Land plane?

Has anyone used a land plane outside of river bottom or delta type places? I've got some ridges and old dead furrows and remains of old ruts etc etc in many of the fields I farm. I haven't had much luck with any of my traditional disc, chisel plow, field cultivator, or other ground working tools I've got making my problems much better regardless of angles or soil conditions. I'm trying to shift toward more no-till but need to get some of these uneven places fixed first. I've wondered if a land plane would help. Does anyone have experience with one, and if so would you recommend it for the problems I've tried to describe? Thanks in advance.

I used one at a friends place.  They use it for leveling the yard after rutting it up with trucks in the spring thaw.  Worked good and I would imagine it would do well for your application too.

I used one 35yrs ago to even out old dead furrows. Seemed to work. Takes a lot of driving around. Can't do it all in one pass.

If you’ve already decided field to no-til, then land plane might be a non-tillage way. Maybe try using a dirt scraper during ex/crop months when earth work can be completed & winter freezing/thawing can help diminish any compaction sins. A filled scraper is heavy & becomes a great “grade” machine, by pulling it over ridges & using its blade to peel off ridges that it pushes into low areas. This dirt scraper grader concept works equally well whether it’s a 4wd400hp-12yd and/or a 2wd50hp-3yd setup....
If light tillage is still an option, then other possibilities open up?
I’ve had excellent field leveling results using an older heavy built 24’ harrogator pulled at 8-9mph with AC 7060. Tractor’s 18.4-38’s drawbar height allows harrogator to pitch slightly upward on its leading angle iron bar & spikes which in turn loads-up loose tilled soil from ridge, dragging it across, & spreading soil into low areas. Be extremely aggressive on travel direction angles across ridges(10-20degrees off from perpendicular). High travel speed (8-9mph)allows better spread distances. Just give harrogator enough time(angle,distance,speed) to mostly empty out of soil before it encounters next ridge for filling up again.
Properly setup, harrogator’s wheels are set on “float”, not completely up. At float, it’s whole weight is dragging 5 rows of spikes. If it does overload with soil, then tractor’s hydraulic lever quickly raises over a low area. Don’t raise it while turning.

Edited by AC7060IL - 20 Aug 2022 at 12:19pm

I’m kinda looking to get smoother fields to. I don’t think iv ever seen one of those things in that video Dave posted.that’s pretty neat 

Most of the smaller units do not have wheels and are maybe 4-5 ft long for stability.... There are a few that have wheels and are somewhat longer for bigger jobs, without being as large as the photos Dave had..