How To Make A Homemade Drag Mat

One of the best field drag materials available is the metal grating often used at construction sites or on some bridges for scaffolding.

How to make a homemade drag mat.

We built this using only items we had on hand in our shop that we had collected over the ye. I have about 4 acres of woods i can make a food plot with and a new atv but i have seen the prices of some of the attachments and it just ain t in the cards. Place a couple of concrete blocks on top of the boards. 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.

Lay an appropriately sized chain link fence on the surface. Diy driveway gravel driveway horse shelter small tractors tractor implements tractor attachments yard tools lawn maintenance chain link fence. Saved by bigjohn greggs. Here is a quick rundown of how to make a chain link drag mat.

Chain link drag mat made of chain link fence is among the cheapest and most popular field equipment in leveling surfaces and maintaining turf. Drag mats are used on lawns after they have been freshly sowed or partly reseeded to make them less patchy. Industrial drag mats and harrows are pulled behind tractors but a smaller version simply made from chain link fence can be pulled by hand or by a ride on mower. A 4ft x 6ft width by length drag works for a start though you can make it longer than 6 foot as per your.

The drag mat can be pulled by hand across a small area. And you can easily pull it manually making it a fantastic alternative if you don t have an able tractor. Add weight to the drag mat by placing a couple of old boards across the 4 foot width.