Need a Rake?
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While he is loading that up...
One of my welding projects when I finally get time will be a bar that clips on my 3-pt hitch that has six big fan rake heads on it. I can use that to groom my driveway. Doing it by hand takes almost three hours! With the tractor, I can get in done in 20 minutes!
My farm rake implement digs too deep and messes up the rock.
One of my welding projects when I finally get time will be a bar that clips on my 3-pt hitch that has six big fan rake heads on it. I can use that to groom my driveway. Doing it by hand takes almost three hours! With the tractor, I can get in done in 20 minutes!
My farm rake implement digs too deep and messes up the rock.
Ray do you have the "training wheels" I think they're really called gauge wheels, for your rake? They can be set so that the rake tines just barely touch the surface. I use mine that way to groom riding arena where I don't want to mix what's left of my wood chips with the underlying layer of washed sand. Before that I used a piece of chain link fence.
Ray, here's a rake I made years ago. Originally built it to clean thatch out of field that was going to be our yard. After using it once for that there was no more thatch to rake up!
I then started using it to rake my drive way. It works excellent. A few passes at a slow rate it looks like you hauled in tons of rock!!
Easy to build. I removed the pickup teeth from a square baler and mounted them on "bed rails" with a 3pt hitch welded up.
Pickup teeth from a round baler works just as well. Just don't make one out of the style that has the teeth mounted with tubing going thru the center ring. Because on them when you need to replace a spring you have to then disassemble the entire row.
I then started using it to rake my drive way. It works excellent. A few passes at a slow rate it looks like you hauled in tons of rock!!
Easy to build. I removed the pickup teeth from a square baler and mounted them on "bed rails" with a 3pt hitch welded up.
Pickup teeth from a round baler works just as well. Just don't make one out of the style that has the teeth mounted with tubing going thru the center ring. Because on them when you need to replace a spring you have to then disassemble the entire row.
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CaveCreekRay
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SF,
Nope. No wheels on my unit. I pull it turned around backwards and it does better but, at 400 lbs, I am not sure wheels would work on this rig.
I have a gorgeous livestock gate a neighbor gave to me and I'll use the gate frame for a "land plane" I'll build up and I plan to use the gate for something like what D2 pictured. Mine will have welded "shark's teeth" on it but it should rip up weeds really well. I hate using chemicals where livestock will play.
D2,
That picture of the huge rake almost looks Photoshopped! That is a monster.
Your homemade rake looks great! Better than this one my neighbor had made up. After dragging it ten feet, it did so much damage to his driveway, he gave it to me. I may deconstruct it for other use. It's the home version of that D-10 blade in your picture. Great if you want to dig to China.
Here is a partial shot of my driveway as seen from my barn roof... It wanders back and forth at the top of the picture and you can't even see the part that goes from the street to the house garage. Its all granite and in need of leveling....
Out here in Arizona, most of the plants you all have back in the Midwest and Eastern US just don't do too well without water. We have a weed out here called the Desert Marigold and it thrives completely on its own. They will flower nearly all year round (this was shot today in January) and they go to seed and propagate like most weeds. Another good thing is they are immune to pre-emergent.
I have gazillions of these all over my property but they like my arena as well. Their root system is pretty hardy and a normal drag won't pull them up or kill them. If they get "wrinkled" they seem to pop right back up. Whatever I make for weeds will have to be light enough to not rip up my Marigolds.
This is the area I want to encourage Marigolds to grow... It looks so nice in the spring and summer to see loads of yellow flowers...
Nope. No wheels on my unit. I pull it turned around backwards and it does better but, at 400 lbs, I am not sure wheels would work on this rig.
I have a gorgeous livestock gate a neighbor gave to me and I'll use the gate frame for a "land plane" I'll build up and I plan to use the gate for something like what D2 pictured. Mine will have welded "shark's teeth" on it but it should rip up weeds really well. I hate using chemicals where livestock will play.
D2,
That picture of the huge rake almost looks Photoshopped! That is a monster.
Your homemade rake looks great! Better than this one my neighbor had made up. After dragging it ten feet, it did so much damage to his driveway, he gave it to me. I may deconstruct it for other use. It's the home version of that D-10 blade in your picture. Great if you want to dig to China.
Here is a partial shot of my driveway as seen from my barn roof... It wanders back and forth at the top of the picture and you can't even see the part that goes from the street to the house garage. Its all granite and in need of leveling....
Out here in Arizona, most of the plants you all have back in the Midwest and Eastern US just don't do too well without water. We have a weed out here called the Desert Marigold and it thrives completely on its own. They will flower nearly all year round (this was shot today in January) and they go to seed and propagate like most weeds. Another good thing is they are immune to pre-emergent.
I have gazillions of these all over my property but they like my arena as well. Their root system is pretty hardy and a normal drag won't pull them up or kill them. If they get "wrinkled" they seem to pop right back up. Whatever I make for weeds will have to be light enough to not rip up my Marigolds.
This is the area I want to encourage Marigolds to grow... It looks so nice in the spring and summer to see loads of yellow flowers...
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The gauge wheels look something like this:
http://www.cabelas.com/product/CABE...gclid=COmew8nAptECFYODaQodJDANKQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
They are pretty heavy, and the rake rides up and down between the two rings that are clamped to tne vertical post. You could probably rig up something like this. Otherwise a lot of scalping goes on. My rake is pretty heavy and they work well if I get the rings set right.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/CABE...gclid=COmew8nAptECFYODaQodJDANKQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
They are pretty heavy, and the rake rides up and down between the two rings that are clamped to tne vertical post. You could probably rig up something like this. Otherwise a lot of scalping goes on. My rake is pretty heavy and they work well if I get the rings set right.
CaveCreekRay
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That is a great idea! I'll have to keep that in mind though I am not sure how the wheels would do in soft material like my arena... You said you use yours in soft material. Do the wheels dig in? My arena is a little harder than beach sand. Perhaps I could use larger and wider wheels...
Thanks!
Thanks!
The wheels don't dig in, they are pretty wide relative to the rake. I think they would be fine on your arena. I'll bring my horse and track it all up so you can practice!That is a great idea! I'll have to keep that in mind though I am not sure how the wheels would do in soft material like my arena... You said you use yours in soft material. Do the wheels dig in? My arena is a little harder than beach sand. Perhaps I could use larger and wider wheels...
Thanks!
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Been there done that, winter's are great, spring, summer, fall are the killer!Good! But he'd probably like the winter climate down at Ray's better
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Sean,
How many years did it take your blood to thicken up in Idaho? (People in AZ always say the heat thins out their blood...) 'Course you have a bed full of fuzzy Wolves to keep you warm at night!!! How they handle the July-August-September period amazes me. I see Malamutes out running with their owners before sunrise in summer with full coats. We give our Coyotes a super-short buzz in summer and they seem to appreciate it.
Thanks Bill... its getting there!
Imagine a place with little or no maintenance for five or six years... Then sitting completely unoccupied for two more. This place was a sea of dead weeds.
There were holes in the roof of the barn where water leaks had rotted the roof out. That was repaired just before we got the place after a hail storm had insurance pay for a new roof on the house and barn. They didn't do the best job but its a good water-tight foam roof now. In fact, the foam was so pecked on by a family of Ravens that I spent three days working on the barn and house roof before we even closed. My real estate agent nearly had a cow. The monsoons were coming and I wanted to make sure we made it through high and dry. I am not a big fan of foam but we are light years ahead of where we were 4 years ago. We loved the property and decided the place deserved a helping hand. (What the heck were we thinking?) I read the thread (Erehwon) and totally relate to what he is going through.
The place came with a rusty hot walker. Imagine something made of painted metal sitting out in AZ for 30 years. Not being a horse person, I got the concept but it was low on my priorities. In late Nov, before the rains started, I sanded it all down and gave it four coats of Rustoleum. Then, I blew out all the cobwebs inside and zirked the main bearings and got it back up running. People who know we are not horse folks keep offering to buy that off us but we are trying to keep the place intact for the next owner. New horse places are rare these days. Keeping up the older ones seems about as rare too. Its a work in progress but we are getting towards the end of the list of projects.
Believe it or not, I have a couple neighbors who do horse rescues and they are constantly trying to "gift" me a couple horses. I like the look of the place staying all nice and groomed once I get it raked. Its a faux horse ranch... My dogs sure love running around in that arena though, especially when the ground is damp. It must feel great on their feet.
How many years did it take your blood to thicken up in Idaho? (People in AZ always say the heat thins out their blood...) 'Course you have a bed full of fuzzy Wolves to keep you warm at night!!! How they handle the July-August-September period amazes me. I see Malamutes out running with their owners before sunrise in summer with full coats. We give our Coyotes a super-short buzz in summer and they seem to appreciate it.
Thanks Bill... its getting there!
Imagine a place with little or no maintenance for five or six years... Then sitting completely unoccupied for two more. This place was a sea of dead weeds.
There were holes in the roof of the barn where water leaks had rotted the roof out. That was repaired just before we got the place after a hail storm had insurance pay for a new roof on the house and barn. They didn't do the best job but its a good water-tight foam roof now. In fact, the foam was so pecked on by a family of Ravens that I spent three days working on the barn and house roof before we even closed. My real estate agent nearly had a cow. The monsoons were coming and I wanted to make sure we made it through high and dry. I am not a big fan of foam but we are light years ahead of where we were 4 years ago. We loved the property and decided the place deserved a helping hand. (What the heck were we thinking?) I read the thread (Erehwon) and totally relate to what he is going through.
The place came with a rusty hot walker. Imagine something made of painted metal sitting out in AZ for 30 years. Not being a horse person, I got the concept but it was low on my priorities. In late Nov, before the rains started, I sanded it all down and gave it four coats of Rustoleum. Then, I blew out all the cobwebs inside and zirked the main bearings and got it back up running. People who know we are not horse folks keep offering to buy that off us but we are trying to keep the place intact for the next owner. New horse places are rare these days. Keeping up the older ones seems about as rare too. Its a work in progress but we are getting towards the end of the list of projects.
Believe it or not, I have a couple neighbors who do horse rescues and they are constantly trying to "gift" me a couple horses. I like the look of the place staying all nice and groomed once I get it raked. Its a faux horse ranch... My dogs sure love running around in that arena though, especially when the ground is damp. It must feel great on their feet.
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You know I was a little worried about it, I'd been in AZ for 22 Years and figured I'd thinned all the way out, I know I was a few quarts low.How many years did it take your blood to thicken up in Idaho? (People in AZ always say the heat thins out their blood...) 'Course you have a bed full of fuzzy Wolves to keep you warm at night!!! How they handle the July-August-September period amazes me. I see Malamutes out running with their owners before sunrise in summer with full coats. We give our Coyotes a super-short buzz in summer and they seem to appreciate it.
We actually did great, the cold doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would, and yes it does help to sleep with a bunch of wolves.
They do a whole lot of shedding come spring, odd note, the wolves shed several times one of which is in January, February to make their den warm, and fuzzy for the new arrivals.