3-Pt. Yard Rake Makes Lawn Cleanup Easy
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David Owings’s home-built yard rake gets debris off his lawn quickly, and makes short work of other chores using an array of rubber-mounted rake/baler teeth. The teeth are mounted on an 8-ft. long, 1 1/2-in. dia. pipe that mounts on a Cat. I, 3-pt. hitch frame.
“I use it on my Deere 4010 tractor for lawn raking, dethatching, light landscape work, seedbed preparation, and incorporating lawn seed,” says Owings.
He bought the rake teeth at a local farm store. The teeth are 8 in. long and mount on rubber balls that fasten to the pipe where they’re spaced about 2 in. apart. Owings drilled a series of holes in the pipe and then fastened the teeth as close to each other as he could. He also welded together some scrap metal to make mounting brackets for the pipe.
“It works great for dragging sticks, and for dethatching as it spreads the material on top of the grass where it’s easy to mow up. I can adjust the 3-pt.’s top link so the teeth will grab more aggressively, for example, if I want to drag up dirt. Sometimes I drag the material into windrows by stopping at the end of the yard and raising the 3-pt. to dump the load.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, David Owings, 1414 7th Ave., Eldora, Iowa 50627 (ph 641 939-7090; dvd42@heartofiowa.net).
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3-Pt Yard Rake Makes Lawn Cleanup Easy FARM HOME Miscellaneous David Owings’s home-built yard rake gets debris off his lawn quickly and makes short work of other chores using an array of rubber-mounted rake/baler teeth The teeth are mounted on an 8-ft long 1 1/2-in dia pipe that mounts on a Cat I 3-pt hitch frame
“I use it on my Deere 4010 tractor for lawn raking dethatching light landscape work seedbed preparation and incorporating lawn seed ” says Owings
He bought the rake teeth at a local farm store The teeth are 8 in long and mount on rubber balls that fasten to the pipe where they’re spaced about 2 in apart Owings drilled a series of holes in the pipe and then fastened the teeth as close to each other as he could He also welded together some scrap metal to make mounting brackets for the pipe
“It works great for dragging sticks and for dethatching as it spreads the material on top of the grass where it’s easy to mow up I can adjust the 3-pt ’s top link so the teeth will grab more aggressively for example if I want to drag up dirt Sometimes I drag the material into windrows by stopping at the end of the yard and raising the 3-pt to dump the load ”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Owings 1414 7th Ave Eldora Iowa 50627 ph 641 939-7090; dvd42@heartofiowa net
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