landscape rakes?

[tude]

Growing up I lived 7 miles from the York Modern Manfacturing plant in NYS. The attached is the first rake I ever saw. The township owned it and pulled behind a pickup.

 

[botaproducts]

Still getting into this tractor stuff so please forgive my lack of knowledge....I have a Kioti 2610HST, looking for a landscape rake to level and get rocks out of areas we'd like to plant grass.

Looked at a CNL Rake at Tractor Supply, and a Rankin rake at the dealer where we bought our tractor, who said Rankin is American Made.

Looking, I can see some quality difference in the Rankin, more continuous welds instead of spot welds...but looking for more informed / experienced opinions about whether its worth the extra money. This is something I'll probably use 10-20 hours a year, not a daily driver.

Thanks kindly for any advice.

I have a Tractor Supply 6' rake American make since 2014 & most of the time except mowing I leave it on. It's a bit of learning curve how to use but like the other guy said if you put a set of trolley wheels on it it works a whole lot easier. I also had a 4' rear tiller from TSC that weighed in almost 600 lbs it was a beast and very well made. I would not hesitate to buy an implement there for homeowner use.

 

[Ed ke6bnl]

I just purchased a new rake at Ignite Attachments 84 Inch Tine Rake for Tractors. I wanted a 5.5 to 6 foot wide one and bought the 7 foot one was thinking I would cut it down for the spare tines. But find it nice to have the rear wheels away from the drive way sides and still do the raking. I am pleased with the shipping and got it in about 4 days. The salesman when I called went out back and snap some actual pictures and emailed to me rather then stage picture from a brochure. take a look at least.

 

[scootr]

I bought a 84" brush hog rake lightly used from a neighbor 15+ yrs ago. It has seen intermittent work on 3 tractors. This yr I started using it to windrow and remove surface rocks from a couple of acres we generally scrape bare for weed control and fire break. Recently fitted it with a hydraulic cylinder for more efficient back and forth raking

 

[Mikefromcny]

I have a 6' York brand rake. Paid $300 for it used. Sits in the weeds until I need it again.

 

[scootr]

I have a 6' York brand rake. Paid $300 for it used. Sits in the weeds until I need it again.

My neighbor asked $200 used. I couldn't get the money out of my pocket fast enough! lol

 

[dgriff23@cox.net]

Still getting into this tractor stuff so please forgive my lack of knowledge....I have a Kioti 2610HST, looking for a landscape rake to level and get rocks out of areas we'd like to plant grass.

Looked at a CNL Rake at Tractor Supply, and a Rankin rake at the dealer where we bought our tractor, who said Rankin is American Made.

Looking, I can see some quality difference in the Rankin, more continuous welds instead of spot welds...but looking for more informed / experienced opinions about whether its worth the extra money. This is something I'll probably use 10-20 hours a year, not a daily driver.

Thanks kindly for any advice.

The price of that rake new today would shock you. Heck the wheel kit alone is $600

Harley power rake will be the best solution. Contact your dealer to see about renting one. Probably my more than you want to spend to be purchase. Dealer may know a local owner to see it operate.

Order Harley Rakes Online

 

[ZFreak]

Harley power rake will be the best solution. Contact your dealer to see about renting one. Probably my more than you want to spend to be purchase. Dealer may know a local owner to see it operate.

Order Harley Rakes Online

Just a FYI - Everything Attachments stopped selling the Harley Rake. I'm speaking from experience here as they were my first choice when buying one, but I ended up getting a Harley Rake from QuickAttach which is sort of an improvement upon the original design. It is equally expensive (about $12,000)