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Ok, 4 acres or so of mowing to do.
For some reason, lawn is VERY bumpy. It physically hurts to be done after several hours on the mower.
So I started thinking about harrowing it spring time, before grass sprouts and, maybe doing it once or twice again through the year. Figure should also level all the beautiful mole mounds..
Question: Has anyone harrowed successfully for leveling a lawn? As in - ridding of bumps in the soil? Tractor supply here has a 6 by 8 harrow for around $400 and I have tech enough to drag it.
What kind of harrow - chain harrow, disc harrow or spike harrow? I've not seen harrows used on lawns, only on hay pastures and crop fields. But then, the soil conditions in my location are likely quite different from what they are like where you are, so who knows?
Chain harrow might work, disc or spike harrows would likely make a mess but I think for an established lawn a roller would be better than even a chain harrow. If I was planning on levelling a lawn without tearing up any sod then a roller is the only thing I'd use.
Here is a conversation in a tractor forum that might help you with ideas, the poster was asking a similar question:
I have a chain harrow, and think it's the wrong tool for the job you want done. They'd work fine if you were smoothing dirt work BEFORE seeding. But you're talking sod now. Chain harrow are extremely flexible, and therefore terrain following. You will in effect perform a very coarse dethatching job.
Unless I attach a flat piece of plywood of same size onto the harrow and load few blocks to keep it dug in. Or, ask buddy to weld me a frame harrow with spikes. So it's rigid.
A harrow will not work. If the problem isn't tree roots, then the best idea would be to use a heavy roller. The degree of moisture in the soil needs to be perfect (not too wet, not completely dry and hard. Other than that, buy a better seat for the riding mower. They should have some sort of springs and a good cushion.
we used to mix dirt and sand, dump it in little piles and then pull a 6 foot length of 2x10 with 1 foot pieces of chain trailing behind attached to small tractor with chains. Go round and round and round.............. Do it spring and fall until you are happy with result. BTW using a disc on established burmuda will work also and will NOT kill the grass. But it takes a real tractor to pull a real disc
What are you going to be pulling it with? You "can" get it smooth, but its going to take a good bit of time to do so. You will have to go over it enough times to bust up all the clods that are going to be left. Our fields were almost always smooth, but they were plowed every year, sometimes twice a year. Some plows also leave a "trench", just the way they work. These were never an issue with us.
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