I was wondering how well a hay rake might work for raking heavy grass clippings into winrows.
I have a couple acres of horse pasture in fescue that I cut with a rotary mower deck. The horses aren't good about keeping it even. I need to add composted manure/shavings and clean up excess thatch before overseeding this fall.
The first step is to cut the grass down evenly but this has produced a lot of clippings. I was wondering how well a hay rake would work for raking the clippings into rows which I could collect in a wagon. I'd be following this with a pasture drag set with the tines backwards to dig up thatch, which I'd rake up again before spreading compost and overseeding.
[/img]https://agrisupply.com/4-wheel-right-hand-rake-3-pt/p/52582/
I have a couple acres of horse pasture in fescue that I cut with a rotary mower deck. The horses aren't good about keeping it even. I need to add composted manure/shavings and clean up excess thatch before overseeding this fall.
The first step is to cut the grass down evenly but this has produced a lot of clippings. I was wondering how well a hay rake would work for raking the clippings into rows which I could collect in a wagon. I'd be following this with a pasture drag set with the tines backwards to dig up thatch, which I'd rake up again before spreading compost and overseeding.
[/img]https://agrisupply.com/4-wheel-right-hand-rake-3-pt/p/52582/