landlevellers DIY!!

[Treemover]

I guess the diy is the best bit. Im thinking of making up a small landleveller for my 35hp tractor for lawns. We have a 9ft already on the farm, its a standard Irish one, that everyone has or has copied, and I was never really a fan.

Taafe make a lump of a leveller, but its concept I like as it encourages soil to move, = less drag = less fuel +traction or rutting; but also better levelling. Spoke to a few that ran one and they said it was a super thing, but heavy.
I recently saw a Malone version on donedeal. its sort of works the opposite in how it moves soil, but it looks a neater set up. And that can be important as I load all the stuff onto a 16ft nugent as I travel to different sites.

 

[Flat 10]

What are these implements for? (I can guess from the name) but is just to create a level surface for grass seed? Never seen one except in pictures. Look the very antithesis of what one should aim to do to soil. And what do they do that a power harrow doesn’t?

 

[james ds]

What are these implements for? (I can guess from the name) but is just to create a level surface for grass seed? Never seen one except in pictures. Look the very antithesis of what one should aim to do to soil. And what do they do that a power harrow doesn’t?

They drag soil and fill holes , and firm down soil , power harrow level a bit but won’t drag enough to fill holes

 

[Dry Rot]

I've been thinking of something like that for some time. But it seems to me, the rear tractor wheels are the pivot point and when your front wheels are down, in a hollow, the leveller is going to be up -- and vice versa. You really want your level to stay, well, level! Does that make sense? I use the underside of the bucket on the loader to level, but this action is even worse.

 

[Treemover]

Dry Rot; your right, the longer the better. A hydraulic top link in float or else a trailer one.
A few years ago I came across a thing called a landmaster.

 

[puppet]

We made one 40 years ago with 5 angle irons across and just used the weight to drag it around on the 3 point linkage. It followed the contours and you just kept an eye on not dragging too much soil with the excess dropping into hollows and wheel ruts. Left quite a good tilth but also some firmer spots. .

 

[milkloss]

What are these implements for? (I can guess from the name) but is just to create a level surface for grass seed? Never seen one except in pictures. Look the very antithesis of what one should aim to do to soil. And what do they do that a power harrow doesn’t?

like said above.... they fill holes to level the ground. A power Harrow does this too but leaves a nice looking fluffy finish which slumps. Nothing will replace rolling tight between levelling operations whatever tool you use.

 

[Flat 10]

I would use a Dutch (or level) Harrow myself. I couldn’t understand why in the video he was straight on plough? Surely best after a PH pass to give you tilth to use?

 

[milkloss]

Looked like over wintered ploughing to me so it smashed up pretty nice.

 

[Mouser]

I've been thinking of something like that for some time. But it seems to me, the rear tractor wheels are the pivot point and when your front wheels are down, in a hollow, the leveller is going to be up -- and vice versa. You really want your level to stay, well, level! Does that make sense? I use the underside of the bucket on the loader to level, but this action is even worse.

That's what draft control is for. It senses compression on top link and raises linkage to reduce it. Same with tension to drop it when nose drops so in theory running constant ground pressure. Very clever when you get it set up right.

 

[jd24]

We dragged an steel I beam on the rear of our Cambridge roller which seemed to do a similar job. I find these levellers are just another piece of kit which you can achieve the same results with other normal methods. I doubt it would work well on our clay soil.

 

[RushesToo]

When I read land leveller I thought it was this

https://twitter.com/x/status/1268262219701075969

 

[jd24]

I've seen those laser levels on school project when they are building the playing fields.. Looks very boring. Seen some that have a scraper and a hopper of topsoil or sand.

 

[james ds]

I've been thinking of something like that for some time. But it seems to me, the rear tractor wheels are the pivot point and when your front wheels are down, in a hollow, the leveller is going to be up -- and vice versa. You really want your level to stay, well, level! Does that make sense? I use the underside of the bucket on the loader to level, but this action is even worse.

No it doesn’t work that way , with the lift arms set at the bottom they have plenty of play to go with the ground , they can’t lift the leveler if the front wheels drop, I set the lift arms in the slot position where the lift rods attach to the lift arms , this allows everything to float , I use a 13 ft wide leveler . Does a great job.

 

[Digester Man]

Land leveller is an excellent tool for reseeding grassland when used in ideal conditions. We did a 90 acre field with a 4 metre version in perfect conditions and it is still lovely and level 5 years on. When we reseeded this field again we simply burned it off and direct drilled the new seed and we have just taken a great first cut off it.

More recently, we did some reseeding work instead using a Cambridge roller with paddle boards and didn't use the trusty old land leveller and it's not turned out anywhere near as nice. It'll need ploughed when it's due for reseeding and I'll be insisting it's done with the land leveller this time.

It's a handy tool to have and can be used to fix problem areas in fields after the digger has been in, also very good at firming the ground.

 

[nick...]

There is a clip currently on face book of land levelling with a bulldozer track dragged behind a tractor with a frame inside it holding it in an A shape.the track is on its side and flexes in work.doing a great job too
Nick...

 

[JackoTS90]

This is what you need. Very common in NZ.
@Kiwi Pete @kiwi pom would know what they are.

Scimitar Heavy Duty Land Levellers - AGTEC Machinery

Varying in width from 3m to 8m, with Heavy Duty Frames these have transport wheel systems that are hydraulically operated. To improve the versatility of these machines, tines can be added which are adjusted manually or hydraulically. Scimitar can build the Leveller just for you, there is no such...

agtec.co.nz

We usually tow a 6m version with vaddy rollers behind. Do a mint job with two passes on relative land. 3 to 4 on real heavy land. We commonly fill surface drains with ours too. Being trailed they follow the ground much better and are less interrupted by what the tractor is going over. Awesome things. Very versatile.

 

[robin banks]

I made heavy one from railway tracks. You set top link that front is off the ground by 2 inches. I think its brilliant job. No wearing parts costs very little to build. Have reseeded a few fields on a farm with it and big disc harrow. Then one field the harrow wouldn't fit through gate. So just gave the ploughed marly clay ground 4 runs of the leveller spread grass seed and rolled. Couldn't see any difference to where was harrowed.
Land levellers do a great job levelling stone where a digger can just do a rough job then few runs of leveller. Much faster way then having digger man try to get a perfect finish.
Also use mine on gravel roads. Few runs back and forth cuts the grassy middle out and a lot of time you only need half the stone you taught you did

 

[Dry Rot]

No it doesn’t work that way , with the lift arms set at the bottom they have plenty of play to go with the ground , they can’t lift the leveler if the front wheels drop, I set the lift arms in the slot position where the lift rods attach to the lift arms , this allows everything to float , I use a 13 ft wide leveler . Does a great job.

I find the back of the bucket on the loader works, but nothing seems to work well. I don't have a leveller to attach to the lift arms. Believe me, I have thought about this problem. Not only do I have rabbits but three German shepherds who spend their time trying to dig them out! I have some huge holes only filled by carting in soil.