What a handy attackment....Rake

RobJ · Jul 15, 2008

RedDirt said:
So Rob, on your next one... why not make the front and rear push rods connect to the rake bar with a hinge? Then with several pin locations on the push bar the rake could be angled . And... if a few hinges were located along the rake bar, the push rods could be pinned on in various side-to-side configurations and the rake could be side shifted . Side shifted AND angled? Sweet

I love my little Wards rake especially for its maneuverability in tight spots. But If I build a bigger rake for the bota I'd seriously consider your design and try to configure the side-shift/angle features.

Good ideas and I considered them at first. But your last paragraph sums it up. Tight spots. I sort of like nothing wider than my tractor. This rake sort of pushes that limit espeicially being a little long. This will catch on a tree where the RC will sort of glance off. This past weekend I ran it through some tight ATV trails, got hung up twice because of tight turns and trees. On one I thought I was going to have to remove the rake, but a 3" cedar was pushed over.

For certain jobs, side to side and tilt may work good, but for me it just wasn't needed.

A rake is really sweet man!

Bedlam · Jul 16, 2008

SUPERCOBRA

Oh yea I bought some from here
Agri Supply - Where we have Something for Everyone for your Farm Shop & Home

Great company to do business with here my dealer wanted just over 15 dollars. and AG was like under 3 dollars.
They do the shipping buy the amount spent, so I spend the time to buy small items like pins etc to get close to the price change on the shipping.
My buddy bought a whole box full to fix his rake , the dealer would have cost well more that the rake was worth.LOL
Not sure if a dealer would work with you to give a reduced 'bulk' rate or not but worth a try and compare.
oh and then you get catalogs,