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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sh00ter" data-source="post: 2995779" data-attributes="member: 24531">You guys are great!- Can't use a pavement roller because this is a bumpy, hilly lawn with some grades as much as 30 degrees...basically my house is on a hill (with variable slope) and the entire back yard is a hill except for maybe 20% of it that is flatter up near the house...the steepness of the hill varies from west to east. I am able to mow 95% of the yard running parallel to the hill but the far corner of the lot drops off too much to mow, much less try to tow something over it <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" /> so the rental option is not an option for me.- I too have concerns that either of the smaller rollers would have enough weight to have any effect on the already grass-covered, compacted clay soil. If I wated that to work, the yard would have to be so wet that I couldn't drive on it anyway so this sways me away from the heavier roller. - Dave, I agree that the wider one might rid the berms and not compact the fresh soil enough...everything is pointing to the 270lb roller because I could get the filled spots most of which will be 6" - 2ft wide. SOME could be much wider if I put down a lot of dirt but in that case I'd probably just do it a little at a time and not re-seed. For the narrower low spots, I am going to put down dirt, rake just enough to spread it, roll it flat, then re-seed, then maybe roll again.The smaller roller also have a hand handle so I could use it without the tractor if necessary...I think the fact they ARE the same diameter tells me that although it would be nice to have the wider track when I eventually roll the entire yard, the immediate need is better supported by the smaller one and with these type of hills, I'm not sure the tractor could pull 400lbs up the steeper grades. I towed a 10cu/ft trailer filled with a mound of moist dirt that was likely more than 10cu/ft up the steeper part and it stopped and I had to rock back and fourth with the pedal floored to get that weak hydro tranny to go again. It was a 650lb cart and it was super heavy so I may have had over 400lbs in this though...my buddy says that much dirt should have weighed 800-1000lbs but I just don't see it...none the less it proved the tractor can't pull weight up a hill very well so the 400lb might be too much.</blockquote>

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