Lanscape rake vs Pine Straw rake

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Due to my schedule and the waiting for the yard to be dry enough to cut the grass (a ~9xxx lb tractor tears up a wet yard in a hurry), my grass is usually fairly long before I get a chance to cut it. I use a side discharge finish mower and wind up with LARGE clumps/piles of clippings that I would like to get picked up. I am confident that a pine straw rake would handle the job, but I really wouldn't use it for anything else. My question is, would a landscape rake be able to effectively do the same job? I could get so much more use out of the LS rake on my driveway and out on my trails. I also would rather store just the one implement instead of two. Will it handle the grass? Thanks
 

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A landscape rake will work great if you get the type that has the depth/float wheels, the ones without will rip up your lawn too much. ;)
This is one example of one:
 

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That's kinda what I figured. There are a few used LS rakes for sale around me, but I have seen none with the gauge wheels. EA has them, but for $1000 or more new, that just seems pretty steep for the complete setup, considering how simple it is.
 

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Someone posted pictures of a gauge wheel they fabricated a couple of weeks ago. Might purchase a used rake and make your own gauge wheel.
 

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I'll second getting a simple model and making your own gauge wheels if you can do some simple fabrication! ;)