There's no such thing as a stupid question - only the one that isn't asked. Ok, there are some stupid questions about but I've never seen any from you.
Fair point about penetration - wood splits easiest when the blows come from parallel with the grain of the wood but that's no use when trying to fell a tree from the side. An angle is just the compromise.
I've helped out towing lorries & cars at events where the parking was on old permanent pasture. Afterwards I just pulled a chain harrow & flat roller over the ruts & within a couple of months they had mostly been filled in by the earthworms. The ability of healthy soil to repair itself is great. Obviously this is going to need a bit of help to level the ground out afterwards...
I like the rear harrows on my Claydon as they pull a bit of soil about to help level the fields. The only uneven bits now are where they dropped lumps of soil & trash on the headlands where I lift out. I don't miss sprayer ruts 2 feet deep!
Fair point about penetration - wood splits easiest when the blows come from parallel with the grain of the wood but that's no use when trying to fell a tree from the side. An angle is just the compromise.
I've helped out towing lorries & cars at events where the parking was on old permanent pasture. Afterwards I just pulled a chain harrow & flat roller over the ruts & within a couple of months they had mostly been filled in by the earthworms. The ability of healthy soil to repair itself is great. Obviously this is going to need a bit of help to level the ground out afterwards...
I like the rear harrows on my Claydon as they pull a bit of soil about to help level the fields. The only uneven bits now are where they dropped lumps of soil & trash on the headlands where I lift out. I don't miss sprayer ruts 2 feet deep!