SnagDump
Member
- Joined
- Jul 14, 2019
- Messages
- 40
- Location
- Meadows Valley, ID
- Tractor
- Ventrac 4500Z, Bobcat S185 Skid Steer
We've got a contractor working on our wooded property right now to thin out trees and remove brush. They're using tracked machines (ASV and Fecon) with mulching heads. A lot of pieces, chunks and stems are left after the mulching is done and there are areas where I'd like to bunch this stuff up and then burn the piles.
I've got a lightweight rake (Kolpin) made for an ATV that I've adapted for the Ventrac 3 point hitch but due to its light weight and lack of down pressure it struggles to handle even tall grass that's been cut with a rough cut mower. The rake fills up and then just hops over the pile. I could get a much heavier rake for the 3 point hitch or a Ventrac KR502/702 landscape rake. It seems like things might go better if the rake was in front and I could see what I'm doing since it's all on sloping terrain and there will be roots and stobs remaining that I'll need to get over.
Anybody have any experience using the Ventrac landscape rake in conditions like this? The videos seem to be all about moving trivial stuff and I'll have a lot of stuff and larger stuff to move. Also, if you have one: how tall is the rake itself? The ventrac specs just show overall height which includes the frame and gear above the rake.
I've got a lightweight rake (Kolpin) made for an ATV that I've adapted for the Ventrac 3 point hitch but due to its light weight and lack of down pressure it struggles to handle even tall grass that's been cut with a rough cut mower. The rake fills up and then just hops over the pile. I could get a much heavier rake for the 3 point hitch or a Ventrac KR502/702 landscape rake. It seems like things might go better if the rake was in front and I could see what I'm doing since it's all on sloping terrain and there will be roots and stobs remaining that I'll need to get over.
Anybody have any experience using the Ventrac landscape rake in conditions like this? The videos seem to be all about moving trivial stuff and I'll have a lot of stuff and larger stuff to move. Also, if you have one: how tall is the rake itself? The ventrac specs just show overall height which includes the frame and gear above the rake.