Rake Will A Landscape Rake...

theboman · Dec 29, 2004

Now that most my hill brush is bush hoged up I have a lot of sticks, sapplings etc. strewn about and was wondering if a landscape rake would be the trick for gathering this stuff in one location...
If so would a 5' model be about the right size for my B7500?

KiotiJohn · Dec 29, 2004

I've had good luck using a 4' landscape rake on my CK20 which is about the equivalent of of a B7510. I could use a 5' one with no problem. With proper adjusting of the top link, you can do a good job on the junk. John

Turfman · Dec 29, 2004

I have a B2710 and use a seven foot model with no trouble. I like the added width, makes the job go faster and when finish leveling it gives a more uniform appearance.
It will clean up like you want, some stuff will roll out from underneath it as you move, but you need to go back for a second run occasionally to pick up the stragglers.

aardvark · Dec 29, 2004

That's what I use my landscape rake for, but it pulls alot of dirt along with it. Others said to remove some tines to help disperse the dirt, but I haven't tried it yet. Just be prepared to deal with a pile of dirt that has all the sticks and stuff packed in it. It's pretty easy to deal with the dirt using the front loader.

RodgerF · Dec 29, 2004

I'm using a 6' rake behind my B6100 with no problems. It does a great job for what you have in mind. Your tractor should easily handle a 6' rake.

Rodger

Freds · Dec 30, 2004

I used a 6' rake behind a B7500. Jared's post is an accurate description. Every once in a while the drag will be too much for the tractor and you'll have to drop the pile and start again fresh, then deal with the piles you've accumulated.

Glenn9643 · Dec 30, 2004

Bo,
I don't have a landscape rake but intend to get one this spring to clean out vegetation around the pond. I have cleaned up after bushhogging using my FEL bucket/toothbar with pretty good results. Sometimes have to set the bucket teeth downward and backdrag a little to get the pile started (to eliminate digging up dirt into the pile), and then get in the pushing mode with the teeth under the pile and the bucket level. The accumulating pile pushes most of the trash and brush along with very little dirt.

theboman · Dec 30, 2004

I'm the only person know to man without a toothbar on my FEL.... I don't dig a lot. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
I'm trying to justify getting a landscape rake. They cost a lot more than I expected...about $150 - $200 more.... They cost more than a PHD!
I may just pick the stuff up by hand or try my one row cultivator as a stick collector.

KiotiJohn · Dec 30, 2004

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( That's what I use my landscape rake for, but it pulls alot of dirt along with it. )</font>
aardvark, you can reduce the amount of dirt it grabs by adjusting the top link so that the tines come up off the ground a bit. Then, as you grab the larger stuff, it will drag along getting the smaller stuff with it. Most of time I can end up with very little dirt in my rake by doing this. If you shorten the top link, it should bring the tines up some. There is a chance too that you can change where the lift arm brackets attach to bring the attachments up higher to begin with. My CK20 has two sets of holes side by side on the left and right arms. The brackets, when put into the hole closest to the PTO, will lift the arms faster than the one to the front. I moved mine to that back hole and it keeps the rake/boxblade/etc. just to where I can keep them barely touching the ground, or change top link to make them dig in more. John