? About landscape rakes

[AlbertC]

I have been wanting a landscape rake for a while and am looking at the EA extreme duty rake. Am having trouble deciding which one to get. I have a new holland 3930 which is about. 6 ft wide at the rear tires. I think a 6 ft rake is too narrow so I am considering a 7 or 8 ft rake.

I will use the rake primarily for raking up limbs as I have a lot of trees on my property and they are always dropping limbs and will also probably use it for smoothing out some ground that I am having cleared. Any ideas as to which size rake would be better.

Thanks

 

[Einthewoods]

I got one purposely no wider than my tractor as anything wider was going to be too wide for the trails in my forested property. Can't say I have wanted a longer one ever.

Rear blade it a different story, wider is better for my use.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

If you are staying with a manual adjust rake, then I would go with this one. Pay the extra to get it to be able to offset and get an 8 foot width. Put that 8 feet at a 35* angle and it is only about 78" wide.

 

[countrybumpkin]

If you are staying with a manual adjust rake, then I would go with this one. Pay the extra to get it to be able to offset and get an 8 foot width. Put that 8 feet at a 35* angle and it is only about 78" wide.

I went with this same setup, worked out really nice.

 

[Captain Dirty]

As the owner of a manualy adjusted landscape rake I can attest to a fairly long learning curve what with angle of attack, depth, tilt, and angle of rotation. Gage wheels certainly help with the results (grading lawns), but that is another adjustment to keep track of. I bought a rake wide enough to cover my tracks rationalizing that fewer passes meant less compaction.

In shopping I noted that York Rake gage wheels are too close to caster or swivel in reverse. On my Land Pride the gage wheel brackets would have to be removed to rotate the tines, but they are far enough back to allow them to swivel when moving backwards. Also, since the gage wheels are further out (longer wheelbase), the results are smoother.

To Einthewoods' point, I have a tooth bar or poor man's grapple on my bucket that I use in the woods where the trail is as narrow as the tractor.

 

[AlbertC]

If you are staying with a manual adjust rake, then I would go with this one. Pay the extra to get it to be able to offset and get an 8 foot width. Put that 8 feet at a 35* angle and it is only about 78" wide.

Excuse my ignorance but I did not see anything in the ad from EA about paying extra to get it to offset. This is the rake that I was thinking about getting but confused about the offset comment. Also,can you tell me why the offset feature is desirable? As you can see I have a lot to lear about using a rake.

Thanks

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Excuse my ignorance but I did not see anything in the ad from EA about paying extra to get it to offset. This is the rake that I was thinking about getting but confused about the offset comment. Also,can you tell me why the offset feature is desirable? As you can see I have a lot to lear about using a rake.

Thanks

You have to ask for that feature and they will do it for an additional fee. Just like countrybumpkin posted pictures of in post #4.

You will find that with a rake or rear blade, the offset feature allows you to get closer to areas that you may not be able to reach easily or even reach at all with the implement squarely behind the tractor. But get it off to the side some and a lot of things change. :thumbsup:

Some people feel that it is well worth the additional cost to have the extra capabilities. Some do not.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Offset for that rake is not listed on the website, if you call and order it you can request the option, think it was around 350 more.

 

[Tractorable]

Definitely get an 8ft with offset and gauge wheels.

 

[jeff9366]

I have been wanting a landscape rake for a while and am looking at the EA extreme duty rake.

I will use the rake primarily for raking up limbs as I have a lot of trees on my property. I will also probably use it for smoothing out some ground that I am having cleared. Any ideas as to which size rake would be better.

I have an ETA Landscape Rake with gauge wheels.

I have a Ratchet Rake bucket attachment.

For the two uses you have specified a Ratchet Rake will perform better for you.

You cannot see the Ratchet Rake in Photo #2 but it is on the bucket.
Pushing brush is better than pulling brush. You have infinite collection space in front and line-of-sight is better.

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