dubba
Gold Member
Re: have a couple ?\'s regarding landscape rake..
exactly. I use my rake on my drive every spring. Setting an aggressive crown is easy with the wheels. Also IMHO a rake works better when the leading teeth are biting deeper than the others allowing material to get "sorted" along the teeth with the undesirable big rocks getting windrowed into the middle, then setting the rake real lite & windrowing them into the ditch.
A few other observations about landscape rakes.
They do not deal with sod well.
They prefer the surface to be chopped up first. Not necessary on a gravel drive. (Unless you have one as hard as mine. All I do is wait until spring, just before it dries up.) Chopping is more necessary on lawn & field repair.
If the tines aren't clanging, it's overloaded. Try going a little faster, if it won't clear, change the setup.
Rakes are not a one pass device. If you need a one pass device, buy a Harley rake for 5 grand. Even then you'll probably need 2 or 3 passes.
Your results may vary...
exactly. I use my rake on my drive every spring. Setting an aggressive crown is easy with the wheels. Also IMHO a rake works better when the leading teeth are biting deeper than the others allowing material to get "sorted" along the teeth with the undesirable big rocks getting windrowed into the middle, then setting the rake real lite & windrowing them into the ditch.
A few other observations about landscape rakes.
They do not deal with sod well.
They prefer the surface to be chopped up first. Not necessary on a gravel drive. (Unless you have one as hard as mine. All I do is wait until spring, just before it dries up.) Chopping is more necessary on lawn & field repair.
If the tines aren't clanging, it's overloaded. Try going a little faster, if it won't clear, change the setup.
Rakes are not a one pass device. If you need a one pass device, buy a Harley rake for 5 grand. Even then you'll probably need 2 or 3 passes.
Your results may vary...
