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Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this?

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Britcheflee

04-25-2008 07:34:36




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Has anyone used one of these:

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Any comments - it looks like it would fit my 8N,

Lee




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SW3

04-26-2008 13:55:43




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 Re: Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this? in reply to Britcheflee, 04-25-2008 07:34:36  
I have an ESTATE RAKE for leaves and grass, I have also had good luck using it on pine needles. My yard floods every year and it works good for flood debris too. It is like a mini hay rake. Only down side is it only windrows it for you, you still have to pick up the leaves and stuff. USA made, good quality. I found mine for around $300 online a couple yrs ago.
http://www.edneyco.com/EstateProducts/estate_rake.htm

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Peter, Covington, LA

04-25-2008 15:42:41




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 Re: Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this? in reply to Britcheflee, 04-25-2008 07:34:36  
I have exactly that rake, in a 5 ft. width, that I bought for use with my 9N. It's well made, and I would recommend it, except that it isn't exactly the right implement for most of what I need it for. I envisioned it picking up leaves and pine needles, and sticks and small stones. It does that, but also drags dirt with it, making bigger and bigger berms. My idea for this summer and fall is to try removing every other tine, to see if that makes it better. So, good implement, but is is the right implement for the job?

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Peter, Covington, LA

04-25-2008 15:45:30




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 P. S. in reply to Peter, Covington, LA, 04-25-2008 15:42:41  
I should have added that I have recently acquired a set of chains that determine how far down an implement can go, and I look forward to trying them with this rake. I also like the idea of adding wheels to the ends, but I'm not equipped to do that myself.



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valhallareject

04-25-2008 09:25:10




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 Re: Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this? in reply to Britcheflee, 04-25-2008 07:34:36  
I"ve got one.....but I don"t have any pine trees so I can"t speak to that use. But it works reasonably well as a general rock rake or for smoothing out loosely bound soils. We have a limestone based soil here called caliche which is usually intermixed with larger fossilized nautical creatures and limestone rocks. By angling the rake to one side I can not only smooth out the caliche but also remove the majority of the larger rocks to a windrow on one side of the road or the other. I"ve also used it in this manner to rake rocks in the pasture into rows to provide better grass coverage in between. It won"t move large rocks, mind you, but up to about 5 or 6 inches across and its pretty effective. I have also used this rake to remove the left-over windrows which result from shredding heavy cover. My personal opinion....the rake is an asset....but if you don"t require any of these specialized tasks to do....it"ll end up rustier then shinier.

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Dell (WA)

04-25-2008 09:14:19




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 Re: Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this? in reply to Britcheflee, 04-25-2008 07:34:36  
Lee..... ..that is a LITE-WEIGHT category-0 landscape 4-ft rake made to be pulled behind 500# 4-wheel ATV scooters.

Yer 'arrychested 2500# N-Tractor with category-1 3-point hitch will straighten that wimpy rake toute-sweet.

I have a real 6-ft cat-1 landscape rake that works great on gravel driveway raking but LOUSY on grasses, leaves, and limbs in pasture..... ..Dell



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Gaspump

04-25-2008 08:39:51




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 Re: Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this? in reply to Britcheflee, 04-25-2008 07:34:36  
I have one as well and a lot of my friends do too. Like Too Tall says not a lot of good for leaves and I'm talking used on N's. Except, if you do as my Brother-I-L up in MI did. He added a finish mower type adjustable wheel to each end to keep it from digging in and that thing is a great leaf and needle collector.



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Too Tall

04-25-2008 09:09:00




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 Re: Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this? in reply to Gaspump, 04-25-2008 08:39:51  

Gaspump said: (quoted from post at 08:39:51 04/25/08) He added a finish mower type adjustable wheel to each end to keep it from digging in and that thing is a great leaf and needle collector.


Hum, if you added wheels, that would help. My problem is that on uneven ground it digs into the grass and tears it up...

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Too Tall

04-25-2008 08:13:57




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 Re: Leaf/needle rake - anyone use this? in reply to Britcheflee, 04-25-2008 07:34:36  
I've used that same rake behind a JD riding mower with 3 pt hitch.
It's great for combing beaches to smoothe them out, rid them of rocks and sticks, and level out the sand castles.
It also works great on my parent's crushed stone driveway to level out the high middle to the lower tire tracks.

I't is useless on grass as a rake for leaves or pine needles. Maybe would work to collect sticks or pinecones, but it tears up the grass pretty easily...

Can't comment on using it behind an N, but I'd think you'd want something at least as wide as the tires...

TooTall

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