That is an impressive attachment. I was blown away that it was only $75.00 for a day? Crazy. Gave me some ideas for a section of my property. Subscribed for the wood and got landscape tips as a bonus! Keep’em coming!
Cheap tip to get a rear remote if you have front loader. I took two hoses male couplers on one end female on the other. I uncoupled the bucket hoses and plug it in using the bucket function for the rear. Used it for years on my hay roller, also easy to switch back. Cost less than $100.
Was just speaking to a rep about hydraulic top link and all they wanted to push was a 1500$ remote kit as it..." wouldn't ever work that way and would be a waste of time..." lol. Glad to hear someone else thinks same 😉
Every attachment has its purpose... that Harley rake will not do what a box blade will and a box blade will not do what the Harley rake does.. kind of like a brush hog and a finishing mower there's a difference👍
No doubt, a York Rake, Harley Rake is a badass beast. I used a 7’ one on the front of a skid steer some years back to remove rocks, grade out an acre of land, then to regrade my hard pack driveway. I love them! As a rental, and for such purposes, it’s the best way to go. My only quibble is that comparing one to a box blade is kind of unfair. As you mentioned, a York Rake costs $7,000 to buy, whereas a box blade is closer to $700-1,500. Plus, the box blade is useable with a simple three point hitch. I’ve been very happy with my 5’ box blade for grading and hogging out driveways. It’s a beast in it’s own right. Great results though! I love power rakes! But I also love box blades. 🤙
Nice job with the rake, box blades are multipurpose and do decent on driveways. A landplane is the proper tool for driveways, built my own and it works great. A 1hr grade on my 700' driveway, now takes about 20min.
Nice attachment. A landscape rake (one with the multiple fixed curved tines) works pretty good on something like this too. For really rocky soil, remove every other tine so the rocks don't clog it up. IF you on a major road, or close to one, a hoop house growing bedding plants is a major income producer too. Your ground looks perfect for it.
I didn’t think that plow was goin to work very good when you showed it butttt you proved me wrong you’ve got that looking just like it needs to and you achieved what you was after thanks for sharing
Power rake worked great adam. I'm fixing the ditch in front of my house right now. A good friend of mine owns a golf course here and he said to seed it after the first light snowfall.
Don’t know if anyone mentioned it in comments but you need to tilt rake back and let it ride on the back wheels! It helps to level everything up as rake will ride on the finished product while tractor is riding rough in tilled ground cheers and keep on producing great content
Thanks Adam! I have never seen one of those before. Looks like a really effective attachment. Thanks for the demo - the area turned out really good. Cheers!
Hey Adam! The power rakes are amazing! We had our project area poweraked prior to hydroseeding and what a finish it left! Grass came in perfect! Thanks for sharing!
Cool piece of equipment. I kinda chuckled when you said it was crazy that there was no rain in the forecast for 15 days. We go 6 months plus without a drop out here on the West Coast. We think it’s crazy if we get any rain between May and November. 😂
Hey Adam, they are a nice piece of equipment. Another quality video out of your studio! We have been running a "Harley Power Box Rake" prepping lawns for at least twenty years. There is a learning curve that goes along with them. I've read several fairly negative remarks here which I feel are uncalled for. I did notice the rake wasn't adjusted properly, which I would lay blame on the rental source for not coaching you in the proper adjustment to your tractor and conditions. Thereby making a little more work for you in the long run. We didn't see the second or third pass, so you may have dialed it in before you were finished with your project. When they're fine tuned, the gauge wheels ride on the surface and the top link of the 3 point hitch floats about halfway through the top slot allowing for uneven ground to be shaved off. On the final pass it is desirable to have the carbide nubs only engage the soil at about 1/2 to 1'' of depth, thereby just whisking the stones and debris off the surface. With a little more seat time you would likely be ready to sow seed after the 2nd pass with very little to no hand raking. The dead grass always make for the most challenging part of the project. Bless'ns to ya, Tedd
@@adventurerhoades : Good morning Joshua! Not necessarily. It depends on if you’re buying, renting or borrowing... The expense of a box blade is much easier to justify. You can more easily perform this process with a box scraper in dry/hard conditions, especially if it has the scarifier teeth. Whereas the power rake will want to bounce across the surface when it’s super dry. If conditions are moist, the power rake will produce a much nicer finish. We use the power rake to grade new driveway installs and it does a beautiful job, but after the gravel is compacted and has been driven on for a few seasons, a box blade will work better. For my own use, I wouldn’t buy a power rake. However as a business we love it. You might look into a land plane, then again the soil conditions will factor in on those as well. Bless’ns to ya, Tedd
Nice job. We're heading over to the Boot Box today to grab some new steel toe boots. We live a little northwest of you and get lake effect rains occasionally this time of year. I'm hoping it stays dry enough to get a few more Ash trees out of our swampy area at our farm. The last time I could get in there was July'ish.
That thing really did the trick smoothed everything nicely. Now just get the rocks up and seeded and instant lawn. I was struggling with the comparison to the box blade until you mentioned using it on your driveway. Take care brother
looks good! Just did a big section with a pulverizer (same thing without PTO power kind of) In the 90's with no rain but I figured the seed might as well be in the dirt than on the shelf in the store and after about 2 weeks we got some rain and it popped right up! I put a little straw down too.
One more attachment to add to the list to remind guys when they buy a tractor get it with rear remotes. Also a hydraulic top link would accel in this application by controlling depth on the go. If folks get attachments that need to angle like this go buy 2 matching female hydraulic coupler, plumb back to back, hook attachment hoses together with this adapter, turn equipment by hand,uncouple hoses.
Im just south of you and I'd say seed and straw it now, the heavy dew (and frost this morning) will be enough to get the grass growing. If you wait you're just giving the weeds a head start.
Don’t make the same mistake I made with straw. I got some from Lowe’s. Finally figured out what nearly killed all my plants. The straw had been sprayed with chemicals. Thanks to Down South Homestead. He had a video about it.
Go ahead and seed and fertilize. It will come up with the dew. I would have seeded and then ran over lightly with the power rake to lightly cover the seed. Looking good!!!!
Box blades work great when you use a hydraulic top link to adjust your blade angle from the seat and that set up is a heck of a lot cheaper a rock rake is great also but it is a rock rake not a land leveler Lila a good operator with a box blade
I would have collected the stones after each pass for it seems that you were burying them again on the second pass. I own and use several implements but there is no way you can skip manual work if you want the job well done. A hug from Portugal.
Fellow Pennsylvanian here. You want to up your farms productivity? It’s against everything modern farming says but stop plowing. Use that rake to agitate the top so it’s easier to seed but the deeper you till the worse your dirts microbiology gets. Which in turn hurts the productivity of your crop. After a few years you’ll never need herbicides or pesticides again. Nature is an amazing thing
Save one of your totes n clean it out n put a pvc pipe on the back w holes in it.you already have a shut off.i use mine for watering my dusty driveway n watering gardens.they work great.
Boys and their toys. So, you took an overgrown yard, applied burndown Roundup, chisel plowed it, power raked it and turned it back into a yard. Couldn't you have just mowed it and been done? :D
Hi, nice video, nice unit! You said the machine is angled so the rocks roll out to the side. If thats the case, shouldn't the black, blocking piece of steel (shows clearly at 2:28) be flipped open so the rocks and weeds roll out to the side?? You can clearly see that its hinged for that purpose.
I really miss mi Kioti ck HST.... Im convinced it’s the best all around tractor money can buy. My newer Kubota grand L is great.... but Kioti was just as powerful and much more nimble around the house
Love the channel. 5 months late with my comment, but better late than never. One thing, that is not a York rake. That is a Harley rake, or power rake.. A York rake is something completely different.
Should start in the middle with that setup. Drive down and turn around and come back beside your first pass. From there you just keep looping around to the left until your last loop is down the sides pushing all of the rocks out of the patch.
Nice job with that power rake. Like stated before, a little more length on that top link. I would also suggest if you have the chance to use it again would be to do a pass perpendicular or 90 degrees to the first three passes. You'd be amazed at how level and smooth it would be, but what you have done looks really really great.
Isn’t it defeating purpose of the angled blade by not continually pushing the rocks to the right? Start on the left side of the field and work your way to the right thus pushing the rocks always to the right?
How did this turn out? I haven’t seen any updated videos. I have 4 acres of field I would love to level and plant proper grass on but its quite the undertaking. Any help would be appreciated!
I have seen one of those with bigger dimensions being used by a farmer where I live. Looked like a pile of potatoes after they piled them all up at the end of the field.
Sometimes rental is the way to go. Late model equipment and no deep equity required on your part. Even if you use it for a week, still cheaper that tying up valuable funds.
Thanks for the vid and well done. From the shirt I see you're in Meadville. No rain for 15 days? We're in WNY and we don't see sun for 15 days this year!
Random watcher here. I’m currently clearing 2.8 acres with about 5-7 degrees elevation across and aiming at building up wild grass turf. At the end of clearing/raking there’ll probably be pieces of roots I have to deal with. I’m researching to buy a tractor; what make and model would you think most suitable to do the job? Thank you
Noticed you have a Kioti 4510. I have the DK 4510 (no HST). What do you think of your tractor so far? I've got 350 hours on mine, zero issues. I couldn't be happier with my tractor. Just wanted your opinion..
This is just a small rock rake. When I farmed I had a 14 ft rock rake. It did a beautiful job of leveling the field, and of course putting the rocks into a row which made them easy to pick . Two or three times one direction and reverse once and 35 to 50 ft of rocks were in a space 2-4 ft. If corn stubble was present, the rake would bust them up living a carpet of organic matter on top helping preventing erosion. I used the rock rack before seeding down to alfalfa. Once I started using the rack, I could keep my alfalfa stands an extra 2-4 years. I think it was due to leveling action of the rake, not letting those little pools of water drown out the plants. Maybe it was because the seed bed was more firm at planting allowing for better germination. The downside was that while my tillage equipment was about 20 feet (small by today's equipment) and I could travel 5-6 mph, the rake was 14, covering maybe 12 and ran best at 4 mph. But keeping the alfalfa stand longer and better yields was worth it. Here is the rake degelman.com/products/rock-removal/rock-rake
Watch alot of your videos and enjoy them. May I ask where you are located. You mentioned northwest PA. I grew up on a farm years ago in Warren P A., Just curious. Thanks
That is an impressive attachment. I was blown away that it was only $75.00 for a day? Crazy. Gave me some ideas for a section of my property. Subscribed for the wood and got landscape tips as a bonus! Keep’em coming!
eeeh, there's some clauses about breakage but yeah they're absurdly reliable equipment and excellent for making a mess.
We buy all of our equipment from Greenhill Farms. Super nice people. Great customer service....I've enjoyed watching the progress of your field.
I have found as long as there is moisture in the soil the seeds will grow. Nice thing about fall is the dew in the morning and evening.
Cheap tip to get a rear remote if you have front loader. I took two hoses male couplers on one end female on the other. I uncoupled the bucket hoses and plug it in using the bucket function for the rear. Used it for years on my hay roller, also easy to switch back. Cost less than $100.
Was just speaking to a rep about hydraulic top link and all they wanted to push was a 1500$ remote kit as it..." wouldn't ever work that way and would be a waste of time..." lol. Glad to hear someone else thinks same 😉
Every attachment has its purpose... that Harley rake will not do what a box blade will and a box blade will not do what the Harley rake does.. kind of like a brush hog and a finishing mower there's a difference👍
No doubt, a York Rake, Harley Rake is a badass beast. I used a 7’ one on the front of a skid steer some years back to remove rocks, grade out an acre of land, then to regrade my hard pack driveway. I love them!
As a rental, and for such purposes, it’s the best way to go.
My only quibble is that comparing one to a box blade is kind of unfair. As you mentioned, a York Rake costs $7,000 to buy, whereas a box blade is closer to $700-1,500. Plus, the box blade is useable with a simple three point hitch. I’ve been very happy with my 5’ box blade for grading and hogging out driveways. It’s a beast in it’s own right.
Great results though! I love power rakes!
But I also love box blades. 🤙
Nice job with the rake, box blades are multipurpose and do decent on driveways. A landplane is the proper tool for driveways, built my own and it works great. A 1hr grade on my 700' driveway, now takes about 20min.
I'm waiting to seed my yard and yup, no rain in sight. We are really dry here as well. But that power rake is awesome. Thanks for sharing with us!
Nice attachment. A landscape rake (one with the multiple fixed curved tines) works pretty good on something like this too. For really rocky soil, remove every other tine so the rocks don't clog it up.
IF you on a major road, or close to one, a hoop house growing bedding plants is a major income producer too. Your ground looks perfect for it.
I didn’t think that plow was goin to work very good when you showed it butttt you proved me wrong you’ve got that looking just like it needs to and you achieved what you was after thanks for sharing
Power rake worked great adam. I'm fixing the ditch in front of my house right now. A good friend of mine owns a golf course here and he said to seed it after the first light snowfall.
Don’t know if anyone mentioned it in comments but you need to tilt rake back and let it ride on the back wheels! It helps to level everything up as rake will ride on the finished product while tractor is riding rough in tilled ground cheers and keep on producing great content
I’ve never seen one of those so thanks for featuring it
Thanks for sharing the info. I was wondering how to efficiently get those stones and rocks out of the field until I saw this video of yours.
Thanks Adam! I have never seen one of those before. Looks like a really effective attachment. Thanks for the demo - the area turned out really good. Cheers!
Hey Adam! The power rakes are amazing! We had our project area poweraked prior to hydroseeding and what a finish it left! Grass came in perfect! Thanks for sharing!
Cool piece of equipment. I kinda chuckled when you said it was crazy that there was no rain in the forecast for 15 days. We go 6 months plus without a drop out here on the West Coast. We think it’s crazy if we get any rain between May and November. 😂
Adam, great decision on the rental. It’ll look nice once finished......just a bit more lawn to mow. Stay safe
that's what horses are for!
They should have a package deal, rent the power rake, get rock bucket for $25 a day. That rake looked like a steal at $75. Nice job.
Extend that top link where the gauge wheels rest on the ground, then adjust your 3pt for fine tuning!
Yes it's supposed.to float !
Yep yep yep and would have been smoother as well
Yep
Too busy setting up a drone and camera instead of setting up his attachment :) Unchained PTO shaft as well... very naughty.
Hey Adam, they are a nice piece of equipment. Another quality video out of your studio! We have been running a "Harley Power Box Rake" prepping lawns for at least twenty years.
There is a learning curve that goes along with them. I've read several fairly negative remarks here which I feel are uncalled for. I did notice the rake wasn't adjusted properly, which I would lay blame on the rental source for not coaching you in the proper adjustment to your tractor and conditions. Thereby making a little more work for you in the long run. We didn't see the second or third pass, so you may have dialed it in before you were finished with your project.
When they're fine tuned, the gauge wheels ride on the surface and the top link of the 3 point hitch floats about halfway through the top slot allowing for uneven ground to be shaved off.
On the final pass it is desirable to have the carbide nubs only engage the soil at about 1/2 to 1'' of depth, thereby just whisking the stones and debris off the surface.
With a little more seat time you would likely be ready to sow seed after the 2nd pass with very little to no hand raking. The dead grass always make for the most challenging part of the project.
Bless'ns to ya, Tedd
Tedd your knowledge is awesome. Would you prefer box blade in this application? Smooth out the ruts in a field like this?
@@adventurerhoades : Good morning Joshua!
Not necessarily. It depends on if you’re buying, renting or borrowing... The expense of a box blade is much easier to justify. You can more easily perform this process with a box scraper in dry/hard conditions, especially if it has the scarifier teeth. Whereas the power rake will want to bounce across the surface when it’s super dry.
If conditions are moist, the power rake will produce a much nicer finish. We use the power rake to grade new driveway installs and it does a beautiful job, but after the gravel is compacted and has been driven on for a few seasons, a box blade will work better.
For my own use, I wouldn’t buy a power rake. However as a business we love it.
You might look into a land plane, then again the soil conditions will factor in on those as well.
Bless’ns to ya, Tedd
Nice job. We're heading over to the Boot Box today to grab some new steel toe boots. We live a little northwest of you and get lake effect rains occasionally this time of year. I'm hoping it stays dry enough to get a few more Ash trees out of our swampy area at our farm. The last time I could get in there was July'ish.
Definitely the right attachment for that job! Looks great 👍
Nice work my friend . . . I like the idea of repurposing the rocks . . . that is what I try to do with things on my property.
Looked like a lot of good laying rock size/shape too. Pile them up somewhere until you have enough for a project.
That thing really did the trick smoothed everything nicely. Now just get the rocks up and seeded and instant lawn. I was struggling with the comparison to the box blade until you mentioned using it on your driveway. Take care brother
A lot of people were telling me I could use the box blade to smooth out the furrows. That’s why I titled the video the way I did
Nice work, nice attachment!
looks good! Just did a big section with a pulverizer (same thing without PTO power kind of) In the 90's with no rain but I figured the seed might as well be in the dirt than on the shelf in the store and after about 2 weeks we got some rain and it popped right up! I put a little straw down too.
One more attachment to add to the list to remind guys when they buy a tractor get it with rear remotes. Also a hydraulic top link would accel in this application by controlling depth on the go. If folks get attachments that need to angle like this go buy 2 matching female hydraulic coupler, plumb back to back, hook attachment hoses together with this adapter, turn equipment by hand,uncouple hoses.
Top and tilt mandatory on mine now once ya have it ya never go back
Thanks for sharing with us Adam 👍👍
Im just south of you and I'd say seed and straw it now, the heavy dew (and frost this morning) will be enough to get the grass growing. If you wait you're just giving the weeds a head start.
Don’t make the same mistake I made with straw. I got some from Lowe’s. Finally figured out what nearly killed all my plants. The straw had been sprayed with chemicals. Thanks to Down South Homestead. He had a video about it.
Go ahead and seed and fertilize. It will come up with the dew. I would have seeded and then ran over lightly with the power rake to lightly cover the seed. Looking good!!!!
Great piece of equipment and the rental price is great. I had no idea it was that affordable to rent.
Lengthening the top link would let the guide wheels do their job it would give you a much flatter finish
You're right,,, He is Not a farmer...
Box blades work great when you use a hydraulic top link to adjust your blade angle from the seat and that set up is a heck of a lot cheaper a rock rake is great also but it is a rock rake not a land leveler Lila a good operator with a box blade
Wow, that was really impressive, well done
That’s a Harley rake a York rake is commonly referred to as 3pt landscape rake and has several tines nice video by the way
Those are just brand names. It plainly says "York" on the side of it. 0:42
So many wannabes so lil time
Interesting video. VERY nice drone work
No kidding?
Using a tool intended for a different use gives different results.
Thank you.
I would have collected the stones after each pass for it seems that you were burying them again on the second pass. I own and use several implements but there is no way you can skip manual work if you want the job well done. A hug from Portugal.
That little tractor is soooo handy and with the front end loader 👍
In the skidsteer world we call them Harley rakes
What is the minimum HP required to safely run that attachment
Nice rake!
That would be a fantastic tool for prepping my motocross track.
Greetings from Germany, I like your videos. Think about a fir plantage for Christmas on your ground🌲
Fellow Pennsylvanian here. You want to up your farms productivity? It’s against everything modern farming says but stop plowing. Use that rake to agitate the top so it’s easier to seed but the deeper you till the worse your dirts microbiology gets. Which in turn hurts the productivity of your crop. After a few years you’ll never need herbicides or pesticides again. Nature is an amazing thing
the sweatshirt at the end of the video....! I'm from Conneaut Lake... didn't know you were so close to home
I vote for the cornfield!
Save one of your totes n clean it out n put a pvc pipe on the back w holes in it.you already have a shut off.i use mine for watering my dusty driveway n watering gardens.they work great.
Boys and their toys. So, you took an overgrown yard, applied burndown Roundup, chisel plowed it, power raked it and turned it back into a yard. Couldn't you have just mowed it and been done? :D
Where would the fun be in that?
THEY WORK GREAT, I'VE HAD THEM FOR MY SKID STEERS FOR MANY YEARS. CON, THEY ARE REALLY EXPENSIVE...$7500 AND UP.
Hi, nice video, nice unit! You said the machine is angled so the rocks roll out to the side. If thats the case, shouldn't the black, blocking piece of steel (shows clearly at 2:28) be flipped open so the rocks and weeds roll out to the side?? You can clearly see that its hinged for that purpose.
I really miss mi Kioti ck HST.... Im convinced it’s the best all around tractor money can buy. My newer Kubota grand L is great.... but Kioti was just as powerful and much more nimble around the house
Your comparison is true ONLY if this attachment and a box blade are equal in price!
Bs is a diamond and a piece of coal worth the same
@@joeblackistone1126 ?
amazing results
Love the channel. 5 months late with my comment, but better late than never. One thing, that is not a York rake. That is a Harley rake, or power rake.. A York rake is something completely different.
You started on the wrong side. It’s angled to your right so you should’ve started all the way to the left to gather the rocks on the right side
Should start in the middle with that setup. Drive down and turn around and come back beside your first pass. From there you just keep looping around to the left until your last loop is down the sides pushing all of the rocks out of the patch.
make the rest of the field into a native grass prarie. attract lots of wildlife and they look great.
Nice job!
sun chokes look great .
Nice job with that power rake. Like stated before, a little more length on that top link. I would also suggest if you have the chance to use it again would be to do a pass perpendicular or 90 degrees to the first three passes. You'd be amazed at how level and smooth it would be, but what you have done looks really really great.
I wish we could rent attachments down here in Southwest Florida
Isn’t it defeating purpose of the angled blade by not continually pushing the rocks to the right? Start on the left side of the field and work your way to the right thus pushing the rocks always to the right?
Yup, that would be my question as well.
👍👍
Can't you use the bucket control for the angle; with extension hoses? In is in and out is out what goes in between is up to you.
How did this turn out? I haven’t seen any updated videos. I have 4 acres of field I would love to level and plant proper grass on but its quite the undertaking. Any help would be appreciated!
You should run that thing down a gravel driveway with a crown on it and some big nasty rocks so you can compare it to a box blade
I wish all Kubota dealers rented attachments. I'm in central PA and nobody within 50 miles rents 3 point hitch attachments.
Nice video. What is the group and song names of the music?
I have seen one of those with bigger dimensions being used by a farmer where I live. Looked like a pile of potatoes after they piled them all up at the end of the field.
I would love to do something like this. I am trying to find a place that rents out attachments in my area.
I am just glad that I don't have the rocks. Hard to tell if that is rocky soil or soil with rocks in it.
Soil with rocks in it
Dies the ground have to be dug up 1st to use it? Or can there be grass growing?
God bless the grass planting with plenty of rain! 🌦
I know what i;d do, in the interest of community relations. Sweet corn would have a positive effect on the neighbors after a meal or two
Could a tiller have done everything in one session. Break up a dirt deep and leave a nice finish?
Sometimes rental is the way to go. Late model equipment and no deep equity required on your part. Even if you use it for a week, still cheaper that tying up valuable funds.
Should have windrowed the rocks into a few rows. It would have come much cleaner and certainly saved some work.
So the black doors on the side will swing out of the way to your debris dump side and you will work the material from one side to the other
Thanks for the vid and well done. From the shirt I see you're in Meadville. No rain for 15 days? We're in WNY and we don't see sun for 15 days this year!
Random watcher here. I’m currently clearing 2.8 acres with about 5-7 degrees elevation across and aiming at building up wild grass turf. At the end of clearing/raking there’ll probably be pieces of roots I have to deal with. I’m researching to buy a tractor; what make and model would you think most suitable to do the job? Thank you
Harley rake and a box blade is like comparing apples to oranges
a box blade is used to fill over trail and drive ways low spots right?
No rear remotes? If you have forward facing 3rd-channel connections just get a set of extenders made.
That was cool. When you seed, do you need to put soil on top of the seed or does the seeder push them down?
I’m curious as to why you raked the rocks into you previous pass? IM thinking that was a oversight? But still nice finished project.
Did you end up buying one of those rock buckets for future uses?
Convert the hydraulic manual jack kit from harbor freight into a pump and you can move that to your hearts content.
What about hard pan you caused. I don’t know where you are but but out in the southwest you really set it up to blow
The only York I like is a York pepper mint pattie🤣
Noticed you have a Kioti 4510. I have the DK 4510 (no HST). What do you think of your tractor so far? I've got 350 hours on mine, zero issues. I couldn't be happier with my tractor. Just wanted your opinion..
More firewood videos coming soon with colder temperatures coming?
Yes, right now we’re waiting for the new splitter to get here but we’re gonna head back in the woods and start taking some trees down
A lawn and trees will look nice. Do you have any plans to make the land work for you like crops, or stabling horses, etc.?
Sunflowers!
Hi ,was wondering would the rake work on untouched land ?
Probably not. Even a 3pt tiller doesn't do all that great on untouched ground.
The hell with curb appeal, tme to put in a par 3.
To some, that IS curb appeal!
This is just a small rock rake. When I farmed I had a 14 ft rock rake. It did a beautiful job of leveling the field, and of course putting the rocks into a row which made them easy to pick
. Two or three times one direction and reverse once and 35 to 50 ft of rocks were in a space 2-4 ft. If corn stubble was present, the rake would bust them up living a carpet of organic matter on top helping preventing erosion.
I used the rock rack before seeding down to alfalfa. Once I started using the rack, I could keep my alfalfa stands an extra 2-4 years. I think it was due to leveling action of the rake, not letting those little pools of water drown out the plants. Maybe it was because the seed bed was more firm at planting allowing for better germination.
The downside was that while my tillage equipment was about 20 feet (small by today's equipment) and I could travel 5-6 mph, the rake was 14, covering maybe 12 and ran best at 4 mph. But keeping the alfalfa stand longer and better yields was worth it. Here is the rake degelman.com/products/rock-removal/rock-rake
New attachments every week from now on? :D
Watch alot of your videos and enjoy them. May I ask where you are located. You mentioned northwest PA. I grew up on a farm years ago in Warren P A., Just curious. Thanks
Ok I give up. What's the source of the music that begins at 3:25?