legbuh
Silver Member
Well, I decided to go ahead and make the purchase of a pine straw rake for dethatching. I do also have many pines on my property that I could rake, but that wasn't the intended purpose. It was mainly for raking up twigs and dethatching.
I tried it today and it seemed to do a really good job. IT's about 50lbs. I found that to get the best penetration I lengthened the top arm a couple inches and also would park on a hill so the rake was hanging above ground, then lower the 3ph until it hit. That way going over hills it wouldn't get up above ground.
I found that the 3ph on my bx1860 once this thing was on the ground it wouldn't go down any more (no down force of course).
I think if I were to add a cinder block or 2 to it somehow it may work even better. Here's a pic of what I got:
http://www.(Temporarily blocked due to reports of company closure)/v/vspfiles/photos/LB-Pine-Straw-Rake-PSR-5-2T.jpg
Any ideas on how to easily add weight to something like this? I don't want the weight on the tines as they would most likely bend. What about putting weight on the 3ph arms themselves?
I tried it today and it seemed to do a really good job. IT's about 50lbs. I found that to get the best penetration I lengthened the top arm a couple inches and also would park on a hill so the rake was hanging above ground, then lower the 3ph until it hit. That way going over hills it wouldn't get up above ground.
I found that the 3ph on my bx1860 once this thing was on the ground it wouldn't go down any more (no down force of course).
I think if I were to add a cinder block or 2 to it somehow it may work even better. Here's a pic of what I got:
http://www.(Temporarily blocked due to reports of company closure)/v/vspfiles/photos/LB-Pine-Straw-Rake-PSR-5-2T.jpg
Any ideas on how to easily add weight to something like this? I don't want the weight on the tines as they would most likely bend. What about putting weight on the 3ph arms themselves?