Landscape Rake

[bill9068]

Looking for a landscape rake for use maybe once or twice a year to clean sticks off field next to woods and clean up area after it was logged last summer. Rural King has some for $600, good buy or not?

 

[nouveauree]

I've had great service and support from Everythingattachments and always start with them before I order anything.

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[CH4Ohio]

I just looked at my notes. I paid a little over $600 for a 6' landscape rake in 2007. So I'd say it's a pretty good price. Pick it up and skip the shipping costs.

Don't use it as much as I thought I would. But for cleaning up brush and sticks it really does a pretty good job.

 

[Rebeldad1]

lot of people dont use them much. paid $400 for a great used 7" one.

 

[CH4Ohio]

lot of people dont use them much. paid $400 for a great used 7" one.

That's a good suggestion! Just checked CL and there's a dozen or so listed around here too.

 

[Hayloft]

Looking for a landscape rake for use maybe once or twice a year to clean sticks off field next to woods and clean up area after it was logged last summer. Rural King has some for $600, good buy or not?

Hey there, Sounds like a reasonable price range
for a 60in rake if you can pick it up with no shipping. If you use a rake a lot EA is lasting top quality and USA made but does cost more. For limited use, cheaper model will work OK. Might bend a few times but they can be replaced. Regards

 

[Boss 302]

Sounds reasonable, I bought mine from Tractor Supply years ago and it has held up well although it isn't something that I use but a couple times a year. Don't remember the price

 

[John0829]

I bought one from Tractor Supply (made by Tartar) this year to do the very same thing you are wanting to do, it is a 6' and my old Ford 850 twisted it like a pretzel. It was rated for a 40 to 60 hp tractor. I did manage to straighten it out for the most part and intend to pick up some metal to reinforce the weak area at the pivot then only use it behind the 1025R and hope that it won't twist again.

 

[i7win7]

Looking for a landscape rake for use maybe once or twice a year to clean sticks off field next to woods and clean up area after it was logged last summer. Rural King has some for $600, good buy or not?

Cut down about 100 dead trees. The limbs shattered upon impact. The landscape rake tines have a gap between 1/2" and 3/4", they flex and allow brush to wedge between the tines. Lifting rake lifts about 1/2 of the brush and require manually clearing the tines. If you remove every other time the tines have about a 3-4" gap and will self clean but requires more passes going different directions. If you can find used rakes you can set them up for different jobs

 

[Vigo327]

I only have a tiny landscape rake meant for an ATV i use on a Case garden tractor, but i've found it's really excellent at dragging out any kind of dirt piles you might have. I have a larger box blade and regular back blade but I've found the landscape rake far more useful for spreading soil that's already loose. Unlike the two blades it tends to actively roll the soil it's dragging and break up clumps pretty quickly.

Another great thing about a landscape rake is the ability to grab downed brush and drag it. The tines will sort of stab into any bushy type of vegetation and pull it along without it escaping. My little rake mounts on a 2" square bar so I've got it on a ~3ft long one to get more 'reach' from it.

 

[MESSMAKER]

I bought one from Tractor Supply (made by Tartar) this year to do the very same thing you are wanting to do, it is a 6' and my old Ford 850 twisted it like a pretzel. It was rated for a 40 to 60 hp tractor. I did manage to straighten it out for the most part and intend to pick up some metal to reinforce the weak area at the pivot then only use it behind the 1025R and hope that it won't twist again.

Is there anything by Tarter that is not too lightweight to be useful?

 

[joea99]

I'm looking for one too. Around here (NY) CL and FB Marketplace are full of them. All made of 24 carat gold judging by the asking prices. Hard to believe gold can rust that much though . .

I could buy EA's top of the line largest one for less than what these characters are asking. There are some in the 500-800 range but they are clearly light duty and will not hold up here.

 

[bill9068]

Been looking for used for a few month’s, found a guy just 50 miles away who has 2 of them for sale. It’s a king cutter so not top quality but it’s almost new for $500. The other is unbranded for $450. Both 6 ft rakes, going to look at tomorrow and buy the heaviest built out of the two. Thanks for all the responses.

 

[MattN03]

I've twisted the angle iron that holds the tines on my 6' Frontier using my B3200. Next one might have to be a EA. I just received my Wicked 55 grapple last month and it's a beast!

 

[bill9068]

Anyone in the market for implement's who lives in southern Indiana or southern Illinois or western Kentucky needs to check with this gentleman who I bought my landscape rake from. He had 3, plus about 10 blades, 6 bush hog mowers, 3 point log splitter, Sod busters and probably 25 more pieces of used equipment for sale. Not a business so no tax just a retired gentleman who fixes and resale’s equipment. If interested message me and I’ll give the information I have.

 

[Jchonline]

Looking for a landscape rake for use maybe once or twice a year to clean sticks off field next to woods and clean up area after it was logged last summer. Rural King has some for $600, good buy or not?

Looks fine to me. As long as individual tines can be repaired (they bend) or replaced you are good.