harrowing/leveling a sand school with a pallet?

[jennywren07]

Im sure ive read somewhere that you can use a pallet to harrow/level a sand school? but ive really no clue how to do it!!

We have a tiny makeshift "school" at our yard I think its just builders sand but it does the job, its deep in some places so we thought we'd try and improve it a bit

any suggestions??!!

 

[Polos Mum]

Pallet or old gate, just tie a tow rope through it and drag it round behind someones car

 

[jennywren07]

prob sounds really daft but which way should the pallet be? so the strips are horizontal to the tow vehicle Im guessing?

Might actually use my old mare do her good to have a job now and then

 

[Dry Rot]

Just about any reasonably heavy bar dragged squarely across the surface like a rake should do the job. You may need to experiment a bit as too light will do nothing and too heavy may move too much sand.

I have just had some ditches deepened and as I'm on sand there was quite a lot of spoil to distribute. I got a nice even surface by dragging an old railway crossing sleeper (about 10 foot long) behind the tractor with a rope tied to each end and a loop in the middle for the tow hitch. Made a lovely job!

 

[Toby_Zaphod]

A pallet in theory should do the job, have the slats at 90 deg to the towing vehicle/horse but you may find you need it to be a bit heavier otherwise it may skip across the surface. You could put a car tyre on top of it to give it a little more weight.

 

[OrangePepper]

It would be very dangerous to use a palate as it could break-up leaving nails in the manage surface that could puncture a horses foot. Don't do it!

 

[JillA]

I tried a pallet on my rubber chips - it just accumulated a whole heap of rubber in front of it. I now use a little 4ft reversible (deep or shallow tines) harrow off ebay

 

[slumdog]

I use a 5bar gate tied to the back of the car. Oh drives the car and I supervise the gate, works really well