3pt Thatch Rake....

[npalen]

Good idea on the clothesline rope, Wyobuckaroo. Could save an expensive tire and broken tines don't mow very well either.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

"Move the rows of teeth about a foot apart"....... "Won't plug up as much".......

Good idea..... Sounds like a version 2 that I might have to try next summer....

Keep the good ideas coming.....

 

[Luremaker]

"Move the rows of teeth about a foot apart"....... "Won't plug up as much".......

Good idea..... Sounds like a version 2 that I might have to try next summer....

Keep the good ideas coming.....

Here is a picture of my dethatcher. It also has a removable grader blade and gauge wheels for leveling topsoil. I'll like the idea of using an old cable to catch the broken tines.

 

[LiveRoll]

Luremaker.. That is a very nice looking unit you have there, that would do the trick at My place, plenty of larger stones, and the occasional gopher mound, until the dog gets a hold of it then it becomes a mountain, would work great for knocking down the high spots!! Very cool!! going to save that pic and have a meeting with my welder....

Cheers

Roger

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

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Neat......
Is that home built ???? If not does it have a makers/model tag on it ???

 

[Luremaker]

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Neat......
Is that home built ???? If not does it have a makers/model tag on it ???

Yes, it is home built.... not by me though... I found it on Kijiji. The fellow I purchased it from was selling his home and 40+ years of homemade implements for sale.

 

[gtrippleb]

Nice! I've been thinking about building one of these for awhile. I would be really curious to hear how it does raking leaves.

I would assume it would work great. Here's some pictures of the one I built. It's the only thing I use to rake up leaves in my father in-laws yard and mine.



I built the 3pt part to be used on other things I've built like a basket and a sprayer. It comes in handy as I can just build attachments to fit the 3pt piece instead of having to build the 3pt part on the attachment.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

I would assume it would work great. Here's some pictures of the one I built. It's the only thing I use to rake up leaves in my father in-laws yard and mine.

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I built the 3pt part to be used on other things I've built like a basket and a sprayer. It comes in handy as I can just build attachments to fit the 3pt piece instead of having to build the 3pt part on the attachment.

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Neat set up.....
In my version 2, I'm going to spread the rows of teeth further apart so they self clean when the implement raised.....

Good luck...

 

[94BULLITT]

I used JD hay baler pickups (about $1.75)

Where did you find them for $1.75 and what are the supposed to fit? I like the one that fit a John Deere 327.