raykos
Silver Member
Hi all,
My property has mature trees on it, during the Winter they'll drop their dead branches and, of course, come Spring time they have to be cleaned up. But in the Spring, because the ground is still somewhat wet, the tines of a regular landscape rake can be a little rough on the grass. And, for me a dethatcher type of rake just wasn't doing what I wanted; so I combined the two.
The dethatcher with it's thin tines is easier on the grass, gets the smaller twigs and dethatches. The bigger landscape rake gets the heavier branches, provides a weight to keep the smaller tined rake down, and allows me to raise and lower both of them via the 3pt.
I was going to try and build my own thin tined rake, but after checking prices, availability, and of course, "shipping & handling", I bought a 4' AgriFab, used just the tine portion, and attached it to my landscape rake. The gauge wheels keep the larger rake about 1 1/2" higher than the smaller tined rake, and the smaller rake's height can be adjusted via a turnbuckle.
The weather recently was nice enough to enable me to try out my new combo-rake, and it worked great. Only downside, was having to get off and on the tractor to clean out the tines; but after hibernating all Winter, needed the exercise. An upside was I happened to rake over an area that was devoid of grass, and the dethatcher tines opened up some fine lines that are going to be perfect for planting grass seed. Pictues attached.
My property has mature trees on it, during the Winter they'll drop their dead branches and, of course, come Spring time they have to be cleaned up. But in the Spring, because the ground is still somewhat wet, the tines of a regular landscape rake can be a little rough on the grass. And, for me a dethatcher type of rake just wasn't doing what I wanted; so I combined the two.
The dethatcher with it's thin tines is easier on the grass, gets the smaller twigs and dethatches. The bigger landscape rake gets the heavier branches, provides a weight to keep the smaller tined rake down, and allows me to raise and lower both of them via the 3pt.
I was going to try and build my own thin tined rake, but after checking prices, availability, and of course, "shipping & handling", I bought a 4' AgriFab, used just the tine portion, and attached it to my landscape rake. The gauge wheels keep the larger rake about 1 1/2" higher than the smaller tined rake, and the smaller rake's height can be adjusted via a turnbuckle.
The weather recently was nice enough to enable me to try out my new combo-rake, and it worked great. Only downside, was having to get off and on the tractor to clean out the tines; but after hibernating all Winter, needed the exercise. An upside was I happened to rake over an area that was devoid of grass, and the dethatcher tines opened up some fine lines that are going to be perfect for planting grass seed. Pictues attached.
