How To Use A York Rake
Proper use of a \"York rake\"
I own a vi" landscape rake without gage wheels which in my stance is about useless. I borrowed a very heavy duty rake from a neighbour with gage wheels and hydraulic angle capability (Both the rake "Head" volition angle only stay directly behind the machine or the whole rake volition bending in a big arc that volition put the head out to ane side or the other behind the tractor) This was slightly better but still worthless. How practice you get virtually raking rocks out of a pasture that has been plowed and disked? All I seem to be able to exercise is hook the rocks, pull them a few feet and the rake jumps over and leaves the stone behind. I have been unble to windrow them or do anything other than make a bunch of little piles all over the identify. If I push the rake downwards more all I do is dig. To me a "york rake" looks like the biggest joke ever unleashed on the tractoring public. What am I doing wrong?
Frustrated in MA
Re: Proper use of a \"York rake\"
It's the way your holding your mouth when pulling the rake, that's what I tell everyine that can't seem to catch a fish when I killing them. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
On a more than serious note, I'one thousand non certain just I merely purchased one and plan to apply information technology to rake loose tree branches in the pasture. Also I was going to use it to level the lawn around my new house. I hope to hither the dang affair does something right. If non I'll have a fresh out of the box, never used landscape rake for sale.....
Charles
Re: Proper use of a \"York rake\"
Cletrac (& Charles).
The York rake I have is the pull behind unit with gage wheels but I accept encountered the same issues.
The biggest affair/trick I've found when using the rake is to go faster. When the blade is angled, yous'll want more speed to become the rocks rolling and off the windrow side of the teeth faster. It's like pushing/pulling snow with a turn. If you go slow, it'll build up in front of the blade. Faster and it'll ringlet off the side.
The dryer the basis, the better. If it's wet, the dirt may/will have a tendency to build upward in front end of the blade as opposed to break upwardly and go through the teeth. When this happens, information technology'south acting more than like a bract than a rake and will let the rocks to accumulate.
Watch out for rocks that are three/iv buried. If a stone is buried where the top is exposed simply not plenty for the rake to take hold of it, that'll cause jumping. These, unfortunately, will need to be dug upward by hand.
Lastly, is exist patient. It'll take a couple (or more than) passes (depending on what you want for the finished product). Every bit the rake goes over a plowed/disked surface area, it'll continue to smooth it out as well. The smoother information technology is, the easier the rocks will roll off the border of the rake. Mine is a 4' and I tow behind an ATV. For a lawn area, I may go over it 5 or half-dozen times just it'southward nonetheless a heck of a lot faster than paw raking.
Brian
Re: Proper apply of a \"York rake\"
Play with your summit link adjustment to make the teeth more than aggressive. It could exist that you accept them angled too far dorsum, making it easy for them to bound over the rocks.
Just start adjusting the top link, and watch the way the tines move so you lot can see where they should exist to get the most bite without having to lower the whole unit.
John
Re: Proper use of a \"York rake\"
Speed shouldn't matter if your angle is right... also, nigh of the decent rakes I've seen have a flat area on the top of their frame that will allow you to load on some weight. Put a couple of cinder blocks on there and you lot'll see a large improvement.
Weight (force) + digging angle are the most important things; absolutley no unlike than using a regular garden rake, but bigger.
If your place is really rocky, I'd utilize a grader bract get-go to loosen all the rocks and crude-grade the land... dig the biggies out with a BH if necessary. The rake is a final or near-concluding step; however you lot will still end up picking pocket-sized rocks by hand.
DMF
Platinum Member
Re: Proper use of a \"York rake\"
You don't mention the size of rocks you are trying to move. In my experience, grapefruit size rocks and over will make the rake spring as yous are describing. I've used York rakes with groovy success if:
ane. You gotta have gage wheels, no dubiousness.
2. Y'all wind-row the rocks.
3. You use it equally intended, which IMO is for smoothing areas suitable for planting lawns including the removal of pocket-size rocks (smaller than grapefruit size)
When I call back of removing rocks from a "pasture that has been plowed and disked" I call back of my fields in which there is considerably more work to be washed, some of information technology unfortunately by hand, before I would ever attempt to york rake it out.
My MO is:
1. Plow
ii. Disk
iii. Remove as many stones as possible with rock bucket.
four. Hand pick big flat stones that autumn through the bucket's teeth.
five. Drag area with a large screen
6. York rake (several passes)
vii. Repeat #'due south 5 & half dozen until "clean"
8. Seed
9. Roll
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Re: Proper utilize of a \"York rake\"
Earlier I utilize my landscape rake, I always boxblade the expanse with the rippers down. Nigh of the larger (softball sized) rocks volition exist popped to the top and tin and so be collected with the rake. Most of the time I run without judge wheels, but it takes a lot of do with the iii-betoken lever. I like the flexibility of going a trivial deeper with the teeth if i need to.
I accept personally establish the mural rake to be a dandy investment.
Re: Proper employ of a \"York rake\"
I think the rake is agreat tool. Yet, the surface area needs to exist smoothed out before you can take whatever real success with picking rocks. I use a boxblade to smooth and then brainstorm making passes with the rake. On the last couple of passes I adjust the angle to just skim the surface. I took some pics last week of myself raking an expanse I am prepping for seed. I will try to post them soon. Here is a pic of an area we already seeded a couple of weeks ago.
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Re: Proper utilize of a \"York rake\"
I take found that the drier the material the better the rake volition piece of work. The last time, I tried to roll the surface area first and then I raked it. Problem was that there were more rocks than I cared to deal with. I had a hydro seed company exercise the prep with a Harley Rake and then they seeded information technology. Fifty-fifty with them doing the Harley Rake on the entire area, there are still rocks that are coming to the surface after last winter. Rocks are like white potato's in New England. They continue growing every yr later y'all harvest the outset crop. That is why we have and so many stone walls... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Re: Proper employ of a \"York rake\"
We utilize a landpride 1560 with guess wheels. The attack angle of the teeth seems to exist the trick I M O. For terminate grading of screened loam ready the rake in the straight position,set the gauge wheels so the rake is merely excavation into the top inch or and then, put the tractor in depression gear, lower the rake and push it over the area in reverse! Yous will be amazed, better finish rake than a rockhound or a harley! Scott.
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