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wellmax99

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do any of you have a rock rake outfitted with rear support wheels like the attached picture?

I like the rake and it does a good job, but if the front wheels of the tractor go down in a dip the rock rake comes up and vice verse if the front wheels go over a high point the rake digs in.

I was hoping, if I build a set of these trailing support wheels, that I could eliminate this problem, to some degree.
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They work well. Also, you can set the height at different levels to facilitate building a crown on a driveway.
 
Just don't forget they're there when you back up. I bent one once when I backed up to snag some gravel on the edge of a landlord's driveway, and bumped a tree.
 

I have a KK landscape rake which I added gauge wheels. Wanted to be able to adjust the height plus transfer them to my box blade. I welded hitch receivers to both the rake and box blade then used 2" square tubing, trailer stands and wheels from Harbor freight to build the wheels.

I did this back in 05 and have been using them fairly regularly. After 12 years the trailer stand adjustments are both frozen and no longer move and the Harbor Freight wheels are long gone. Replaced with wheels off an old Ford Belly mower that have held up much better.

Only reason I haven't replaced the trailer stands is the setting they are frozen at works well enough with my hydraulic top link that I have been able to live with it the way they are.
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Bob, I have the exact same rock rake as yours, your method of attaching the trail wheels is what I had in mine,
I do want to be able to easily take them off when not needed

Thanks for the picture, I will print it and use it as my master plan,

Had not thought of the harbor freight boat jacks as a rear wheel source,
I was going to try to find some front wheels off a junked small riding mower, then build the swivels
 
Bobreeves,

Do you pull them out and slide them in from the front for long term storage and eliminate the jackstands?

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I put them on my Farm King unit,, ordered them in with it new,, I also Very seldom ever have mine set straight,, as I like the job they do "moving material" rather than dragging it,, I also prefer to use this over a rear blade for working gravel roads as it keeps the rocks on top and "packs" the base better,,,
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(quoted from post at 04:37:46 12/17/16) Bob, I have the exact same rock rake as yours, your method of attaching the trail wheels is what I had in mine,
I do want to be able to easily take them off when not needed

Thanks for the picture, I will print it and use it as my master plan,

Had not thought of the harbor freight boat jacks as a rear wheel source,
I was going to try to find some front wheels off a junked small riding mower, then build the swivels
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I have found that the side wind trailer jacks last a lot better than the top winds.
 
(quoted from post at 05:46:15 12/17/16) Bobreeves,

Do you pull them out and slide them in from the front for long term storage and eliminate the jackstands?

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Rear wheels on my tractor are in the way of using them in place of jack stands. I have an old pair of jack stands I use for it outside when it isn't on the tractor.

I used a cutting torch to cut slots in the rake angle for the receivers then bent over the tab and welded everything to the receiver including the bent over tab.
 
We grade a lot of the NY State truck trails on Tug Hill. We use a 3pt mounted york rake equipped with gauge wheels similar to those for finishing the the road behind the grader. The wheels work very well.
 
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