Tractor tilling yard

[stryped]

I am tilling large sections of my yard to fix ruts from cars that ran
off the road into my yard.

I am using a small tiller and tractor. What can I do to smooth the
ground after it is tilled before I plant grass seed?

Also, my tiller is not wide enough to cover the tractor tire tracks. Is

this a problem?

[Mike Sloane]

You didn't say what kind of tractor you are using, but most of them can
be offset to one side so that you cover at least one tire track and just
keep working your way over. If not, I wouldn't worry too much about the
tire tracks - just go over them lightly with an iron rake to rough up
the ground.

As far as the finish, if it is too rough for your liking, the old timers
would make a "drag harrow" out of an old iron bed hooked up with some
chain. But since that kind of thing is pretty hard to find these days, a
reasonable substitute can be made out of a 5-6" section of old chain
link fence with the horizontal top bar still attached. If you can't find
such a thing locally, see if a local fence company has something like
that left over from a repair job. It doesn't have to be pretty to do the
job.

Mike

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[stryped]

By the way it is a Mahindra. (Dad's tractor) I also have an old farmall
cub.

To I hhok the fence behind the tiller or take off the tiller and pull
directly behind the tractor? O r I guess I could pull it with the cub?

[Mike Sloane]

I suggest you pull it with the Cub after you are done tilling - you can
do that with the Cub in first gear, while you should be tilling at the
lowest speed of the the Mahindra (which I assume is an Indian version of
a Ferguson, hopefully with a low/high range gear selection). If you
aren't tilling at a very low ground speed, that would explain why you
aren't happy with the end result. A nice slow ground speed will result
in a very flat fine finish that will need no further attention, but if
you try to go too fast, the results will be just a chopped up mess.

Mike