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Operating the Ventrac for Rock Clearing

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She's Tired of picking up rocks! So we put this little tractor to work!

What happens here

The farmer actively demonstrates the rock-clearing process. He operates the Ventrac tractor, showing how the rear landscape rake, angled behind the tractor, loosens the soil and pulls rocks and organic debris into neatly defined windrows. Following this, he maneuvers the Ventrac to utilize the front landscape rake, which acts like a mini bulldozer to push these gathered windrows into larger, more manageable piles. The video showcases various angles of the operation, including aerial views that highlight the transformation of the rough, rock-strewn terrain into a much smoother, prepped surface. The effectiveness of having both rakes working in tandem is clearly visible.

Goal: Efficiently rake and consolidate rocks and debris into piles.

Tools and materials

  • Front Landscape Rake Ventrac — Pushing debris into piles
  • Hearing Protection — Protecting ears from machinery noise
  • Rear Landscape Rake Ventrac — Loosening soil and forming windrows
  • Ventrac 4500Y Tractor Ventrac — Driving and operating the rakes

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[Applause] [Music] [Applause] alright guys you can see right there the sun's going down on Appalachia and I got my best good helper here with me with big smiles on all the way up here did you park this right here yeah so guys you can see we've taken all the rocks and debris and there's still a few rocks out here we'll have to handpick some of these well we're gonna go back and forth with the rake it's probably gonna take me another 4 hours tomorrow I've been out here for about three hours now but you can see it went from the surface of the Moon all rough and rocky to smooth and nice and you can see one of the piles I pulled it up here on top of this pile just to park and stuff what we'll do after this is we'll come in and we'll spread some seed so this little landscape rake and little Reiki Bobby on the back there makes an awesome seed bed so I'll come up here and I'll spread some grass seed down some fescue and some annual rye grass and a little bit of millet millet takes better in the dry time of year it's the wet time of year now but it's going to be in the dry time probably June July so when you're spreading seed in the springtime or the summer time you need to put down something that is heat and drought tolerant if we put the millet down the millet will take and it will shade the fescue the perennial grass and the

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