rScotty
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- Apr 21, 2001
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- Rural mountains - Colorado
- Tractor
- Kubota M59, JD530, JD310SG. Restoring Yanmar YM165D
I wish I knew the answers. There is a real interesting relationship between the distance of the wheels from the tines and how it effects or limits the angle of the tines in the ground.
I was trying not to dig with the tines so I wanted the bar low and the tines as non aggressive as possible. This required a wheel that extended down below the tines when the tine bar (where the tines mount) was flat or neutral.
I had to remodel my welding area. And I'm just about ready to get back into the rake gauge wheel project. I have some 12" caster wheels but they don't look as durable as yours. I think I will have about 4 inches clear between the wheels and the tines.
Oh...good thinking. I hadn't gotten that far into it myself - but now that you mention it is obvious that the angle of the rake to the ground is going to make quite a difference.
I'd best start by assuming that the main body of the rake is horizontal.
Woods has a wonderful simple and quick way to adjust the wheel height. It is just a set of six or seven half inch spacers that slide under the vertical pivot of the wheel.
You can see it on on Messick's Parts documents.