York Rake

[Hobo,NC]

Cracklist find, A bud let me use his a elchepo rake I bent it a little but it was a EZ fix to bend it back. I have been look'N at this one on Cracklist for awhile got him down on the price and went and got it... I had to do right much fix'N, rear wheels were gone and every thing froze up. The cable to lift the Scarifier was gone and a mess to fix... I need 5 spring teeth to complete the rebuild. I used it today its the real deal...

One thing I have found out is using equipment behind a Bota shucks you can not see chit. I think the japper's think all mericans are 7 ft tall... I have put 75 hr. on the Bota and maybe 2 hr. on the 3000 it was nice to get on a tractor you could see what you were doing again...

Video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otYBy3MfLl8

 

[Royse]

Hope you got a good deal on it.
I have an el cheapo with caster wheels behind.
It works fine for what I do, but it wouldn't hold up to hard use.
I do appreciate the caster wheels though.
They make it a whole different tool than it is without them!

 

[Ultradog MN]

Nice score Hobo.
That's a York® brand rake. The original and still the best.
Looks like a 6 or 7'?
I have an 8' just like it cept no scarifiers - never knew they made them.
Looks like you still never got those fenders painted.

 

[Tall T]

Hobo,

What is that bar of teeth immediately behind the wheels for?
Scarifier?

I discovered something great about my Land Pride Rake . . .
if I raise it up full and back into a blackberry patch and then lower it and pull out . . . snap, crackle and out comes all the amber colored, sharp and dead blackberry canes that are a pain when picking. So I did it to all my blackberry patches.

Today someone told me of a good place here on the island that for cheap will turn my berries into wine.

My first ever tractor task was to pull apart a 15' brush pile that was too decomposed and wet to burn, and stretch the pile out to dry.

Great tool, congratulations!

Terry

 

[NoNewParts]

nice find.
Rakes are by far my most used implement.
York® are the best.
I have 3 of em. One big 3-point one without wheels for cleaning messes.
(still ain't got that grapple like you have...someday)
I also have 2 smaller 4' self-contained ones that can be pulled with a pin hitch. Adjusted the hitch on one so a A or B Farmall can pull it and keep the orientation right.
One for garden tractors ([i:c435ab68fb]real[/i:c435ab68fb] garden tractors) to pull.
great for tight spots.
Scarifier bar is nice, might have to steal that idea....
You might try to track down the optional fold up blade for yours.
Mine are always folded up, but they add some needed weight, right at the tines.

 

[Hobo,NC]

(quoted from post at 08:34:10 06/07/15) Nice score Hobo.
That's a York® brand rake. The original and still the best.
Looks like a 6 or 7'?
I have an 8' just like it cept no scarifiers - never knew they made them.
Looks like you still never got those fenders painted.

No I never have took the time to install those nice fenders I got from ya.. I just take a tetanns shot every time I get on the 3000...
Its a 6'er.

 

[Hobo,NC]

TT I learn as I go also the Scarifier bar is a HD triangular bar with 6" teeth it will pull up roots are rocks normally passed over by the rake... I guess it also loosens up compacted dirt, It also adds weight. I had ran over the newly stumped ground it was purt'neer free of roots then I got this rake and used the Scarifier bar it found/pulled up roots I did not know was there... My property boarders my aunts yard (she has a yard that would make the cover of nicest yards and gardens) I am almost ashamed to live beside her... She has been after me to get the roots from my trees that have migrated into her yard so I dropped the Scarifier bar and it broke/snapped them up it left me with little hand work to do
Before I got this bar it was a ,,,AX,,, and hard manual labor... :evil:

 

[Ultradog MN]

Just an add on here for folks who've never used one.
I don't use my rake a lot but for some tasks they are incomparable.
For raking up small limbs, rocks, tree debris and the like they work great.
I brush mowed an area of my yard that was all saplings and vines from not having been mowed for 8 years. The brush mower left a lot of shattered pieces of wood everywhere that the lawnmower would have picked up. The rake did a great job of pulling it into a pile that I could dispose of without ripping up the dirt too bad and left a good surface for grass seed.
Also, I rarely use a back blade for leveling out the driveway anymore.
A yard rake does as good or better a job of filling potholes and ruts and does not leave dirt ridges along the sides like a back blade does.
It wont pull a lot of dirt like a back blade will but for leveling it works better.
Photo is of my yard after brush mowing. The rake cleaned that all up.

 

[Hobo,NC]

I tried it every way suggested once I got the rear wheels adjusted correctly it would pick up very little dirt and did a ell of a job leveling...

Pix with the Scarifier bar in the down position and some of the fine work the rake did.. I don't think I would ever be satisfied with out the leveling wheels on any rake after using them..
I have been clearing the trees for about 10 years its been a slow go... I am going to get more in the next 10 years as long as my money holds out... The plan is to build a pond this is were the dirt from the pone is going I want it level from the back of the shop all the way to the Rosser land fill ( RR track)

 

[NoNewParts]

good pics.
yep, I'm gonna find me one of those with the scarifier bar.
save swapping implements (or tractors) during routine jobs.
This pic:

wish I had that setup.
All ready for sand drags or stone boat pulls.
(just for testing repairs etc..of course lol)
good pic angle on the tractor.
yellow..yellow...yellow..GREEN