Trail drags? how to clear trails?

We had looked at those before. Where we saw them was at a Tractor Supply store .
They call them Loyal Drag Harrows.

Depends on the terrain you want to drag. I have a couple types I use for my driveway. One chai link with some tires on it for weight and the other is an old snowplow blade with a couple pieces of angle welded off the back for stability. The track I use a 10' John Deere dual disc.

Yea I have used it to knock down dead tumble weeds and it works good.

I use old farm discs. It turns up the dirt and chops up the weeds.

If you have any way of getting shrimp boat conveyor belts, that is hands down the best drag ever. It is heavy enough to not buckle or jump amd its hinged every 1". It will contour any terrain. Im in the south close to the coast though, so its easy for me to get. I have about 20' of it and use 5' sections to smooth my bmx track with. Its like glass after a few passes.

Out of curiosity, how vegetated is it? Could you just go through with a machete and hack the trail then just ride it? Are there any areas that are too tight to pull a drag through? Or can you get the 4 wheeler through all of it?

If you have farmers in the area see if any one has an old combine feeder house chain laying in the weeds or in their boneyard. Tie on some old tires or cinder bocks for weight.

If you don't find a solution, just make laps with your buddies utility quad to flatten it down, then it will be easy to cut with a machete, or a good pair of loppers. Believe it or not, the majority of fresh trail we put in a GNCC course is hand cut with machetes and loppers, and unless it's already fallen or absolutely has to be cut, we typically don't cut any trees that are bigger around than an average size arm.

If there's much vegetation on the ground, a drag isn't going to do much good. Clearing or cleaning of free of debris is possible with the drag, but it's not going to be perfect. The vegetation can be so thick that that the drag just rides on top of the vegetation and doesn't really get any penetration.

We used to just go through and clear by hand to a width of 5'. After that we would run a mower through it and mow at the shortest setting possible. After that, just start riding it and you will be surprised how quickly a few bikes can break in a new section.

Late winter or early spring is the best time of the year to cut new trails in. Once the weather warms and the vegetation starts to grow, it instantly becomes 10X more work.

Lop it and then bring in the friends with the 450s.

i say walk and mark the trail that you want then get your buddies together and ride it.
so much fun cutting new trails in the woods.

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