Landscape Rake..what a pain in the...

[bambam31]

I picked up a 6' heavy duty landscape rake at a junk yard for cheap. I thought it was going to be a good tool for cleaning up but it really has been a big disappointment. Brush and branches get hung up in between the tines and I find myself constantly getting off the tractor to dislodge the material. I've thought about removing every other tine but I'm not sure the problem won't reoccur. Has anyone else had this problem and how did you remedy it?

 

[bcp]

Try shortening the top link so the tines are more vertical. Or rotate the rake 180 degrees backwards so the tines slope down to the rear, then play with the top link length. You may find a position that works for your land.

Bruce

 

[In Utopia]

Best thing you can do is remove every other tine.
Second is do is to shorten top link.
I have a hydraulic top link, so doing that is no problem, and I can change the "attack" angle as suited.
I have to do that when I'm pulling up cedar limbs and trimmings.

 

[RMD]

Landscape rakes really aren't for raking leaves/debris. They are for leveling out earth materials and maybe separating big stones. It's easier to level earth materials with a landscape rake than with a scraper blade or box blade.

 

[bambam31]

Thanks for the feedback. I'll try turning it around so the open end faces my tractor when I push debris while reversing. If that doesn't work I'll try removing ever other tine. Thanks again.

 

[twomany]

What "results" are compromised by having the roots and branches caught up in the tines>

There might be some compromise in the "sifting" action of the rake. My own experience is that the raked surface ends up about the same regardless of debris caught in the tines.

I'm sure a heavy load of loam would show a difficulty. I mostly "rake" the road up to the place.

 

[flyidaho]

I use my rake once every spring, on my farm's airstrip, which is just native grasses kept mowed. I use it in the spring when the ground is soft, and it helps smooth away the vole mounds and other bumps, without ripping the surface up. In the past I have also first scattered fertilizer and/or grass seed before raking, with the idea that it will mix it in a bit. I get some small brush in the teeth but don't worry about it until I'm finished, but as stated my use is more or less grass not brush.

 

[rexey]

Landscape rakes really aren't for raking leaves/debris. They are for leveling out earth materials and maybe separating big stones. It's easier to level earth materials with a landscape rake than with a scraper blade or box blade.

This is my thought too. Or this is what I use it for. Smooth dirt and rake stones out.


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[D2Cat]

Man gets a rake at junk yard price, and complains on how it doesn't work! That's funny!!

 

[Missouribound]

See if the junkyard has a straw rake...it will work much better for the limbs and other debris. Landscape rakes have their purpose...to create landscape, not maintain it.

 

[bambam31]

I guess I misunderstood the intended purpose of a landscape rake. To give a little more detail of the problem, I would push a pile of limbs off the food plot and when I pulled away many of the tangled branches would come with the rake. It isn't often that I need to push limbs but then next time the situation arises I'll probably use my grader blade.

 

[groomerbuck]

I guess I misunderstood the intended purpose of a landscape rake. To give a little more detail of the problem, I would push a pile of limbs off the food plot and when I pulled away many of the tangled branches would come with the rake. It isn't often that I need to push limbs but then next time the situation arises I'll probably use my grader blade.

When ever i use our york rake at work, i leave all the branches/roots/weeds/whatever in the rake until the project is complete. They get so tangled that they won’t keep falling out and the rake will still function as normal. Then i take a sawzall and cut them out. It takes about 3mins when the rake is completely stuffed.