Rake Harley rakes - why so much?

[dropbear]

Does anyone have any idea of what RPM the rake head does? or the gearbox and chain'n'sprocket gear ratios?

Thanks /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[_RaT_]

Kind of a wild guess at a PTO speed of 540 RPM, I'd say the rake is turning over at about 600 or 700 RPM. It's not very fast. Very little power is needed to run the rake.

 

[dropbear]

Finally Found the ATI site and it states the rotor runs at 168RPM @ 540RPM PTO speed. (Harley don't specify the RPM)
ATI Preseeder site

I am toying with the idea of building an impliment similar to this using a car diff for the main drive/gearbox... so 168/540 = 3.2 ratio ... so a car diff with a 1:1 chain drive to the rotor will be ideal /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Taylortractornut]

Dropbear I have a similar gear box off a brush hog a customer abandoned at the shop, I may make a small rake that way. Cotton picker spindles/tines may bee a good Carbide substitute. They are super hard and many of them are free. I have a cousin that made a big tiller for his 4020 John Deere tractor from a car axle and pipe. He uesd mismatched tines from hand tillers he found in the junkyard.

 

[Reg]

Old Thread, I know.

Looking at Harley (type) rakes and roto-tillers and comparing the price difference to the mechanical differences....

It would SEEM that a REAL HANDY diy'er could start with a roto-tiller;
Change the rotor & tines to a drum with small teeth,
Add Gage wheels,
....a few other details that might need some "invention".
Field trials,
Corrections,

Ta Dahh, a low cost home built power rake.

OK, time for the second cuppa coffee (-:

 

[ktm250rider]

I missed a nice used harley rake for 300 bucks. Too bad I was unemployed at the time.

 

[myyaz33]

I missed a nice used harley rake for 300 bucks. Too bad I was unemployed at the time.

As the immortal Fred Sanford would say;

"YOU BIG DUMMY!"

Just kidding. That is a seriously good price for a Harley Rake too bad the time was not right for you.

 

[Reg]

I missed a nice used harley rake for 300 bucks. Too bad I was unemployed at the time.

Aww SHUCKS (& other profanities).
Ya could_da told ME about it (-:

\R

 

[ktm250rider]

Trust me, Im still kicking myself for having such good self control.

 

[5030tinkerer]

FWIW, I have a roller bar 8' Landpride Rake and haven't been real impressed with its ability to windrow rocks. Maybe I am simply doing something wrong, but it just allows the rocks to pass over the roller bar or keeps them on the front of the roller. It never moves them to one side or the other regardless of the angle of the bar.