Rake rake gauge wheels

[Limecuda]

Is there a website/store that sells a decent set of gauge wheels at a decent price? I won't be using them a whole bunch so I would rather not spend a small fortune. I have debated on trying to build my own.

 

[blackland]

Roll-A-Cone.com in West Texas lists some in their catalogue.

I think the smallest run about $150 ea. and would still need some sort of mount, a little beyond my sense of reasonable, however...

 

[Sully2]

Is there a website/store that sells a decent set of gauge wheels at a decent price? I won't be using them a whole bunch so I would rather not spend a small fortune. I have debated on trying to build my own.

Im bound and determined to now...
Look for my thread Im about to start..

 

[Youare]

I have looked all over the internet and at various dealers for a set of gauge wheels at a reasonable price and did not find anything for under $200.00. I could not even find used gauge wheels to adapt to my rake.

I made a set a few months ago for about $60.00 and they worked great. I purchased a set of riding lawn mower replacement front wheels and made an axle stub out of a grade 8 bolt. A few pieces of plate stock some steel tubing and a couple of pieces of 1 inch diameter stock with a little welding and the wheel part was done.

Two pieces of angle iron and square steel tubing with a piece of round tubing welded to one end of the square steel tubing and the supports were done. I don't have a welder but was able to get all the welding done at a shop for $10.00.

They do make a world of difference.

Randy

 

[HomeBrew2]

Pretty cheap and easy DIY ... even if you jobout the welding ... anybody can cut steel with a HF $40 abrasive saw (throw it away when done

 

[MadReferee]

There have been several posts in the last few years by people who have build their own for less than $50. Do a little searching and you will find them. Here is mine.

Gauge wheels for a landscape rake

 

[FortClatsop]

I'm no fabricator. But I couldn't stomach the $250 to add the kit to my Frontier/Woods rake. I decided that the wheels on my Frontier/Befco RFM looked an awful lot like the ones for my rake. So I ordered the wheel tail arms from my JD dealer for the rake at $23 each and bought five dollars worth of bolts and zirc fittings. I figured that once I had the arms in the right position that I could get a little help scabbing something on it I needed to. It accepts the wheels just as I had hoped so I'm about $200 ahead. I thought about trying to go through Woods directly and try so save a few more bucks but I didn't.

 

[FamilyFarm]

I have a Land Pride 7 ft heavy duty landscape rake. I was blessed to have a dealer that sold me the rake at the same price as other quotes, then agreed to include the wheel kit at no extra charge. I think he agreed before he knew the list price for the kit was $400! I'll say this, I would hate to have to use it without the gaugue wheels. It is so easy to clean up an area of rocks, debris or whatever with the wheels set properly.

 

[weldingisfun]

Just curious, but can you angle the rake with the gauge wheels to pile up rocks, etc. in windrows?

 

[FamilyFarm]

Just curious, but can you angle the rake with the gauge wheels to pile up rocks, etc. in windrows?

I haven't used mine to do that, but it does adjust at different angles and I see no reason it would not do it.

Terry

 

[RollTideRam]

Just curious, but can you angle the rake with the gauge wheels to pile up rocks, etc. in windrows?

The wheels on my KK rake swivel as do all the others I have seen. JC

 

[AndyMA]

I'll say this, I would hate to have to use it without the gaugue wheels. It is so easy to clean up an area of rocks, debris or whatever with the wheels set properly.

I know it's probably funny, but I rerely ever use the guage wheels on my very heavy Ford 8 foot rake. I've been using York type rakes for about 40 years and have hundreds of hours with them and find their is just about nothing I can't do without the wheels.

Andy

 

[WayneB]

There have been several posts in the last few years by people who have build their own for less than $50. Do a little searching and you will find them. Here is mine.

Gauge wheels for a landscape rake

Nice job on the wheel setup! Thanks for reposting the link!

 

[FamilyFarm]

I know it's probably funny, but I rerely ever use the guage wheels on my very heavy Ford 8 foot rake. I've been using York type rakes for about 40 years and have hundreds of hours with them and find their is just about nothing I can't do without the wheels.

Andy

There is nothing that substitutes for experience! The problem is I don't have time to get all that experience and need all the help I can get to just get it right (or at close to right) the first time. I have used the rake to spread dirt without using the wheels, so I can see how it can be done.

Terry