Rake Landscape Rake

Onthesauk · Jun 30, 2006

I dress a 1/4 piece of driveway a couple of times a year with a 7 foot rake without gauge wheels. Usually just down one direction and back the other, pull everything toward the center.

Slamfire · Jul 2, 2006

If there is plant life in your arena, running a landscape rake, without gauge wheels will collect it in addition to the rocks. If there is enough the rake will become overloaded and if you dump it in the arena you'll have to remove it with a fork and some kind of hauler.

Steverino · Jul 2, 2006

I bought the 72" rake from Tractor Supply Co. with the gage wheels for around $640.00 including tax. It is quite sturdy and I have used it quit a bit. The wheels allow for much greater control of the final grade and frankly, I would not be without them.

ddivinia · Jul 3, 2006

I am thinking of getting a landscape rake to collect all the left over "crap" in my pastures. I have bene clearing the land and there is a lot of misc cedar tree limbs, etc laying around. Is a landscape rake a good way to collect all that stuff and then pick up with amy FEL?

Thanks,
D.

FamilyFarm · Jul 3, 2006

If it is mostly loose, small stuff, a landscape rake would work ok. If it is larger limbs, etc. I would just use the FEL. Obviously a grapple would be nice (even a toothbar would help), but I have pushed brush into piles many times with the loader alone. You'll have a few things escape under the bucket edge, but if done slowly over reasonably level ground, it works pretty well.
Terry

ddivinia · Jul 3, 2006

Smaller limbs - left over stuff. Most of it is crap I ate with brush hog. I have a grapple, but I need the stuff in piles to grapple. I am thinking landscape rake to get them into place. Then I pick up it with the grapple.

Thanks,
D.

asdf · Jul 7, 2006

You might want to think about a TR3 rake. Pricy, but looks like it's worth it. I'm trying to justify buying a leftover one a dealer is giving me a "deal" on.

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