Rear Blade What's good for picking up rocks

Worldtraveler777 · Mar 13, 2011

Hi, I live in the Texas hill country and have an abundance of rocks; both on and in the ground. What's the best impliment for wind-rowing the rocks so I can pick them up? I've been looking at blades, landscape rakes, and a box blade.

Any ideas?

johnk · Mar 13, 2011

A landscape rake with the rear tines for softball to soccer size should work. How big are the rocks..??

Worldtraveler777 · Mar 13, 2011

Most of the rocks are baseball to softball size rocks, some are larger. I was leaning toward the landscape rake, thanks.

Johnbro · Mar 13, 2011

You can winrow them but you still have a lot of stoop labor to pick them up. You might see if you can rent one of these briefly:

The RockHound Landscape Rake - Skid Steer Attachment

jenkinsph · Mar 13, 2011

I think a landscape rake with tail wheels would help you alot. The tail wheels would help limit the amount of dirt you would move.

grsthegreat · Mar 13, 2011

hire the local little league team to pick them up hehe:thumbsup:

sweettractors · Mar 13, 2011

Worldtraveler777 said:
Hi, I live in the Texas hill country and have an abundance of rocks; both on and in the ground. What's the best impliment for wind-rowing the rocks so I can pick them up? I've been looking at blades, landscape rakes, and a box blade.

Any ideas?

I have just got in a good used Vermeer automatic rock picker with dump box at the back. $6500. Ken Sweet

JimP · Mar 13, 2011

Google Degelman rock rake. it will winrow rocks on or just below the surface. It is a powered unit running off the PTO. Keeping these units running can be a challenge though.