box scraper or gill rake?

[hagman]

Greetings to all,

I am a "newbie" tractor owner. Just bought a Kubota B7610 w/MMM,FEL & 3 point hitch to maintain 3.5 acres & white rock drive. My neighbor swears by gill rakes over box scrapers for an application like mine. Does anyone out there have any experience with using both? If so, which one do you prefer? Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

Hagman

[Neophyte]

By gill rake, I assume you mean landscape rake or york rake. If so, you may want to think about a Landscape Rake with flip-down blade. Most of the LandPride rakes have this option available.

Land Pride LR15 Landscape Rakes

Box blades are extremely useful but since you have a rock drive, I would lean towards the rake.

[Neophyte]

Hagman, I didn't realize that Gill Rakes are also known as Soil Pulverizers. Are you referring to a Soil Pulverizer or did you mean Landscape Rake (York Rake)?

LandPride Soil Pulverizer
PGF Soil Pulverizer

I don't have much input on a soil pulverizer since I have never used one. I believe they are typically used by contractors to prepare for seeding or new sod. It seems like it is better compared to a tiller than a box blade.

I would think a box blade would definitely be more versatile. With a Soil Pulverizer, you cannot lift the shanks; that is, they are always engaging the ground.