What do people use to pull an arena leveller?

[nmilner]

We will hopefully soon be having an arena/manege installed and this started me thinking about what to use to pull the leveller? I'm guessing the options range from ride on mower all the way up to a full sized tractor but as the arena will be the standard 20mx40m size becomes a factor. I'd be grateful to find out what people with similar size arenas use?

 

[Auslander]

A Toyota Rav 4!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Ancient SORN'd Shogun!

 

[TheMule]

My car

 

[eggs]

20 x 40 arena and I use a quad bike - which is also used for loads of other things

 

[nmilner]

I had never thought of a car as an option (that's 3 so far). Isn't it a bit tight in a 20 x 40m arena for a car?

 

[hock]

Quad, lawn mower or a navara. I just use a Cambridge roller though not a grader.

 

[Dave's Mam]

A horse?

 

[Akkalia1]

I've used both a ride on tractor mower and a quad for both grading and rolling.

 

[silv]

Quadbike

 

[nmilner]

I've used both a ride on tractor mower and a quad for both grading and rolling.

Does it need to be a 4WD tractor mower or do you reckon a standard 2WD mower would work ok?

 

[scats]

My Rav 4.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Does it need to be a 4WD tractor mower or do you reckon a standard 2WD mower would work ok?

What's your surface?

 

[CMcC]

I have used ride on mower in the past. one was a disaster and got stuck - quite light Husqvana the heavier Westwood was OK, not great. Now use my Suzuki Jimny which does a great job.

 

[catembi]

I have sand & fibre surface & a 6ft grader. I have a 2WD 300cc Kawasaki & tbh it struggles. I could really do with upgrading to a 400cc 4WD but I'd never had a quad before & didn't know where to start. It's okay when I start grading, but when I go over the bits I've already done, it gets bogged down & can't manage once the surface is fluffed up. It is also stalling when hot & refusing to restart so all in all I'm a bit cross with it! It is probably also a bit cross with me, to be fair, because the grader is slightly too much for it.

 

[Tiddlypom]

The Honda peeps told me that I'd need the beefiest 4x4 quad they sold to reliably tow an arena leveller, so a quad remains a pipe dream. My surface is sand and ribber. A fibre surface would have more drag.

 

[Lady Jane]

Quadbike with Arenamate leveller

 

[Akkalia1]

Does it need to be a 4WD tractor mower or do you reckon a standard 2WD mower would work ok?

Oh, I'm not too sure, I think ours was a 4WD.

The quad that I currently use though I just keep it in 2WD while doing both the grading and rolling, however my surface is sand/fibre topped with automotive fibre and the grader really just tickles the surface topper to even it out, I don't want it going down in to the sand. If you're needing to do more heavy duty grading you might need 4WD.

 

[ycbm]

I have used a horse, a 2wd small ride on lawnmower and a Toyota pickup on a 30x40 and they all worked fine.
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[tatty_v]

We use the ride on mower and a custom leveller that is a bit smaller and lighter (and cheaper!) than the arenamate. To be fair, it’s probably on the cusp of being too much for the mower, but we don’t have a quad so we manage!

 

[Birker2020]

I used to use my car and an old gate which was quite effective!