Field Rollers - any recommends?

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In the past have paid local contractor to come and roll my field (approx 3.5 acres) but I find that the timing of the job suits him because he is so busy and maybe not done when the conditions are right. Last time he came and rolled the field when the ground too hard so it was pointless.

Can anyone recommend type and where to get a field roller that can have water added to it that would be towable behind a 4x4?

Thanks in advance
 
Ebay.
Agricultural machinery dealers.
Fleming.

There were two or three in the Dingwall Sale today (Easter Ross). If buying second hand, make sure they haven't been left in the frost with water in them as the seams split when the water freezes! Expect to pay £600 - £1,200 s/h for a 10ft roller. Is it really worth it for 3.5 acres? Just harrow and leave it to Nature? I've a heavy roller but seldom use it.
 
Dry Rot said:
Ebay.
Agricultural machinery dealers.
Fleming.

There were two or three in the Dingwall Sale today (Easter Ross). If buying second hand, make sure they haven't been left in the frost with water in them as the seams split when the water freezes! Expect to pay £600 - £1,200 s/h for a 10ft roller. Is it really worth it for 3.5 acres? Just harrow and leave it to Nature? I've a heavy roller but seldom use it.
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Our two have big feet and although we try to preserve the ground over the winter, this year it needs rolled. Got away with it last year just harrowing but this year, don't think that will work. I could perhaps ask the local farmer if he would mind but he is so busy that I don't like to impose too much. I know if seems daft as it will only get used once a year. Had seen online some of the 6ft rollers which I had wondered about but they are not so heavy so not sure how good a job they would do.
 
We have a logic ballast roller so it's 1.5m wide and can be filled with water to make it heavier although you struggle to shift it when empty anyway.
Have a look on eBay or preloved, they occasionally come up there.
 
Spottyappy said:
I recently purchased one of these for my clay 3 1/2 acre field:
http://www.mowerwarehouse.co.uk/acatalog/AGRI-FAB_48__TOW_BEHIND_LAWN_ROLLER_45-0269.html
Harrowed it then rolled it in the brief windw of dryness two weeks ago.
It did a perfect job. However,I managed to sheer a bolt off,somehow,so currently couldn't use it even if it dried up.
I woud recommend it for the job it did,and its perfect for the smaller fields.
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Spottyappy,
OH wants to know what you used to tow it?
Thanks
 
Spottyappy said:
I recently purchased one of these for my clay 3 1/2 acre field:
http://www.mowerwarehouse.co.uk/acatalog/AGRI-FAB_48__TOW_BEHIND_LAWN_ROLLER_45-0269.html
Harrowed it then rolled it in the brief windw of dryness two weeks ago.
It did a perfect job. However,I managed to sheer a bolt off,somehow,so currently couldn't use it even if it dried up.
I woud recommend it for the job it did,and its perfect for the smaller fields.
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I have one of these too for a muddy field and it was ok. It comes with a pin hitch but we changed it for a ball hitch ourselves. It was ideal as I could empty it out of water and stick it in a trailer and take it elsewhere(transportable). Downside is it has bent the bars from the mud (if your fields get too sticky then the mud will build up I used a spade to shift it I found I had to roll when the ground was a bit damp otherwise it wasnt heavy enough). Also it wasnt heavy enough. ie for doing around trashed water troughs and gateways that are really rutted. If you are at home I would try to pick up a second hand heavier duty concrete type roller ie off ebay. I did find a chain harrow would do just a good job to break up ruts. I think you can fill it with sand which may have made it heavier. For what it is its good value. I used a 4x4 freelander and then quad.
 
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