Landscape/Stick Rake Size

I know that either will lift up to an 8' rake, however I don't know how well it would actually work picking up sticks. Any other thoughts are appreciated. Thanks

Kevin

Larry in Michigan

Few sticks, wide open areas - big rake gets done faster.

Don't expect perfect results. Take a leaf rake and drag it across the lawn - it works good for a few feet, then fills up & spills leaves ubder it. Works longer in thin leaves, fills up fast in thick leaves.

This is how the landscape rake will work for twigs & small branches.

Longer branches tend to kinda bunch up & rattle along.

I have a 6 foot rake on my 27 hp compact tractor. Works great to groom the driveway, and I can really clean up parts of the grove with deep leaves & small trigs. Make piles of the junk and can scoop them up with the loader.

An 8 foot rake would work sometimes with the tractor, but other times would be harder to manuver in the grove. I can make it pull pretty hard with the 6 foot when I gather a real pile of debris, or heavier work on the driveway.

Tough call.

--->Paul

You make a good point about maneuverability, but we are in the process of thinning the orchard right now, taking the trees out to 80' spacing. We are a third to halfway done with that project, so maneuverability shouldn't be a major concern within the next year or two.

I suppose we could rent first, just to see how well it works.

Kevin