TR3 Rake. Anyone have one

   / TR3 Rake. Anyone have one #3  
They are expensive or I would have one. They are THE tool for grooming a horse arena.
 
   / TR3 Rake. Anyone have one #5  
Bought one to use primarily for feral pig damage. Works ok on level ground but not well otherwise. Very unhappy with service. Delivery plan not coordinated as promised, set up instructions and videos not correct (15 years old and for older models per contact), and follow-up support only given lip service. Pins on scarfers come out easily, not mentioned in instructions or videos but known by tech rep.
 
   / TR3 Rake. Anyone have one #6  
WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?
HAVING YOUR LOCATION AS PART OF YOUR T-B-N PROFILE WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF YOUR RESPONCES.

What model/weight TR3 Rake did you buy? What tractor brand and tractor model do you pull the TR3 with? Did you buy your TR3 Rake new, from ABI? or previously owned?

Works ok on level ground but not well otherwise.
What does this mean? Level as in flat, as opposed to sloped ground?
(or)
Flat, as in smoothed land?

TR3 Rake is not for primary cultivation. Has the land the hogs are rooting up been cultivated in the last twelve months?

I have a Command Series, ABI's heaviest TR3 model and it has been excellent behind my Kubota L3560, 3,500 pounds bare tractor weight, during my 1-1/2 years of ownership. TR3 Rake is on my Three Point Hitch today. I was using TR3 this morning, with rippers down about 1-1/2", to cultivate Spring grass growth to extinction on two acre firebreak, maintained as bare sand around a burn pit.

I received no instructions either. I bought my TR3 from a builder in New York, who had never severed rake from the delivery pallet. Gleaned enough ideas from studying ABI TR3 videos to start leveling almost immediately but it took me six months to decipher the multiple adjustments and how each adjustment interacts/interferes with other adjustments.



Insert the Top Link pin and Lower Link pins (2) in the lower holes on the TR3 Rake.

Gross adjustment is then by varying the wheel heights. The higher/more forward the wheels are set, the more the rake will bite, especially the forward rake. You can remove the wheels entirely, if you wish. ((Earliest TR3 Rakes did not come with wheels.))

Relatively fine adjustment is done via lengthening or shortening Top Link. Shorter Top Link puts more pressure on forward rake, which functions somewhat like a Box Blade moldboard and performs the major work of accumulating dirt from high areas. Shorter Top Link simultaneously
lots rear smoothing rake.


Longer Top Link lifts the forward rake and pressures the rear rake, which is the smoother. (Top Link should be adjust longer than neutral, until you feel Top Link actually pushing down on the rear rake.)

Extending the scarifiers in 1" or 2" increments makes the rake squat, then both front and rear rakes move more dirt. Command Series TR3 comes with tractor powered hydraulic scarifiers, which is very convenient.

Every tractor is dimensioned a bit differently, so I will not discuss fine adjustments, which would probably vary on your tractor, with your TR3 Rake model, form mine. But above should get you started.

Update your PROFILE. Let me know what model TR3 Rake you have. Let me know what tractor brand and tractor model you have.
Write again if anything here is not clear or if you have further questions.
 
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   / TR3 Rake. Anyone have one #7  
Other thoughts occur to me:

1) Into what pair of tractor holes is the INBOARD end of your Top Link pinned? Some compact tractors have three pairs of holes on the tractor, some compact tractors have four pairs of holes.

If Top Link is pinned into the LOWEST pair of holes, rake adjustments will change rapidly.

If Top Link is pinned into the HIGHEST pair of holes, TR3 Rake will remain almost parallel with the ground and Top Link will hardly affect forward and rear rake positions.




Your right and left Lifting Rods should have pin adjustments holes. Moving the pins to the higher holes will raise the point at which Lower Links begin to lift. HIGHER HOLES, HIGHER LIFT.

The highest Lifting Rod holes are the default pin holes. Sometimes Lifting Rods are pinned in lower holes, which would make TR3 Rake sit too low. As the TR3 front and rear rakes are positioned far to the rear of the tractor, this hitch adjustment will make a big difference.
See two PHOTOS.
 

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   / TR3 Rake. Anyone have one #8  
I recently acquired one that came with a JD 5055E I bought. I used it on my gravel drive with good results however it is for sale because I need to recoup some cost and don't really think it is something I need long term.

It's on craigslist in north Mississippi section... New Albany, can't post link.
 
 
 
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