
you’re trying your best not to disturb more than an inch
or two down and also not kill half your grass.<br>
><br>
> I can’t even think of anything else that would do
the job yet also leave stones unturned.<br>
><br>
> I use it after disking to create a better seed bed
and also in my pasture to de-thatch and scarify the
surface after plugging but before fertilizing, seeding
and spreading compost.<br>
><br>
> PS: this is the type of implement that people
often buy for a single reseeding project and then
resell. I’ll bet some chain harrows have had dozens of
owners. So check Craigslist.<br>
><br>
> Spencer<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone<br>
><br>
>> On May 4, 2021, at 6:33 PM, Dean VP <<a
href="mailto:deanvp@att.net" moz-do-not-send="true">deanvp@att.net</a>>
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>><br>
>> I have 6 acres that I mow with my Garden
tractor 3 of which is a<br>
>> pasture on a slope which at one time had horses
on it. Now I try to<br>
>> keep the pasture looking nice by mowing it with
my Garden Tractor<br>
>> albeit at a slightly higher cut than the rest
of the regular lawn. The<br>
>> last couple of years the pasture has gotten
really rough from multiple<br>
>> sources including our not so friendly Moles and
pocket gophers. There<br>
>> are several old growth stumps buried in the
pasture which was well<br>
>> done except will the dirt fill occurs it
doesn't completely fill all<br>
>> around the stump down below. So over time and
our incessant rain some<br>
>> settling occurs and even some small occur. I
try to fill the gaps<br>
>> with dirt as I find them but each year 2 or 3
more show up. So bottom<br>
>> line is the pasture has gotten rough and beats
the crap out of me when I mow it. I would like to use a
tool to try to smooth it out a bit and<br>
>> thatching the grass mat in places would not be
a bad thing. But our soil<br>
>> is terrible and at best could described as
glacial till filled with various<br>
>> sized rocks. So I really don't want to disturb
the rocks too much since I<br>
>> have to mow it later. So I want to smooth the
soil out, not disturb it too<br>
>> much. Known as a quandary.<br>
>><br>
>> I'm thinking about acquiring pasture rake or
drag with short teeth on<br>
>> it to work the top couple inches or so and try
to smooth out the mole and gopher<br>
>> mounds which I have manually knocked down a bit
prior to mowing, I have no<br>
>> experience with a pasture type rake. I have
experience with a spiked<br>
>> toothed drag we used on the farm in NW Iowa.
But that was used to<br>
>> smooth out loose ground in preparation for
planting corn or soy<br>
>> beans. That isn't what I need. I think I need
maybe 4 4' square<br>
>> flexible sections that can flex with the
varying terrain and catch the<br>
>> low as well as high spots. I think I can pull
an 8' 8' unit with my 20<br>
>> to 22 HP Garden tractors. I'm more concerned
about traction but I can<br>
>> put chains on if necessary. I'm thinking I
would want to take several<br>
>> passes at various different directions. And
hopefully I could use this same implement to dethatch
the rest of the lawn.<br>
>><br>
>> Some of you surely have experience with
something like what I need.<br>
>> What do I need? What are it's critical
attributes? Where do I buy it?<br>
>> I do live in Horse country so there are a few
stores that cater to<br>
>> horse owners and of course I have Tractor
Supply, Lowes, Home Dept,<br>
>> Grainger, etc. and ???/<br>
>><br>
>> I'm looking forward to being educated.<br>
>><br>
>> Dean VP<br>
>> Snohomish, WA 98290<br>
>> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the
creed of ignorance, and<br>
>> gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the
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>> ..Winston Churchill...<br>
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