[Shop-talk] Riding mower plus?

[Peter J. Thomas]

I'm from New England also; I know rocks.  For 1/3 of 1/4 acre, 1/12 of 
an acre, 3000 square feet, I'd rent a roto-tiller for the weekend.  Turn 
the area and pick out the rocks, raking out the small stuff.  Then turn 
in the manure/soil.  Then, like others have said, push mower are cheap 
and engines are easy to replace.  Mine is on it's 4th engine, because of 
New England rocks.

On 9/5/2019 1:51 PM, jamesf--- via Shop-talk wrote:
> I have about 1/4 acre of land to take care of. 2/3 is mowable green 
> stuff, 1/3 is rocks. Rather than give $4500 to a landscaper to remove 
> the rocks and plant grass I figured I could buy a machine and DIY it 
> and come out with something nicer.
>
> I need to rake the rocks out of the subsoil that was replaced when I 
> had the sewer pipe put in. This is New England so there are a lot of 
> rocks but none bigger than my head.
>
> I need to spread topsoil or manure over that area.
>
> I need to dig a few 8" x 48" holes for deck expansion footings.
>
> I need to mow the grass.
>
> Is there a machine that will do all this? I can find a riding mower, 
> or a big PTO tractor, but it seems I need something in the middle. 
> Riding mower with rake and then just rent the hole auger? Does such a 
> machine exist?
>
> thanks,
> jim
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