How good or useful is a tractor rake?

[botaproducts]

I guess I'll soon have 40 attachments!
I recently got a stump grinder which does a great job but leaves a foot deep pile of chips and dirt. I have 40 pines all in a row to do.
I was thinking about a rake like this TSC or similar.
1) if I use it for small limbs, sticks or leaves does it work for that?
2) does it damage the lawn. I have hydraulic top link so I can change angle
3) It won't get a lot of use. What's the best bang for the buck?
4) 6ft.? (50hp Deere)
5) We have a horse paddock that's compacted with sand on it. It's about 50x60, level & hard as concrete. Horse piles I clean area every 2 weeks or so. Would it work for that?
I have a 7ft rear blade or sometimes just the FEL bucket...but I then have to put a little more sand down.
6) Is it useful for anything else?

Thanks so much...View attachment 4265190

I have the exact same rake from TSC and have used it for 5 years . Its my favorite rear implement. They do make a set of gauge wheels for it as well which you can set at a height for a perfect level finish. The thing is a beast you will not be sorry buying it.

 

[Runner]

I have the exact same rake from TSC and have used it for 5 years . Its my favorite rear implement. They do make a set of gauge wheels for it as well which you can set at a height for a perfect level finish. The thing is a beast you will not be sorry buying it.

What do you use it for?

 

[Jrasband]

The landscape rake is one of my favorite 3 point implements, so I would say they are pretty useful.

 

[Thomas]

Not sure if York still makes drop down blade rake combo,it's costly but worth it.

 

[BrkMstr]

I guess I'll soon have 40 attachments!
I recently got a stump grinder which does a great job but leaves a foot deep pile of chips and dirt. I have 40 pines all in a row to do.
I was thinking about a rake like this TSC or similar.
1) if I use it for small limbs, sticks or leaves does it work for that?
2) does it damage the lawn. I have hydraulic top link so I can change angle
3) It won't get a lot of use. What's the best bang for the buck?
4) 6ft.? (50hp Deere)
5) We have a horse paddock that's compacted with sand on it. It's about 50x60, level & hard as concrete. Horse piles I clean area every 2 weeks or so. Would it work for that?
I have a 7ft rear blade or sometimes just the FEL bucket...but I then have to put a little more sand down.
6) Is it useful for anything else?

Thanks so much...View attachment 4265190

I purchased a pine needle rake from Everything Attachments, lived in a pine grove, 2 acres, the amount of needles would fill my 12' dump trailer (two or three times), prior to the rake it two or three days to clean them up, the rake took a half a day including loading into the dump - the rake was designed for pine needles did a fantastic job, ran the tractor pulled the needles to a location / pile I wanted lilted the rake drove over pile - put the rake down and got some more - as far as the lawn goes if anything it aerated it nicely - that rake saved hours of work - for the money you can't beat it....

 

[gelding703]

I use ours to rake our riding ring and it does a decent job. Agree with other responders about its limited use for other jobs.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I would like to hear some uses that the gentlemen who said it is one of their most used implements. Maybe I am missing out!

 

[hillguy]

I guess I'll soon have 40 attachments!
I recently got a stump grinder which does a great job but leaves a foot deep pile of chips and dirt. I have 40 pines all in a row to do.
I was thinking about a rake like this TSC or similar.
1) if I use it for small limbs, sticks or leaves does it work for that?
2) does it damage the lawn. I have hydraulic top link so I can change angle
3) It won't get a lot of use. What's the best bang for the buck?
4) 6ft.? (50hp Deere)
5) We have a horse paddock that's compacted with sand on it. It's about 50x60, level & hard as concrete. Horse piles I clean area every 2 weeks or so. Would it work for that?
I have a 7ft rear blade or sometimes just the FEL bucket...but I then have to put a little more sand down.
6) Is it useful for anything else?

Thanks so much...View attachment 4265190

I have one, very similar to the one pictured, that I use to rake leaves/branches in a semi-wooded area. It works very well along with my grapple to clean up the area. Sure saves a lot of time and work, as I hate raking leaves by hand. Although I'm not sure how it would be on a finished lawn without gauge wheels. I also like to use it to refresh my gravel driveway.

 

[2manyrocks]

I'd say my landscape rake is very useful when I have a need for it. Now that I have a grapple, I try to pick up broken tree limbs whole and move them without breaking off pieces everywhere. But the rake is still useful for raking up smaller pieces into a pile. Can also be used to rake out dirt pretty evenly and can be used on gravel if you need to aggressively work the surface. Even the used ones are not cheap that I've seen, however.

 

[bdhsfz6]

I use my rake with grader blade, gauge wheels and T&T kit mainly for these tasks:

1 - Regrading the private road & driveway surfaces using the gauge wheels.
2 - Cleaning drainage ditches using the grader blade angled with the T&T kit.
3 - Rake gravel from the lawn back into the road after plowing season. I use the gauge wheels to minimize lawn damage.
4 - Rake twigs & branches from the lawn after a storm using the gauge wheels.
5 - Roughing up the soil before planting the vegetable garden by setting the tines at an aggressive angle with the T&T kit.

The swing down grader blade, gauge wheels and T&T kit greatly increase the usefulness of the rake. Without them, as others have said, a rake is only marginally useful.