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Initial Soil Mixing and Spreading

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How the PRO'S Grow a lawn From Scratch. Plus MISTAKES! Finish!

What happens here

Begin by starting the Bobcat S185 Skid Steer Loader. Use the power rake, specifically the Stanley + Dirt Monkey Force SR3 Command Series model, to incorporate the existing soil with any new topsoil you've brought in. The objective is to achieve a uniform mix, avoiding distinct layers or 'stratification'. Control the depth of the tines to dig into the soil, and operate the machine by moving back and forth across the area. When backing up, slightly lift or 'feather' the power rake to prevent creating unwanted piles of dirt.

Goal: Thoroughly mix existing soil and new topsoil

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat S185 Skid Steer Loader Bobcat — Operating the power rake and moving soil

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let's do a bit of a ride-along you guys while we're riding along i'll explain a few things one of the things we're going to do next is fold that black dirt in right in front of us into the grade but i was very careful not to say into the upper layer because really what we're trying to do is just incorporate the whole thing together we're not looking for any stratification we really want to bring everything together and we do not want layers so we're just going to work it i mean it's we're just gonna work it one way we're gonna work it another way we're gonna also use the tines this might be a great spot for you guys to see how these tines work hope they work better if i hit the auxiliary button yep a little green light canes go so i can control how deep i actually right now i'm digging kind of deep don't want it deep bring it up but i've also got on this attachment i've got a front rake to work with and i've got a back rake and i say it like that because it's easy when you're in the very first stages of learning this thing it's easy to go wait a minute why do i got that pile at the end of a run well maybe because like right now i'm just leaving my back break down i'm not feathering or floating anything and what happens is i get a pile that was my fault now if i feather it or float it as i'm backing up i eliminate that but i don't mind having files right now what i'm doing is i'm folding this all together so i'm taking piles now what we used to have to do in the old days before we had cool attachments like this or other things when we were out grating on a site is we would have to feather the dirt carrying feather because we can't compact it that's one of the things that we really gotta touch base on is you can't compact this dirt if you compact this dirt if you drive over it with a truck if you've done anything like that then everything that we've done up to this point in the video has been for nothing

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