Oldtoad
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Did a search and came up with this thread.
Perfect, answered my questions.
With a 40hp tractor 7 or 8' ???
Perfect, answered my questions.
With a 40hp tractor 7 or 8' ???
Rear Blade REAR BLADE VS. LANDSCAPE RAKE
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JimR
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Your owners manual should say what size. You didn't say which one. My 45HP has a 7 GB on it. I also used this same GB on my 27HP Cub Cadet 4x4.
CoyPatton
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It was not mentioned in your list of implements. I am a firm believer in the correct implement for the job.
I do not yet own one, but I have plans of adding a land plane for routine driveway maintenance. Search youtube for videos to see it that may be what you want.
While as you have indicated as have others, you can make an implement perform several types of activities, besides what it was designed for, such as box blades are great for moving material, you grade with it, but a rear straight blade does that much better. Landscape rakes are great for gathering larger materials and moving them while leaving finer materials behind. Yes by angling the rake and tilting you can get some versatility from it, but much like a rear blade, it has poor results in hard packed and rutted areas of a driveway. If you have not found out yet, it requires breaking out the soil of a rut to fix it, raking gravel in only works for a short time if that long.
I do not yet own one, but I have plans of adding a land plane for routine driveway maintenance. Search youtube for videos to see it that may be what you want.
While as you have indicated as have others, you can make an implement perform several types of activities, besides what it was designed for, such as box blades are great for moving material, you grade with it, but a rear straight blade does that much better. Landscape rakes are great for gathering larger materials and moving them while leaving finer materials behind. Yes by angling the rake and tilting you can get some versatility from it, but much like a rear blade, it has poor results in hard packed and rutted areas of a driveway. If you have not found out yet, it requires breaking out the soil of a rut to fix it, raking gravel in only works for a short time if that long.
pgeorge33
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I own both a landscape rake and a rear blade. For smoothing out my driveway, I find the rake is more useful. It is tough to keep the blade level on a 3 pt hitch. A box blade setup would work well, but only if you can pull a box wide enough to get in done in just a couple of passes. I have borrowed a box from the local golf course and found it was way too slow to do my driveway (16' x 1400'). It is just 5 ft wide, great for cart paths on the course, but much too slow for my driveway. I much prefer multiple passes with the rake. I will probably sell the rear blade since I have not really found anything that it works that well at for me.
