Small sticks

[KennyV]

Hey Rich GREAT... can't wait. Looking forward to those pictures... :smile:KennyV

 

[BGC]

I always get them into a pile and eventually we burn them and have a bond fire. The kids love it cause it is time to break out the marshmallows.

 

[rmancini]

Well,
We finally got a decent day so I decided to give the Estate Rake a test-hop.
So far I'm mildly disappointed in its performance. It (sort of) rakes but all six wheels tend to clog with debris and stop spinning.
I expected to end up with long lines of sticks and such to where all I'd have to do is rake the lines into piles and transfer them into a tarp.
I'm not giving up yet as it could be an "operator error" scenario. I may stumble upon a better method of using the rake. We shall see. Film at eleven!
Rich

 

[Madi]

We rake ours into a pile and burn them. I have about 1/2 acre of land to rake and it can be cumbersome, but I am not sure of a better way either because our land is very uneven.

 

[Pika]

We like to use them, too, for small fires. I have my kids pick them up and put them in one place and then we burn them in the little charcoal grill.

 

[jenkinsph]

My pine straw rake without moving parts has worked well so far. $289 @ Everything Attachments.

 

[rmancini]

Well,
We finally got a decent day so I decided to give the Estate Rake a test-hop.
So far I'm mildly disappointed in its performance. It (sort of) rakes but all six wheels tend to clog with debris and stop spinning.
I expected to end up with long lines of sticks and such to where all I'd have to do is rake the lines into piles and transfer them into a tarp.
I'm not giving up yet as it could be an "operator error" scenario. I may stumble upon a better method of using the rake. We shall see. Film at eleven!
Rich

The latest:
The rake does clean-up some of the sticks, so in light of that, I suppose it does as advertised and it does cut down on the amount of hand raking. As I use it more, my technique seems to improve.
What the rake does do well is loosen and remove thatch and moss - a clear victory for the home-team!
All in all I'd have to say that I am in-fact satisfied with the performance so disregard the "mild disappointment" in the above post.
Thanks to all for steering me toward this contraption!:thumbsup:
Rich

 

[KennyV]

I'm glad that it is working out for you...
A wheel rake is all in the set up... so I am going to guess the small version may be a bit more picky as to technique... :smile:KennyV

 

[JDgreen]

One of my least favorite jobs of lawn cleanup in the springtime is raking up the needles and small branches from under the 27 cedar trees we have...if I wait until the ground in hard enough then the debris has begun to smother the grass...this pictures show one of the 9 loader bucketfulls I hauled back last week, I am starting a new burn pile 40 feet back from the one I burnt in January. Going to clean the old pile up, haul the ashes away for fill, use a magnet to remove the nails, and rake out all the solid debris and dump it on the new pile. Will not be much fun.