deal with an acre of graval

frog2000 · Sep 4, 2022

A bit over an acre of land I bought is covered in gravel/dirt mix by the previous owner. I'm trying to get rid of the gravel or at least bury so it will grow grass and not be a dust bowl. I also need to level it out some.

I have a Ford 3600 and I'm thinking I can get a moldboard plow to bury the gravel. Would this work? If not how do I get rid of the gravel?

Rag-packer · Sep 4, 2022

Hello Frog. If the gravel is plowed under it will work it's way up to the surface over time. I would use my box blade and scrape it into piles then pick it up and haul it out.

E.B. Haymakin' · Sep 4, 2022

if you have access to a loader maybe you could sell it. In the Mobile, Al area #57 limestone gravel is $45 a ton off the barges at the port. With cost of fuel it may not be worth it, but check around to see what value it may have. I agree with the box blade. That would be my go to implement. A loader would be helpful to push a larger pile up. If you push up a pile with a blade just be careful, I have done it before I purchased a front end loader-dirt only.

flying belgian · Sep 5, 2022

An acre is not that much. I would try and
scrape it up somehow.

paul · Sep 6, 2022

As others, I would try to scrape 3/4 off, make a pile, and have the gravel as a resource. Mixing in the residue would
be much easier then.

Fella had some fill dumped in a low spot. Never grew much in that 1/4 acre spot. But the free fill was gravely and
now it doesnt hold water, but still doesnt grow anything. The gravel just doesnt mix in well, even with full tillage a
few years now.

Paul

redforlife · Sep 7, 2022

If the layer of gravel isn't to deep, I'd
try to shave it off and pile it.

After it is piled (especially if it's
mostly gravel), you could sell it to anyone
that is going to build up a road or
driveway. Someone doing that isn't going to
care that it has some dirt in it. If they
are building a driveway or road up, they
are going to put a layer of rock on top of
the dirt anyways. The fact that the dirt
fill has some rock in it, is actually what
they'd want anyways for something like
that.
Or, it could be feathered onto any existing
rock road. Around here, there are lots of
dirt roads that don't have any rock on
them, and a few rock roads that don't get
rocked anymore and are short on rock.
So, what you end up with in the pile, would
be a useful material to somebody. Might
take awhile to have the pile dis-appear.

If you don't want to do this yourself, talk
to somebody that has a dump truck and deals
in rock, fill sand, and dirt. They might
not only be able to help you get rid of it,
but they may even scrape it off for you if
you let them have it.

Traditional Farmer · Sep 8, 2022

If its like my area grass will grow right up thru the gravel but won't if the ground has been poisoned.In that case removing the gravel will do more harm than good.

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