Landscape Rake To Move Gravel?

[JCS_in_KY]

The recent post about using the landscape rake to move rocks from a field reminded me of a question I've been meaning to post. We are removing a couple of gravel drives on our property and also cleaning up where some large piles of gravel were stored. I've used a box blade to get some of it out but once I get down to the ground level that won't get the gravel that's even with or just below the surface of the dirt without also removing a whole bunch of dirt. Would a landscape rake work to get the gravel raked up into a pile? My local implement dealer thinks the tines would be too far apart and wouldn't work well on gravel like you'd find on a driveway but it sounds as if some of you use the rakes to maintain your drives and are happy with the results.
John

 

[ronjhall]

I do not think the landscape rake will do the job. A back blade may work better. The tines on my Land Pride rake let a lot of dirt or gravel pass through the tines.

 

[Theowegian]

I agree with ronjhall. I doubt the landscape rake will do what you want.
I have had my rake for a couple of years now and love it. But it does have limitations. Digging up gravel might be too difficult for a landscape rake.

But the rake excels at moving fresh gravel. For example, last saturday, I moved 35 tons of 1/2" crushed rock for my church parking lot. I did spend 3 hours on it, but it looked really good when I got done. I just spread it out with the FEL the best I could then raked it in two directions.
.. best that parking lot has ever looked, according to the parisioners.

 

[PineRidge]

While I regularly use the landscape rake to smooth our gravel drive it would be a poor choice for actually moving the gravel. I use the FEL to redistribute the gravel itself.

 

[Timber]

It sounds like your gona have to do the last part by hand if you want to leave the soil behind

 

[AndyMA]

I'd scuff it up with the rake and then move it with the loader set not to dig in.

Andy