Soil Pulverisor

[toxic]

I also built my own 6' pulverisor a little while ago and have to say that I am very impressed on how well it prepares a seed bed. It only has one roller but still does a fine job of breaking up the clumps and loosening the soil after the dozer has graded the yard. I would love to have a harley rake but it's hard to justify 9000$ CAN on one of thouse when my 300$ pulverisor can do just as good of job (taking a little longer mind you). I am now also in the process of attaching a seed box to my pulverisor making it a 2 in 1 pulverisor / seeder, saving me time and money on the jobsites.

 

[DaddyRabbit]

Most of the commercial lawn install guys I know use the pulverizers as opposed to the FFC and Harley powered rakes due to cost. I have the 6' dirt dog pulverizer which is the exact same as the others and love it. Save your cash and go w/the pulverizer, you won't be sorry.

 

[prosperity]

Did you ever purchase the pulverizer? How much did you give for it?

THANKS

I took a look at it last month - a very used one about 2 hours away.

It is an old LandPride 72" with double rollers.

All the teeth are very worn and bent - older style with round teeth. I think I would have a hard time finding replacement teeth since the newer style teeth look to be rectangular.

The bearings for the rollers were also shot - the unit was obviously used since the bearings went out, so even the bearing blocks were trashed.

He wanted $375 for it - I declined.
I know he still has it, but I am still wary because of the teeth/bearing issue.

 

[ustobefarmer]

This is a picture of the pulversor that my son and I built 3 years ago.

 

[ustobefarmer]

One more time to attach picture. I'm knew at this so bear with me.

 

[SCDolphin]

That's a great looking piece of machinery

 

[tcarter1]

I think the pulverisor is a great tool for soil prep & leveling. I used mine to level a long run of crush & run, too.

 

[Beavis]

One more time to attach picture. I'm knew at this so bear with me.

Interested in buidling one for sale ? That thing looks AWESOME !

 

[prosperity]

One more time to attach picture. I'm knew at this so bear with me.

Very nice!

Just curious - did you have to buy the rollers the way they are, or did you fabricate them somehow?

 

[lcisled]

I can't help but post on this thread.
I felt the same way - could not afford a Harley rake or that they were that good. Now that I have one, I know that I was wrong.
I have (or had) a tiller, a landscape rake, a TR3, a drag, a pulveriser, etc. They were all nice tools and would sooner or later do the job. If I had the money back on all of those attachments + the extra time that they took to get the prep that I wanted, I would have paid for 3 Harley rakes.
I am assuming you are bidding the jobs. So, the faster you can get them done, the more money you make on a per hour basis. You will get to a seeding prep faster than any other tool. Take into account that you can prep wetter soils with a Harley than anything else, hence be seeding while the other guys are waiting for it to dry-is another added bonus.
The other thing is that a Harley rake is always worth what you have in it. Look for a cheap one on ebay. There is no such thing. The cheap ones have been beat to death and they still bring good money. You will make money on it faster than it will wear out. If you decide to get out of the business, put it on ebay, it will bring what you have in it.
They are expensive for what they are - a frame, a gearbox, a pto shaft and a rotor. I still look at it and wonder how they charge what they do for them. To me, Harley figured out what you could do with them and decided to make that much profit. It is one of the best values I have found in my seeding operation.