Landscape rake angled use...how often.

[AGTtactical]

Curious how often you guys use your landscape rake in an angled position...most of the time? 50 percent? Never?

What angle do you use the most?

 

[McCaskey]

Angled stress on the tines tends to break them, especially angled when turning.
Best to lift rake in a turn. Steel tines take a long time to decompose

 

[oldnslo]

Mine is angled whenever I use it to level the driveway. May be kidding myself but I believe it helps keep the crown on the drive vs having it straight

I only angle to the first hole so guessing around 15 - 20 degrees

This is a 6 ft woods with gauge wheels

 

[AGTtactical]

Angled stress on the tines tends to break them, especially angled when turning.
Best to lift rake in a turn. Steel tines take a long time to decompose

Thanks guys...anyone angle it at 45 degrees without problems? I'd like to be able to pull in gravel with it...if I can't angle it at 45 degrees, then I don't need as wide a rake.

 

[CADplans]

My rake would not angle as much as I wanted,,,

so,, I drilled extra holes to increase the rotation angle,,

 

[AGTtactical]

Nice...how far does it angle now roughly?

 

[CADplans]

Nice...how far does it angle now roughly?

I never measured the angle,, but, even before I increased the angle,, it would windrow rocks beautifully,,,

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Think about it.:scratchchin: Do you think that most of the implement manufactures would build the rakes to angle to 45* if there were problems?:confused2: I sort of doubt it. ETA's rake goes to 45*, get the 8 footer and be happy.

Just my :2cents:

 

[AGTtactical]

Think about it.:scratchchin: Do you think that most of the implement manufactures would build the rakes to angle to 45* if there were problems?:confused2: I sort of doubt it. ETA's rake goes to 45*, get the 8 footer and be happy.

Yeah Brian, I did think of that. But I wasn't the one who just posted that if you angle a rake, you would break tines. Maybe it is the quality of the tines in his case. Or maybe it happens to others too...have you used a rake with it angled at 45 degrees consistently and NOT bent tines?

I recently bought a high quality grapple from a famous farm implement company...I thought it didn't look like it had adequate gussets, but I was assured by them that their AR400 steel would never bend. After 10 hours of light use, I had 3 bent teeth. I would have thought that a company wouldn't sell a grapple with teeth that bend so easily, but they did.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Well, yeah Brian, I did think of that. But I wasn't the one who just posted that if you angle a rake, you would bend tines.

I recently bought a high quality grapple. I thought it didn't look like it had adequate gussets, but I was assured by them that their AR400 steel would never bend. After 10 hours of light use, I had 3 bent teeth.

This is true, you did not post about the tines breaking. My point was that about every implement manufacturer that builds landscape rakes builds the units to angle 45*. If breaking tines was a problem due to operating at steeper angles, don't you think that they would not build the units to angle that far?

Did the dealer back up the grapple bending, or what was their response?

I have also found that it is very common for people to use their implements in an unintended way. Good or bad, if the implement is not engineered to be used in a way that some might do so, then some sort of failure should not be unexpected.

Good luck with your ultimate decision.