Yard Rake...anyone use this?

[NoCowboyhat]

After getting my tiller up and running, thanks to those who responded to my post about it (see link), I'm now dealing with another issue. My yard has about 3-4 inches of soft soil on top (it's awesome). However, there are a lot of small wood pieces from when I had a guy take out a couple dozen cedar trees with a skid steer. He ground them up but the pieces were larger than I thought they'd be so I had them removed. There are quite a few still remaining. So a diving catch in a football game could leave someone impaled on a 3-4 inch spike. I want to drag the yard to pick up as much of the wood pieces as possible. I was looking at this yard rake on Amazon. It should be good to drag through the soft soil and collect the wood chips/sticks. I saw another post on yard rakes from early 2025 and someone said they bought one from Amazon but hadn't used it. He never reported back after he put it together.

Anyone have experience with a rake like this? Again, it'll be dragged through the top few inches of soft soil to gather the wood hidden under the surface.


Tiller question:

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/tiller-pto-shaft-cutting.646974/

 

[nyone]

Unless that dirt is like dust that rake is just going to act like a back blade.

A long time ago I removed every other tooth on my york rake and it did make it less like a back blade but will leave bigger stuff. However the amount it leaves is pretty small so I Judy pick the rest out by hand witch is what I suggest you do.

 

[ruffdog]

For doing cleanup after tree work we use the Groundskeeper II rake. They are light, very sturdy, and work great for getting the wood chunks out of the yard. Check around for best price.

The Groundskeeper II Rake

 

[bigtiller]

I think a pine straw rake would be better than a York rake.

This dethatcher might be even better.