Leveling a lot of land?

Question

I've got a tractor and was wondering if I could use either the rear blade or rear box blade to level my lot using only the existing soil. There's a few low spots so I figure I could make everything the same level to fill in the lows.

Well the nice thing about the lot i'm putting a home on is that it was previously and still is a field that gets tilled every year and planted etc... so it's always changing to some degree. I've got a ditch behind and in front of me and a house on each side of the lot. I'd like to have the water run off to the back and front of the property towards the ditches. I don't want it running towards the neighbors.

Answer 1

I had a similar situation. I had some top soil brought in to fill the low places, then I used my box scrape to level. It is a little more difficult than I had imagined, I got it done.
Good luck and have fun.

Answer 2

I work in construction and we would never grade land perfectly level. You should try to slope the land very slightly one way or the other to prevent rain from ponding. Pitch the land slightly away from any buildings or driveways. You could crown the land, so water will drain away from the center of the property. A 1 to 2% grade is enough. That is 1-2' of pitch for every 100' of land.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

well if you plan to put a basement under your house you should have plenty of soil to fill in low spots. Just make sure to slope the land away from the house to avoid flooding

Answer 4

Careful, As John says, you want to control where the run-off water goes.
Also in some places you can't change the grade at your boundaries without consulting the neighbors.
If you change the run-off you might make problems for the guy next door.