I'm with esshup on that, we used those in soybean and corn fields. It was great at breaking up balls and clumps left from the disk and would form a then crust on top that would help preserve moisture before planting. It would not pack over a 1/2 to 1". Your moisture would have to be almost perfect to get 1" I would say. They work a lot like a dozer track. The weight is really spread out.

If I was in your shoes at the stage you are at I would find a sheepsfoot roller and I'd be on it as much as possible. Every chance I got I'd be driving it around. I wish I would have found this site and built our pond correctly as so many others have stated on the site...but to far in now to fix anything.

Looks great by the way!!