Tilling a Yard with the T66 and Harley Rake

Here I help a client clean up their yard of unwanted debris, weeds and material to prep for a new lawn install. They had just recently purchased this home and the yard was left in disarray from the previous owner, filled with concrete, bricks, decorative items and more. So the T66 with the Bucket, Harley Rake and Landscape Rake made quick work of it all!
Equipment Used:
Skid Steer/CTL: 2021 Bobcat T66
Harley Rake: Bobcat 6' Soil Conditioner
Landscape Rake: Bobcat 5b Landscape Rake
Excavator: 2021 Bobcat E26 R-Series

[@brentkingnwagent1347]

You sure did transform that yard. Thanks for sharing.

[@RionPhotography]

Reminds me of our situation. Got a great deal via family on an older house and decided we were at least going to have an amazing yard and irrigation system. 😂🎉

[@Danielthornton61]

*It'd be great to see a follow-up video on it next year when the grass is in and all the landscape is complete.*

[@tonydauto8246]

Dudes a maestro on that excavator, makes it look easy but it takes many many hours in that thing to get good at it and a lot of people will never be that good, ever.

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Thanks!

[@bobme2787]

Your dealer did you a solid on that attachment. Having great relationships with other businesses pays off

[@ozarkhillskennel6855]

I used to own my own bobcat. Rented one of these to finish reshaping my yard. A year later, had a lot of compliments that my yard looked like I laid green carpet because it was so smooth. Really enjoyed using the lawn rake.

[@plainwornout3964]

You make me tired just watching your videos. Enjoy your youth, strength and energy because when you get old it goes away. No matter how much you want it back it's gone forever. So, I'll just enjoy other young folks being young and healthy. The yard looks great.

[@imnothere220]

Sure, but as you get older the negative consequences of hard drug use get less, so its way easier just to trip the fuck out and get to work...

[@misty4782]

The tilling and Harley rake attachments are new to me. They're sure "slick". Very impressed with what they can do. Quite a satisfying video. God bless.

[@ronmcmahon7453]

Your lazy get a push mower

[@stretchpropertymaintenance2561]

Excellent work, great video. It makes me want to play in the dirt even more, it’s so much more fun when you have big people toys.

[@Bobsutubes]

Great transformation, looked like a reasonably fun project.

[@susangreganti7184]

Absolutely perfect! Beautiful job.

[@lisawaters2585]

Fantastic job, and what a workhorse that Bobcat is!

[@shawbg]

What a mess of a yard, very nice job cleaning it up.

[@edwardturcotte2295]

What a difference between before and after, great job!

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Thanks!

[@mauricerichard3611]

Wow remarkable change ... your the man !!

[@tentons123]

I picked up my T66 in January. I'm not a contractor and its the first time I have ever operated anything like that before. I use it to maintain my two campgrounds along with my personal property. I absolutely love it! I have been wanting to get one of these power rakes for a while now to do exactly what you are doing right now.

[@aztronomy7457]

Have you tried adding a t66 turbo with nos and a motec system exhaust?

[@downtime3447]

Great job my friend. I enjoy the videos. It looks like your stable of equipment is growing quickly. Good for you man.

[@Shunya0101]

What a transformation. Great job.

[@bogthing1]

Wicked nice. The place is transformed!

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Thanks!

[@balamala2647]

This machine is incredible and so strong.

[@lifeturnaround8265]

Coolest item I’ve seen yet on your projects. Thanks for the vid 😁

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

No problem, thanks!

[@patpatterson4110]

Pretty darn good machine operator. Keep up the good work.

[@jimbob4456]

Pretty impressed with the job you did.

[@NutmegThumper]

Looks great - nice work!

[@qwellbeh]

Brilliant work! this is a huge job!

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Thanks a lot!

[@sewerman911]

Nice job separating the stuff you pushed back. Seen so many times people cram it in a big pile and walk away.

[@larg2153]

Looks amazing, when that grass grows in it’s going to look really good

[@brentking-gmailking2570]

Beautiful job.

[@jimwilliamson7598]

Good job done over all!

[@omahabigbill2789]

Great job!! Landscape rake is awesome!!

[@jdsstripelife1865]

You had me at "bit of a mess" and "till it all up"! Very satisfying vid! Keep it up!

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@richardskopyk1587]

Wow. What a difference!

[@philipsims4566]

He knows what he is doing excellent grading job.

[@aaronbaron3155]

Man I can't believe this customer didn't know anyone that would have scooped up that wood.... Nice machine work operator 😊

[@AllanB-y7t]

wow, nice job !

[@jasperridge]

We use a similar process for seed/sod prep. Harley Rake/Soil Conditioner first for the larger rocks/roots, followed by the FFC Preparator. We've use the landscape rake attachment before both work great for finish raking.

[@GY6-SCOOTERS]

Very interesting video I was enjoying every second of it watched it all the way through nice work buddy you did excellent....😁👍

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Awesome, thanks!

[@derekshaw144]

Great job

[@patrickrooney5130]

Brilliant job buddy..

[@ernestlmorellsr]

A super job!

[@marcolundberg5877]

Nice job!!!

[@shaunmccauley5129]

U made a brilliant job on that

[@philipsims4566]

The harley rake on the front end of a skid steer is the jam.

[@pepperroni4016]

Nice job, beautiful

[@PatrickKelly-lz3pv]

looks great, good job

[@michealmartin8565]

Looks good. That rake is awesome it going to be a nice yard

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Yeah, the combo of those two rakes is great. Lets you really clean up and grade many types of material.

[@3cl1]

Nice work on the property.

[@blackdogexcavator21]

Boy that place was a mess. Looked a lot better when you were done.

[@131dyana]

There is all kinds of stuff in that yard. what a mess. Thank you for making it better back there.

[@user-st8fg2bp1i]

Отличная работа!👍

[@migueljose2944]

Impressive! thank you!

[@pepperroni4016]

Amazing video

[@GlobalistJuice]

_"eh ... just push it to the back"_ Famous words said by every homeowner ever, since the caveman!

[@wjamesm1001]

Till the adjacent landowner comes out and says your on my property and the shitstorm starts .

[@kennethbrown8723]

Could not agree more! A little more effort, maybe some on the owners part to clear all that out! I’m sure that is not the contractor’s preferred method of operation!

[@fansofwrestling9115]

Those words usually means I can’t afford to pay to haul it off 😢

[@DMCnME]

Please come to Pennsylvania to prep my yard for renovation 😀 That landscape rake is badass.

[@FloridaTurfPros]

Nice work.

[@eliezernegron333]

I. know some people want to be like andrew camarata but andrew got the work touch people like when it came to work. His the best ... But u guy's are trying and put out good video's 2👍👍👍👍

[@ross3899]

Would love to see what that yard looks like now, after the owners have replanted and new lawn

[@stevecorcoran9869]

You need to add a grapple or grapple bucket to your attachments. It will save you so much time you will be amazed. We bought one of the rock-rake grapple buckets and it works so much faster when dealing with old yards like this where there is all kinds of rock, concrete, bricks etc. laying around. Cuts prep time before power raking by at least 4x.

[@jerrymatthews6304]

I recommend getting a 3-way bucket then yal really have fun as well as makes life easier

[@RockhillfarmYT]

Enjoyed the video I just ordered a skid steer with a power rake

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Awesome, hope they work out well!

[@beyondgaming9473]

Amazing video. Andrew Camarta style.

[@revfred2008]

Please bring us back to see what it looks like finished. Please, I wld love to see it.

[@glenn9989]

Oh my god that thing is amazing I wish we had a place up here for me to rent. so far I’ve had to buy my apartments the price isn’t real bad it’s the cost to get them to Alaska . Last year I bought a auger and it was $2000 in shipping

[@raymondgochenour8725]

I bet you when the yard was taken care of that was probably a pretty yard overgrown now needs to be trimmed back, reminds me of my dad yard

[@stefanboster5728]

An instance where the yard looks better than the actual house.. 🤪

[@danielmeyer403]

If you have two machines and two operators, use the mini as the broom and the bobcat as the dust pan ...... works very well and fast.

[@johnglass2374]

Great job , looks good. And by the way I have busted my share of hydraulic fittings

[@chdinct6792]

Going big time now. Surprised he didn’t have you do the irrigation system and seeding. But then you would need more attachments, LOL.

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Ha. Yeah doing irrigation or hydroseeding for clients is a bit beyond my scope right now. Requires a lot more time, planning and equipment than I have. Maybe in the future though!

[@judgetk8327]

Nice job chum. Don't mind me and my cranky old ways and comments.

[@philipsims4566]

That skid steer can work like a mini bulldozer.

[@jonnyhung2576]

Hopefully they maintain the property and don't let it turn into a jungle like it was before

[@jodia7435]

Guys from the countryside are better, more fun, better company. Atte, a New Yorker.

[@revfred2008]

Bro you did an awesome job on that property. The grading cld have been better, but good job on the property.

[@fansofwrestling9115]

This what my yard needs a whole make over but I don’t have that money to do this 😅😅

[@joep.5757]

Stick to only going forward with the harley rake and it will be much better. Good work.

[@levicook8823]

I call it a rock hound there amazing

[@JustMeB729]

The owner had some nice trees and plants. When everything grows in , it will be beautiful. And of course your work was awesome. Didn't look like the same property.

[@AX3L87]

did you find yourself tilling up NY areas with roots? I am grading a property with a bunch of roots from pine trees scattered on the property and as soon as I starter grading, I started exposing all of these roots. I was wondering if this would help fix some of that problem by maybe tilling them up.

[@GrowLLLTigeRRR]

Nice ferns and firewood there. Were you able to work over the septic drain field?

[@JeffRigney]

Looks good but was it a good idea to bury all that brush?? When it decays you’ll have quite a bit of settling.

[@tombarker2369]

just stumbled upon your channel--noticed the NH plate on the trailer--i live in the great north woods myself.

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Nice! Yeah I am down in Rockingham County, by the Mass border.

[@tombarker2369]

@@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC left Mass in 85 for NH--never went back. lol good luck with your channel and business.

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Haha, I moved up here a few years back from Mass as well and don't plan on ever going back. Thanks!

[@irtnyc]

Could you go back and film a brief update, to show how the grass came in since?

[@bobrose7900]

Don't why topsoil was needed, that was raking up nicely. So what will the owner do for vermin - rabbits, moles, badgers, mice! Bain of my life and no stock control fencing for deer. Love to see how it looks now. Machinery performed well, no question and a great video. Now the work begins with tree management and that lawn mower!

[@FM-iq4mx]

Great video. That is a lot of work.... I have a large yard project that will be about 3 acres of that with pinky sized popple trees to be ground down also. That and sticker bushes. That is how I found your video which is very educational and I know that is a lot of work to go over and over again. If you wouldn't mind I was curious of about how much you would charge someone to go in particularly pick out all the garbage weeds out of their yard bring in black dirt and grade it all to perfection like you did. If I had to guess, I am on the cheap side and do stuff like that by myself I would guess at least $10,000. Am I in the ballpark? It could even be more in my opinion. What a great job you did on their yard 👍 and that big tree that was laying there somebody would probably come and take that for free for firewood. And I see you did not go around their septic tank with the Harley rake and I'm not seeing any clean out pipes or drain field. I'm sure it is all gravity fed drain field since it is going downhill.

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Thanks! I generally don't disclose my pricing, but for what I do I am usually just above the rate of daily rentals for the equipment that I use in my area (machines, attachments, trailers, etc). I did stay off of the septic tank area as I was unsure of how old or in what shape the tank was in. Didn't want the machine to go through it!

[@chadwinters6089]

Should of stuck with the harley rake and used your rock hound for picking up the piles after. Would of turned out alot leveler. Lot of work there tho. You did good.

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Unfortunately harely rake was on rental, I got my rock hound a week later and I could only bring so many implements on the tailer. this location was 40 mins away. Thanks!

[@BitsBeTrippin]

Whats the range from a cost standpoint to do a job like this?

[@dragonslayer3017]

Where’s the after? Good work tho! How big was the yard and what’s the price on a yard that size?

[@AlwaysBored123]

Great video. I'm really impressed with how well the rake worked in those weeds. Did you find yourself angling it much? I'm thinking about trying to build a power rake and am wondering if it's worth it to make it angle or if I should just keep it straight.

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

The rental I had was fixed straight, so no angling for me. An angle one would be really useful though and what I would buy. Lets you windrow and push material more accurately.

[@graysonstanley2669]

Will this kill all the old grass and weeds so you can restart

[@davidpeterson7056]

Nice work, it really looks great! When doing jobs how far are you willing to travel?

[@CarlsonSonLandscapingLLC]

Thanks! I generally will try and stay within 45-60 minutes of my location depending on the job.

[@danieldowning7319]

Site should have been sprayed with pre emergence, mowed and cleaned up before that machine was ever on site. Not the way we would do it. Stumper bucket and bucket with teeth needed.

[@glennsoucy4359]

Just enjoy the video ass clown

[@danielmeyer403]

Cool video, but I would have cleaned the debris up and hauled it out. Then brush-hogged everything, then raked or tilled it, then leveled. Long grass and brush is hard to deal with while trying to grade.

[@darylhamann2310]

That what i have done

[@aztronomy7457]

does your t66 come with a spoon engine and a motec system exhaust?

[@whatthefunction9140]

how does the rake deal with rocky soil

[@fsherman898]

Can you come to illinois and do like 4 passes through my little yard with the landscape rake? 😂

[@MrLegacy36]

So I’m an excavation contractor, and I have a question about Harley rakes. If your churning up/grinding up all the sod, weeds, debris, and smoothing it out….won’t the land grow back what you just pulverized, specifically all the weeds, crab grass, dandelions, clovers etc?

[@jackfoxxx68]

The rake does a couple of things. It will relieve compaction and then grade the property to its smooth. Then you can plant fresh grass and start a lawn care program to control the weeds. Weeds are a constant battle and will need to be managed regardless.

[@greb3212]

​@jackfoxxx68 not if he would have used round up first.

[@ryanoconnell4646]

Laconia, NH in the house

[@davidfoss4808]

How deep can you till with that Harley rake?

[@justinhughes6487]

Good jb

[@jeffreid3341]

Swap out that straight connectors with 90s