raykos
Silver Member
Hello all,
Because of the recent ice storm here(central Pa.) I have more than the usual amount of twigs & branches down. Usually I hook up my landscape rake(from Tractor Supply) to my 3pt hitch and go around raking up twigs & branches; of course this means the tractor must first go over the twigs & branches and then the rake gets them.
However, these branches are a little bigger than usual, so I was thinking of turning the rake around and going backwards; that way the rake gets the branches first and gets them out of the way of the tractor(JD 2305). Yes, I know I could probably just go around and pick up the biggest ones and rake normally...but that's no fun!
So, has anyone ever used a landscape rake going backwards? What are are possible do's and don'ts?
Thanks,
Ray
Because of the recent ice storm here(central Pa.) I have more than the usual amount of twigs & branches down. Usually I hook up my landscape rake(from Tractor Supply) to my 3pt hitch and go around raking up twigs & branches; of course this means the tractor must first go over the twigs & branches and then the rake gets them.
However, these branches are a little bigger than usual, so I was thinking of turning the rake around and going backwards; that way the rake gets the branches first and gets them out of the way of the tractor(JD 2305). Yes, I know I could probably just go around and pick up the biggest ones and rake normally...but that's no fun!
So, has anyone ever used a landscape rake going backwards? What are are possible do's and don'ts?
Thanks,
Ray