Landscape Rake Advice Please

[Geotech]

Looking to get a landscape rake. Does anyone have experience with Tractor Supply's County Line rake? Land Pride has an astronomical price. I love me some Land Pride, but dang! Everything Attachments is a little less than the Land Pride but still about 250 bucks more than the County Line. The County Line rake has mostly good reviews but a few comments about the main beam twisting.

Also not 100 percent sure on width. I have a lot of sand, leaves and branches. Primary uses will be to rake branches and leaves in the woods and level out the ground where I have done a lot of clearing and can't get final finish with box blade due to so many undulations that are easily created in my sandy soil. Will be raking through the woods a lot so 5 footer seams to make sense and is what the dealers assume. Same time, the L2501 could probably handle a 6 footer...

 

[jeff9366]

Looking to get a landscape rake.
I have a lot of sand, leaves and branches.
Primary uses will be to rake branches and leaves in the woods and level ground where I can't get final finish with box blade due to undulations in my sandy soil.

I have an ETA Landscape Rake and a Ratchet Rake bucket attachment. For the tasks you have specified you will be happier with a Ratchet Rake at lower cost.

Some TSC stores inventory Ratchet Rakes. All TSC stores can order Ratchet Rakes or you can order direct.

LINKS: Ratchet Rake LLC - Google Search

Ratchet Rake site:tractorbynet.com - Google Search

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/375397-ratchet-rake-today.html?highlight=

 

[jeff9366]

If you decide a Landscape Rake is the right tool you will need at least a 6' width to cover your tire marks when pulled on an angle; perhaps 7'.

Landscape Rakes are usually pulled on an angle, not straight. This allows material to move along the face for the rake, creating windrows or filling ruts.

Gauge wheels are almost essential for finish work with a Landscape Rake.

In ground engagement work, like eliminating your ripples, the weight of the Landscape Rake will be the primary factor in how well it cuts. So buy heavy.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

I agree with Jeff on the width of the landscape rake. At least 6 feet wide, and maybe 7' if you think you'll be using it at an angle very much.

Landscape rakes don't require much power from the tractor, so a 6' or 7' one won't stress your tractor much.

I've got a 7 footer for my Kioti 50hp tractor (which has a 6 foot wide stance at the outside of the rear tires), and I wish it was 8 feet.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

My County Line LR has given good service. I have had to straighten a couple tines out after hitting a stump.

Ron

 

[millsan1]

I have a CL rake and rear blade. Both work fine, but are light and can bounce and lose material. I solve this by putting a bunch of chain on the frames, and it helps.

I have 6' in both and used them behind my BX and my Mahindra 2538. The BX pulled them fine. The 2538 is unaware that they exist, lol.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Would you pay 50% more for an implement that is easily twice as good?

With the Tractor supply unit, there is a good chance of making the U channels that hold the tines into churros. With the ETA landscape rake you get a far superior made implement that gives you offset capabilities where as the TSC unit is angle only.

You almost always operate the unit angled, get an 84" wide unit. At a 45* angle you will be about 5' wide.

Last note, to the best of my knowledge, the ETA landscape rakes truly are the best landscape rakes commercially made today.

Good luck with your decision.

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I like my landscape rake.

 

[fried1765]

Looking to get a landscape rake. Does anyone have experience with Tractor Supply's County Line rake? Land Pride has an astronomical price. I love me some Land Pride, but dang! Everything Attachments is a little less than the Land Pride but still about 250 bucks more than the County Line. The County Line rake has mostly good reviews but a few comments about the main beam twisting.

Also not 100 percent sure on width. I have a lot of sand, leaves and branches. Primary uses will be to rake branches and leaves in the woods and level out the ground where I have done a lot of clearing and can't get final finish with box blade due to so many undulations that are easily created in my sandy soil. Will be raking through the woods a lot so 5 footer seams to make sense and is what the dealers assume. Same time, the L2501 could probably handle a 6 footer...

Every County Line implement I have ever seen at TSC was built as cheaply as possible.
I do not own anything made by County Line.

I do own several KK implements, and though they are OK, they are certainly not top of the line.

I have a new ETA Deluxe Scrape Blade that is absolutely the cat's axx.
I have two other blades, and I am going to sell them both.

It is a lot more $$, but if you are going to buy a rake I would definitely opt for the ETA rake.

 

[Geotech]

So I picked up th TSC rake last night and put it through its courses today. In one situation it got snagged on a bundle of tough vines and it would have bent had I not been paying attention. It had no problems with dragging up sticks and branches and leveling out soil. It also made quick work of resurfacing the gravel drive. This thing is not even close to the ETA root rake from the toughness their video shows. I'll still be using my root rake grapple to demolish roots and vine clumps. TSC knocked 50 bucks off to price match the identical Tarter rake that Rural King sells online ($550.00).

 

[Code54]

Keep an eye on the welds. I had a county line and one day the "rake" separated from the 3 pt hitch..... Ended up buying the EA and love it.

 

[AGTtactical]

Man, I love this website. You guys are great. I thinned out some trees on my property, and clear cut the house site. Stumped it all, then used a forestry mulcher to clean up the woods. A landscape rake would really smooth out the ground, and help me remove some of the smaller limbs and wood debris left over. My road is #34 rock, and I need to drag some of the rock back into the road that as piled up on the edges from the road compacting from repeated drives up and down...I might be able to use a rake to do that since I have no fines (not using C&R).

I know I need a rake, and I MAY need a scraper blade. The Everything Attachments (ETA) Deluxe Scrape Blade can be had with a rake attachment...or you can buy the rake with the blade attachment. What do you guys think? The rake is $2517, and getting a blade with it is an extra $1400.

Oh, BTW, my tractor is an L6060 (62 hp and 4000 pounds). The ETA scraper blade is 820 pounds (rake is 685#) ...do you think that is too heavy for a my tractor? I think it would be fine, and the weight may actually help, but there are guys here with much more experience than me.

And by the way, the similar grading blade by Landpride, the RBT3596, weighs 745# (75# less than the ETA) and costs more (about $3000). And there's no rake option for it...you have to buy a whole other rake.

Maybe I should start another thread, but there were a lot of guys with ETA rakes here, so...

 

[MtnViewRanch]

In my opinion, no other company makes a landscape rake better than ETA. :thumbsup:

I personally would not go with a combo unit though. :no:

 

[AGTtactical]

In my opinion, no other company makes a landscape rake better than ETA.

Mtn View, you mean this one? http://https://www.everythingattachments.com/Heavy-Duty-Landscape-Rake-With-Hydraulic-Options-p/96-hd-ls-lsr.htm. I know you've said a RBT3596 is about perfect for an L6060...It weighs 745 pounds. With a blade instead of rake, the EA model would be 75 pounds more at 820 pounds. Do you think that's ok with an L6060? (rake is only 685 pounds).

I personally would not go with a combo unit though. :no:

I value your opinion greatly... can you elaborate? The EA rake and blade are interchangeable on the same frame/housing. So, instead of removing the whole attachment, you just switch from a rake to a blade...the bolt nut is on top, and its only function is to hold the blade/rake in the housing...all forces are held in place by a concentric mount, not a king pin, as I understand it. The bolt is 3/4" in diameter, with a 1 & 1/8" nut. Rick at EA said that with a top and tilt kit, getting a rake or blade aligned with the housing shouldn't be that bad. In a perfect world, 5-8 minutes. And I would only break out the blade about once a year as I may be able to get everything done with the rake. The main goal is to pull my #34 rock back into the road and get rid of the berm that has accumulated outside the tire tracks in some places, and to drag debris out of the soil.

BTW, Rick Rinehardt responded to my email almost immediately. He's the owner of EA, and was very helpful. One of those guys who treats you like he has all the time in the world for you.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Mtn View, you mean this one? http://https://www.everythingattachments.com/Heavy-Duty-Landscape-Rake-With-Hydraulic-Options-p/96-hd-ls-lsr.htm. I know you've said a RBT3596 is about perfect for an L6060...It weighs 745 pounds. With a blade instead of rake, the EA model would be 75 pounds more at 820 pounds. Do you think that's ok with an L6060? (rake is only 685 pounds).

I value your opinion greatly... can you elaborate? The EA rake and blade are interchangeable on the same frame/housing. So, instead of removing the whole attachment, you just switch from a rake to a blade...the bolt nut is on top, and its only function is to hold the blade/rake in the housing...all forces are held in place by a concentric mount, not a king pin, as I understand it. The bolt is 3/4" in diameter, with a 1 & 1/8" nut. Rick at EA said that with a top and tilt kit, getting a rake or blade aligned with the housing shouldn't be that bad. In a perfect world, 5-8 minutes. And I would only break out the blade about once a year as I may be able to get everything done with the rake. The main goal is to pull my #34 rock back into the road and get rid of the berm that has accumulated outside the tire tracks in some places, and to drag debris out of the soil.

BTW, Rick Rinehardt responded to my email almost immediately. He's the owner of EA, and was very helpful. One of those guys who treats you like he has all the time in the world for you.

The additional weight would only serve you better IMO. :thumbsup:

As far as switching things back and forth, I suppose if you built stands to hold both the rake and the blade and did not have the blade tilt cylinder it may not be all that bad. Not that it matters that much for your tractor, but how much offset does the ETA unit have vs the Land Pride unit? The amount of offset capabilities is something that a lot of people forget to consider.

I'm sure that ETA has the switch over figured out pretty well, but I still would go with 2 complete separate implements.

Again, that may very well only be me.

 

[AGTtactical]

Here's some landscape rake video ****: Land Shark Hydraulic Landscape Rake Demo - YouTube

This is the one you can buy a grading blade to go with it (extra $1100).

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Here's some landscape rake ****:96" Land Shark Deluxe Scrape Blade With Hydraulic Options

This is the one you can buy a grading blade with (extra $1100).

If you are talking to me, :confused3: I know exactly what unit it is.

 

[AGTtactical]

No, was not talking to you specifically...I know you know. I just though some guys would enjoy this video...that's why I called it "rake ****." It's pretty cool. Seems to have plenty of offset from what I can tell.