[EddieWalker]

Bob,

The tines I bought are 1 1/4 inches wide and 3/8 thick and the rake is gonna be six feet wide. I'm going off memory here, but I think I figures a 1 3/4 inch gap between each tine. Is this too far apart?

My goal is to clean up pasture land and the dirt that will be my roads. Damage to the ground isn't much of a concern, but getting as many sticks as I can is.

Ron,

Thanks for sharing your experience and insight. I hadn't considered turning. I'm still confused how the pivot works for turns? If it's staight for picking up sticks, does it turn somehow on it's own when you turn your tractor?

I'm planning on straight drags mostly. Just pull the material out to where I can build up some big piles. I can handle some huge piles with the dozer and it's rake, or I can pick them up with my front bucket with or without the grapple. It's the massive ammount of them that is overwhelming!!

My roads are a minimum of 30 feet wide to as much as 50 feet wide. Then there's the debris under the trees that I'd like to clean up.

My goal is to back in under the trees and pull out the barnches into the middle of the road. Maybe create a very long stick pile along the middle of my roads that I can work with.

I've seen some of the posts where others have put guage wheels on there rakes and box blades and can see the advantage to them. They look like an easy add on if I want them, but for now I want to see what it's like without them.

Down the road when things start to take shape and I'll probably add them for sure!!!

Thank you,
Eddie