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Execute Initial Grading Passes

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What happens here

The creator starts the EGO lawn tractor and begins driving in circular and overlapping patterns across the cleared area, dragging the weighted chain-link gate behind. The gate effectively levels out ruts and breaks up clods of dirt, preparing the ground for seeding. He mentions that this final process helps level all the ruts and that he should have done it the day he seeded, but 'it is what it is.'

Goal: Level the ground and break up large soil clods using the tractor and drag.

Tools and materials

  • EGO Lawn Tractor with Gate Drag EGO — Actively grading the soil

What they say

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machines, so and green means go. And let's go. And that's my secret weapon right there, but we got to get to our work zone. So, a chain link fence like this is what we grew up using out on the airport. I used to have to uh grade out the runway. My dad was a crop duster. And uh to keep the runway as flat and even as possible, we would use a tractor and a chain link fence. It worked great. Now, we've got seed down right now and I should have done this the day we seeded, but I didn't. It is what it is. But now this final process will level out all the ruts. I mean, it is still rough over here. Oh, hang on back there. Whoop. Hoy ya. Hoy ya. Hoy ya. Oh, man. Come on, baby. Come on, light my fire. Let's get through this crap. Oh. Yeehaw. There we go. This is rougher than a cob, as my dad would say. I almost stick this here. I don't need to Don't hit the tripod. Now, it'll take forever to to do this job with this machine, but that's the point. The point isn't to rush. It's just to enjoy the process. It's fun. It's one of those jobs where you get to When you're done doing it, you get to see your results. And you realize pretty quick that whatever your results are is what you got to live with the rest of your life. Cuz once this grass starts to pull up and get in place, you can't really grade it because the the roots hold everything together. So, now is your chance. It's like that Eminem song, that Mark Wahlberg song. Now is your chance. You got one shot. Don't Don't mess it. This is it. These sons of a Can't make stories like this up. This is cocklebur growing that crap right there, and I had one lady stop my wife, and she's like, "How do you get so much lovely rhubarb growing all over?" That's just funny. I mean, it's not bad. I mean, you don't know. You don't know. Who cares? But, it does look a lot like rhubarb, but I don't think it tastes much like it.

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