N80
Super Member
I had 5-6 acres of good sized pines thinned on my property recently. They did a good job, did not mess up my roads or anything. But, one of my woods roads (about 300-400 yards long) that I use a lot was pretty much buried in branches, pines tops, etc.
It would have taken forever to clean up with just the FEL bucket so I took some of the money from the trees and bought a Leinbach 7' landscape rake. I would love to have a grapple but don't have the money. Anyway, got the rake new for $445. I've got a Leinbach 8' disk that I've been very happy with and this rake cost less than the Country Line rake they have at TSC.
I cleared the road today and found that the rake is very useful. For pushing all this brush around it worked best turned around and bull dozing backwards. I wish I'd bought a rake years ago. I think it is going to be a very versatile tool.
I have found that moving brush, especially pines with pine logs and whole pine tops is probably the most dangerous thing I do on my tractor. And very hard on the tractor too. I broke one of the tines on the rake already. I think I hit a rock.
Anyway, for anyone considering a landscape rake it is very handy. I'll be getting 3-4 loads of crusher run for my driveway in the near future and I think this rake will be much more effective than the box blade.
It would have taken forever to clean up with just the FEL bucket so I took some of the money from the trees and bought a Leinbach 7' landscape rake. I would love to have a grapple but don't have the money. Anyway, got the rake new for $445. I've got a Leinbach 8' disk that I've been very happy with and this rake cost less than the Country Line rake they have at TSC.
I cleared the road today and found that the rake is very useful. For pushing all this brush around it worked best turned around and bull dozing backwards. I wish I'd bought a rake years ago. I think it is going to be a very versatile tool.
I have found that moving brush, especially pines with pine logs and whole pine tops is probably the most dangerous thing I do on my tractor. And very hard on the tractor too. I broke one of the tines on the rake already. I think I hit a rock.
Anyway, for anyone considering a landscape rake it is very handy. I'll be getting 3-4 loads of crusher run for my driveway in the near future and I think this rake will be much more effective than the box blade.