Working Your ATC

[StinkerBean]

I need to do some land leveling at our ranch and wondering if my ATC 185s would be able to pull a DIY drag harrow around a bunch of sandy soil. Any of you guys tried this with your ATC?

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[shortline10]

I use a chain link fence style grade that’s weighted with my 250sx all the time . It definitely runs hotter but does the job just fine .

[StinkerBean]

I use a chain link fence style grade that’s weighted with my 250sx all the time . It definitely runs hotter but does the job just fine .

Thanks, what do you use as weight on the fence?

[shortline10]

Thanks, what do you use as weight on the fence?


Just a few half cinder blocks zip tied , you have to move them around to find the sweet spots .

[StinkerBean]

Thanks man.

[El Camexican]

Yo Stinker, how far are you from Laredo?

I used a 4’ wide 4” X 4” x 1/4” Angle Iron on a hitch and wired some concrete blocks to it. If I was gonna do it again, I would not make the angle iron any wider than the tires, because it gets caught on trees and things, and I would fabricate some block trays to it.

Send some photos of your progress.

[StinkerBean]

Yo Stinker, how far are you from Laredo?

I used a 4’ wide 4” X 4” x 1/4” Angle Iron on a hitch and wired some concrete blocks to it. If I was gonna do it again, I would not make the angle iron any wider than the tires, because it gets caught on trees and things, and I would fabricate some block trays to it.

Send some photos of your progress.

Ranch is about an hour away from Laredo, it's in Hebbronville. Think I'm going to try and use some of the welded steel wire cattle panels I have sitting out there. Since it's really sandy I don't think it will need much weight on top of the panels. Might add some t-post to keep from bouncing around. I'll post pics next weekend when I give it a try.

[El Camexican]

Ranch is about an hour away from Laredo, it's in Hebbronville. Think I'm going to try and use some of the welded steel wire cattle panels I have sitting out there. Since it's really sandy I don't think it will need much weight on top of the panels. Might add some t-post to keep from bouncing around. I'll post pics next weekend when I give it a try.

Nice! I hope your tires survive the task, looks like there’s a lot of thorns in that area.

[StinkerBean]

Yeah there is, I have some multi-seal tire sealant in them so hopefully it helps.

[Scootertrash]

I do about the same as shortline and El, but I use a gate from an old chain link fence style kennel with 2-4 6 inch concrete blocks spaced appropriately.

[StinkerBean]

Thanks, waiting on the hitch I ordered to hopefully get here on time before I head out. If it doesn't arrive in time would there be any issues if I pulled it using the grab bar?

[El Camexican]

Thanks, waiting on the hitch I ordered to hopefully get here on time before I head out. If it doesn't arrive in time would there be any issues if I pulled it using the grab bar?

Probably make it harder to turn

[StinkerBean]

ETA on the hitch is Friday. Leaving Friday to the ranch in the evening so hopefully it arrives before then.

[shortline10]

You can always tie a short strap around the carrier , tying it to the grab bar puts it at a bad angle an like El said it will be hard to control steering

[StinkerBean]

You can always tie a short strap around the carrier , tying it to the grab bar puts it at a bad angle an like El said it will be hard to control steering

Thanks for this. I was wondering if that would be ok to do without causing any damage to something.

[ctk]

Will you please tell me about riding in texas. Im looking for some real information. Feel free to private message me
thank you

[StinkerBean]

To be completely honest I don't do any riding other than around my neighborhood and out at the ranch. Really can't provide much info on riding in Texas. Where I live there is nowhere to really ride and have fun.

[StinkerBean]

Here is what I came up with and put to use this past weekend. It worked pretty good but not great. I don't think the 185 would be able to pull anything heavier due to the soft sandy soil. Wasn't able to get everything done but planning on going back for round two.

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Here is a pic of what the area looked liked after the dozer work and after I dragged it. In the first pic you really can't see how uneven the soil was but it was pretty bad. We had to remove and cut down roots first then I used the drag.

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[shortline10]

Good job !

[StinkerBean]

Love this machine.

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