I LOVE it! We have terrible ground and it makes it smooth and nice.
For leveling arena sand you can order a leveling blade attachment for your Drag 'n Fly (pic #1) that you install to replace the front row of spring tines. On my 60 inch arena groomer the spring tines were removed easily by removing 7 bolts. Then the leveling blade bolts right on. Maybe a two hour job at most. They do stick it to you on the price to buy the leveling blade. My 60 inch leveling blade was $400.
Stock photos- I have the 60 inch version of pic #2. Pic #3 is just to show the leveling blade in place, but it’s on a different model.
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IMO, the EZ Groomer is NOT a bargain. I have had mine for six years and replaced ALL of the parts and I only had three horses and only one of riding age, so I wasn’t beating it up. I found the manufacturer horribly unresponsive. I had trouble with the tires blowing all the time, and I think they finally recognized that and now have solid tires on them instead of inflatable tires. I got my replacement tires finally on Amazon. I have been unable to get any reply to my request for new bearings. There are PARMA dealers around here who will service the PARMA. See if you can buy local from someone who will service your tool, otherwise it is a total PAIN. Depending on what your base is, you may not want something that rips as much as an EZGroomer or a Parma. The EZGroomer ruined my base. My footing expert told me that if you have sand/rubber footing, you do not need something like this that rips.
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This is why I went w the ABI Rascal Pro w the profiler blade. I didn’t have any trouble dealing w them at all. I bought mine at equine affaire. There were two guys there. One was obnoxious, so I ignored him and focused on the other one. The obnoxious one gave up easily.
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@LCDR What kind of footing do you have? I have sand with carpet fibers (master surfaces) mixed in. I’ve never gotten as good of a mix as I would like, so am curious if you have any experience with how the leveling bar works with my type of footing. But thanks for the tip - this is potentially game changing!
My footing is sand, without additives.
We have a Reist ring groomer (purchased about 4 years ago) and harrow an outdoor sand ring using our tractor. Love the groomer!! The only thing that sucks is the “kick out” of it as its quite large but there is an attachment that you can add to stop that, but we havent purchased it yet.
https://www.generalimp.com/livestock-handling/equestrian-products/pid313/multi-groomers/
To level my indoor arena I just attached a jumping pole horizontally to my tractor and it did a good job. Much less work than attaching harrows or other equipment. A lot cheaper also,
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