AGTtactical
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- Tractor
- Kubota SVL95; Kubota L6060HST
Ok...I have an L6060, 72" wide from outside of each tire. 60 net hp. Trying to decide between an 84" and a 96" rake. Purpose of the rake is three fold:
1) Use it once a year to rake some #34 rock back into the road that has piled up on the sides. The rake I have in mind has at least 30" of offset, so the rake can reach out a good distance even when angled at 45 degrees (a 45 degree angle makes it easier to draw the rock inward). See the offset here: Land Shark Hydraulic Landscape Rake Demo - YouTube
2) Maintaining a rock road: this rake is 700 pounds with the hyds, so plenty of weight. I've decided to buy the gauge wheel, which should do a good job smoothing the road and anything else I rake. I think a rake set up this way might work pretty well, but if it turns out to be insufficient, I'll get a land plane or the rear blade option for the rake.
2) Raking our forest and pastures. We thinned out our forest, used a forestry mulcher to clean it up, but it needs raked to get some of the debris accumulated into a windrow (or a pile) to mulch it. I'd need on occasion to angle the blade so it doesn't extend beyond the wheels to get into some tight spaces between trees.
I haven't used a rake much...what width would you guys recommend? A wider rake can be used at greater angles, and thus helps level things better (larger angles move material into low spots better). But, an angled rake creates windrows, and in tight spots like a forest, I'd be dumping material next to trees where its hard to get too, but this would probably happen rarely. I know its just a foot difference in length, but at a 45 degree angle, an 84" is only 59' wide. A 96 is 67.2". At 30 degrees, they are each 75.6 and 84.6". I guess it comes down to a question of how much you use a rake at an angle or not?
1) Use it once a year to rake some #34 rock back into the road that has piled up on the sides. The rake I have in mind has at least 30" of offset, so the rake can reach out a good distance even when angled at 45 degrees (a 45 degree angle makes it easier to draw the rock inward). See the offset here: Land Shark Hydraulic Landscape Rake Demo - YouTube
2) Maintaining a rock road: this rake is 700 pounds with the hyds, so plenty of weight. I've decided to buy the gauge wheel, which should do a good job smoothing the road and anything else I rake. I think a rake set up this way might work pretty well, but if it turns out to be insufficient, I'll get a land plane or the rear blade option for the rake.
2) Raking our forest and pastures. We thinned out our forest, used a forestry mulcher to clean it up, but it needs raked to get some of the debris accumulated into a windrow (or a pile) to mulch it. I'd need on occasion to angle the blade so it doesn't extend beyond the wheels to get into some tight spaces between trees.
I haven't used a rake much...what width would you guys recommend? A wider rake can be used at greater angles, and thus helps level things better (larger angles move material into low spots better). But, an angled rake creates windrows, and in tight spots like a forest, I'd be dumping material next to trees where its hard to get too, but this would probably happen rarely. I know its just a foot difference in length, but at a 45 degree angle, an 84" is only 59' wide. A 96 is 67.2". At 30 degrees, they are each 75.6 and 84.6". I guess it comes down to a question of how much you use a rake at an angle or not?
