landscape rakes?

[Slowpoke Slim]

I've looked for used attachments many, many times. Facebook, various papers, Tractorhouse, even Church bulletins.

Most everything I see is overpriced. I'm talking same as new pricing. You call and it's like, "make me an offer." That's not how it's supposed to work. It's a terrible, amateur-hour way to do business. I got no time for the Mr Haney's of the world.

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It's like "Bring your Ol' Lady by and we'll dicker." I mean, most of the prices aren't just a little bit high, they're absurd. Beyond absurd. They're idiotic and I won't do business with an idiot.

So I very seldom bother. If I see something and it's priced right, priced fairly, I'll give it some serious thought even if I don't have to have it right then and there.

So, most everything is gone by the time I get to it. Especially these days

I found the same thing here.

Unless it's destroyed beyond all hope of ever making it work again, they want new price or higher on it. Tractors and implements, both.

I won't play into their BS either. If they list a price at all, it's insane. Most of the time it's "call for price" or "make an offer".

No, how about "pound sand".

 

[jyoutz]

Thanks to EVERYONE for all the quality responses. I'm reading over and digesting. I will mention for a laugh, the salesperson at my local tractor shop didn't know what the mounting plates on the top of the rake were for. Its now clear to me they are for optional wheels he didn't have in stock. I'll also mention that around where I live (Southern Oregon) its hard to find used implements, and reasonable priced ones seem to go fast, for all the good reasons mentioned aove. Thanks again for helping me slowly progress past novice. Best best community out there. Feels like everyone is on the same side, even if there are disagreements.

I agree about used implements. And finding one in the right size/weight you’re looking for is nearly impossible.

 

[2manyrocks]

That could be the consequence of so much price inflation making used attachments hard to find because of so much demand for them since the prices of new attachments have gone up so much. I bought a used PHD at an equipment auction last year and also bought a used orchard plow from the local for sale ads in Middle Tennessee, but I had been looking for several months before I finally found them.

 

[nyone]

I too can hardly find a decent used attachment. I'm on marketplace alot too. They want nearly new price or theres not a dab of paint left on the thing.

Only thing I successfully found used was a 6ft box blade about 10yrs ago. It was $600 and now the same brand is $2k.

I'm really looking for a very heavy cat1/2 7-8' rear blade with tilt and angle adjustment but have come up blank for over a year.

I recently was looking for a set of SSQA forks. Lots of chinese made ones or more expensive than new ones available. I bough new directly from the manufacturer and shipped to my door they where cheaper than Chinese that I would have had to drive 1hr.

 

[scootr]

I use CL for items I can wait for. Currently I'm looking for a fuel storage tank between 350 and 500 gallons. But I have a 55 gal barrel Fuel Caddy so I can wait for the right tank not rusted out and priced right. Last week a guy advertised one just a couple yrs old... looked a little rusty. ID tag showed a manufacturing date 24 yrs ago

 

[PJRAM]

I bought the 5 ft. landscape rake from Tractor Supply and it has a Tartar USA label on it. Seems very well built and works great so far, but the wheel kit was crazy expensive. $400.00 for the wheel kit. I also ordered touch up spray paint from the Tartar USA parts department, which matches perfectly. There were a few spots on the rake that needed some touch up. Yeah, I'm a perfectionist that way. lol

 

[scootr]

That Tarter rake looks good.

 

[scootr]

Nowhere is the old saying more true than CL or offerup. Be the first to reply and get in the car truck van and go get it to be the winner or be a winer

 

[hornett22]

Sort of offsets the "Proudly Made in the USA" banner. Actions speak louder than words IMHO.

Sure does. They'll never sell me anything.

 

[zzvyb6]

The most important feature (other than the gauge wheels) is the width. I recommend an 8' rake because when it's set to 45 degrees, it covers your rear wheels. Don't use a top link, use a chain so that the teeth stay at a set position while the tractor roller coasters up and down. You can still raise it up for transport. My ARPS rake used teeth commonly found at many sources. You will probably bend 1 or more and it takes some heat to return them to correct position. Otherwise will need to be replaced.