Drag Mat Diy

Drag mats take the place of garden rakes to overseed large areas.

Drag mat diy.

Chain link fence drag mat can be factory made or diy if you like. Fasten it to the top of the drag mat at the very end. Ensure that the pallet bottom side is facing up. No idea if it will work or not.

The point is about the size of the mesh opening which is determined by the. Not sure if i will be able to drag it behind atv when it digs in or whether i will have to use something larger like my suburban. One of the best field drag materials available is the metal grating often used at construction sites or on some bridges for scaffolding. This is my top dressing drag mat.

I then added the 4 x3 drag mat that i had from my previous leveling attempt and added a 2 x2 x4 piece of 1 8 thick angle iron on top of that held on by 3 8 lag bolts. The drag mat can be purchased from home and garden centers or it can be homemade from chain link fencing using a piece of fencing that measures 4 feet wide by 4 feet long. Drag mats can be constructed from many scrap pieces of material. It is the cheapest field equipment but reach the same result.

The mat will do the cutting and the bar will level it. I also made sure i drilled the holes on the bottom of the setup so the bolt heads would sit inside the squares of the drag mat and not stick out. Dragging loose soil with a mat levels the ground and covers fresh seed. The drag mat is either pulled by hand or attached to a piece of machinery such as a garden tractor.

View attachment 20844 view attachment. Rusty old or bent is available. Use a cutting torch to cut a rectangular piece of grating to a size of 4 feet by 6 feet and then attach a chain to one of the 6 foot sides. I explain how it works and how i built it.

The most popular material is a section of chain link fence. First select a piece of chain link fence. A 1 4 or larger will start cutting and pulling alot of material depending on your soil conditions. Chain link drag mat doesn t have strict requires of the quality.

This will keep the bar from flipping or cutting. However its going to serve a dual purpose of also doing the initial drag on our 11 year old select baseball team s field. If you like my channel and content please subscribe to my channel. Then use 6ga x 6 x 8 12 chain link and a 6 x 2 x 3 x 1 8 angle iron.

I put together an idea of a leveling drag to use on both my seeding bed in the front yard as well as for ongoing top dressing for smoothing out and leveling. Here is how to make a pallet drag harrow.