Horse-Drawn Hay Rake Mounted On 3-Pt. Hitch

Horse-Drawn Hay Rake Mounted On 3-Pt Hitch HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Rakes 44 A Georgia farmer came up with a low-cost 3-pt mounted “yard rake” by converting an old IH 8-ft wide horse-drawn rake A big sprocket is bolted on front of the rake and is used to adjust the rake’s angle up to 45 degrees to either side “I use it with my Yanmar tractor on our 5-acre property It may be a little overbuilt but it works great and is really handy ” says Glenn Fisher of Homer “I use it to rake leaves and grass as well as pruned grape vines We use the leaves as mulch in our flower beds and around our fruit trees and the grass as bedding in our 4 dog houses during the winter Each spring we pull the hay out of the houses and use it as mulch for seeding grass in our yard ” The rake originally came with wheels but someone had removed them Fisher used heavy angle iron to build a 3-pt hitch which extends back to the rake’s angle iron frame and bolts on using existing holes He cut off part of a 2-ft dia sprocket to “square it up” with the frame and then bolted it on The sprocket swivels on a vertical shaft with bearings and is held in place by a short metal pin that fits between the sprocket teeth “The pin runs through a slotted metal bracket that I welded to the hitch I change the rake’s angle by pulling the pin out and moving the rake to whatever angle I want Then I reinsert the pin ” says Fisher Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Glenn Fisher 751 Boling Rd Homer Ga 30547 ph 706 658-7586 or 423 364-0158

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