Rake Landscape Rake Purchase

[Rebeldad1]

I use my 7' rake exclusively for just over 1/2 mile driveway maintenance. Got rid of the boxblade.
I have bought several rakes over the years and never paid over $300.00 for a good used one.

 

[i7win7]

Still waiting for lower humidity and the tractor ruts to dry up. Posting photos of my new rake (TSC County Line) and the old modified rake.


The old rake was not QH compatible (King Kutter). The center brace was in the way. No welding skills, I cut brace loose and bent it upward, bolted on some flat stock. UGLY, no need to paint - won't help


It's really disappointing when the cheap SOB's won't spend $2 for some type of parking stand. Long live the Quick Hitch.

 

[AbbiesFarm]

My LR is my most used 3pt implement year round, forks are 2nd, I removed every other tine on mine to reduce moving dirt even in the sandy soil I have, no rocks, no clay, no mud. I use it for post tree trim cleanup, smooth out ruts easily made in the sand during normal tractor activity, groom river rock gravel driveway, groom dirt roads, remove tumble weeds and other weeds by dragging them to a burn pile or my debris hole. Bottom line, I think they are very very useful at least for my soil and situation. I'm one of those types that don't like to see variations and tire marks anywhere other than on the roads, so for me its like using it to smooth out the soil to make it easier on my eyes. I maintain 20 acres with it and about 1 mile of driveway and dirt roads. To each his own tho. Good luck.

 

[chim]

I bought a landscape rake about 8 years ago. It was very used and cheap. It has a pair of funky gauge wheels that I sometimes use and other times adjust them up and out of the way. It was very useful when we tamed and seeded a small adjoining lot we bought back in 2012. Now it gets used maybe two or three times a year. It's useful for doing areas where I reseed after tree removal, etc. Occasionally when the creek floods, there can be patches of corn stalk or soybean debris that are larger than I want to clean up by tossing it into the loader with a pitch fork. If I ever getr caught up with several other little projects I plan to make a 3PH adaptor for the FEL and use it to reach into the fence row to drag out the debris.

I made a DIY rattschitt rake and it was useful but had limitations. Unlike the landscape rake, for cleaning up the creek vomit it would have torn up the grass. The larger capacity/taller tines on the landscape rake allow me to accumulate more debris per pass.

 

[todd92]

I find my landscape rake to be the most useless attachment I own. Rarely use it. Curse when i do.

 

[coobie]

The racket rake and landscape Rake are two DIFFERENT birds.Love my landscape rake.

 

[cold1313]

I'm in the market for a LR and I've searched high and low on Craigslist, Marketplace, Tractor House and can't find anything used. Not within 4 hours each way, so it seems.

Very frustrating....

 

[CoyPatton]

I'm in the market for a LR and I've searched high and low on Craigslist, Marketplace, Tractor House and can't find anything used. Not within 4 hours each way, so it seems.

Very frustrating....

Yes it is probably not the right time of year to find one. If they are not being used and thus taken down the ads, people are snatching them up as soon as they are posted. And I know I encouraged looking at these sources. If you are in a need it now situation, you probably need to pull the trigger and by from a dealer either new or traded in, slightly used.

 

[Grouse09]

I love my Craigslist Countyline LR. I removed everyother tine and did a new food plot.

Raking gak (debri) into a windrow and then throwing it into the bucket by hand is a lot easier than chasing it all over hell’s half acre.

I replace the tines for winter and use the LR to pull roof slush away from the barn and to scrape concrete to get at the snow with the plow or snowblower. Very useful and a lot more forgiving on concrete than a blade.

 

[JohnnyMX]

That had to take a while. Looks really good. What method did you use? Windrows into multiple small piles then picked up with the bucket or grapple or just raking across the whole thing.