TR3 rake or Box blade

[bazman82]

I have been looking for a good heavy box scraper. EA is 6 months out on their build times for their heavy duty models and Gannon is quite a bit more money for theirs. I saw a video for the TR3 rake and those looks like a pretty nice attachment. I've inquired about the 10' one they have but haven't heard anything back yet regarding it. Anyone have any idea what those rakes run? I assume they are more than the 3800 box blade at EA, but how much more is the question.

Currently, I am using just a, 11' disc then a 12' cultimulcher to level out the field I just worked up. It is very uneven and has quite a few really low spots. I really don't do a lot of plowing but this particular field (4acre in size) needed it done at some point and since I made ruts this year, it was the perfect time to do it. I was hoping to find a good 8' heavy duty box blade before I started this but that wasn't the case. A little info on the ground as well, its clay and was a junkyard in the past. Most of the junk has been cleaned up but whenever any plowing happens, it brings up more and more rocks as well. So the use of scarifier teeth may find some big rocks or hunks of metal. Are the TR3 teeth pretty durable? I would also use the attachment to rip up packed rocky areas so it would need to hold up to that as well...

 

[jeff9366]

During 2015 my ABI "Command Series" TR3 Rake in 6'-6" width, with hydraulically activated scarifies, sold for $5,790.

TR3 is a rake. If you purchase a TR3 as some form of Box Blade you will be disappointed.

Most of the junk has been cleaned up but whenever any plowing happens, it brings up more junk and more rocks as well. So the use of scarifier teeth may find some big rocks or hunks of metal. Are the TR3 teeth pretty durable?

Durable enough to loosen the surface of a $1,000,000 horse arena.
Not durable at all for your tasks.


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[bazman82]

I guess my hopes were pretty high for the rake. The video I watched, it had a scraper blade on it for moving dirt to low spots so that was why I was figuring it could replace a box blade. Time is money, and I value mine pretty high so the multi function ability of this attachment had me intrigued. Maybe some years in the future, there will be used TR3 rakes for sale at decent prices and I can get one then...

 

[bazman82]

The company got back to me. The TR310 rake is $7999.00. Just posting as an update for the cost of the 10' version. I did ask the rep. for videos of the disc attachment that swap out with the scarifier teeth but they didn't have any videos of it being used in a plowed field or in clay type soil. The typical sales pitch, it works great etc etc. is all he could say.

I think I'll stick with keeping an eye out for a box blade.