HughBetcha
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I have an 8 acre field that I need to recreate from scratch, I would like to scrape off the top 6 inches of grass/roots/soil and grade the subsoil to give me the desired slope for good drainage and general workability. That done I would have many large piles of material consisting of small rocks grass root mat, grass and all that wonderful topsoil that I want to then compost, clean up add amendments as needed etc. and then put back in place. What type of equipment would I need to process said piles? Would a pto driven tub grinder help? Would the not quite small stones destroy the grinder before I even got started? Am I insane for even thinking of doing this?
I figure scraping to the subsoil and creating piles of grass mat and top soil would be easy enough with a blade, pushing the piles around and turning them would be a loaders job. If I can keep them wet and maybe add a composting excelerent do I have any hope of making an awesome field over a month or so of very hard labor intensive work?
Any input would be greatly appreciated
Thanks, Hugh Betcha
I figure scraping to the subsoil and creating piles of grass mat and top soil would be easy enough with a blade, pushing the piles around and turning them would be a loaders job. If I can keep them wet and maybe add a composting excelerent do I have any hope of making an awesome field over a month or so of very hard labor intensive work?
Any input would be greatly appreciated
Thanks, Hugh Betcha