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BRJ

04-17-2001 08:07:03




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Anybody have any experience with wheel rakes. Specifically the five wheel 3points. The ones that drag on the ground and have no mechanical power requirment. Are they good. What is the best way to operate them and set them up?




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Jerry D in NC

04-18-2001 19:59:33




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 Re: Wheel Rakes in reply to BRJ, 04-17-2001 08:07:03  
I use a 4 wheel one and love it. The secret to it is to shorten the top link and let the front of the rake run as low as it wants to. I use mine with a Ford 2000 in the draft mode so that it drops completely and the weight is on the wheels. Only problem I have ever seen with the wheel rakes is that if the hay is mowed with a sickle bar and not teddered, it will sometimes "comb" the hay instead of raking it if you are going in the direction mowed.

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rhudson

04-17-2001 13:53:46




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 Re: Wheel Rakes in reply to BRJ, 04-17-2001 08:07:03  
hi BRJ, i,ve used a five wheel rake for the past 17 years, i put up around 200 tons of fescue and fescue/clover mix per year. there was a discusson on wheel rakes about a month ago. but anyway. wheel rakes rake only as long as the tractor is traveling in a straight line or turning to the right. the raking action will stop or slow when ever the rake is turned or shifted to the left. so if your fields are bumpy or the sway bars on your 3 pt hitch are loose, it may not work so well. they rake everything in the field (rocks, sticks, leaves, glass and plastic bottles) i mean everything. they tend to put the grass in the windrow in a twist or what some people call roping. this is good if you dealing with a leafy plant, it does not shatter as bad. it can be bad with heavy grass. the balor will tend to pull in the twisted windrow faster than its travel.the problem is you can slow or stop the tractor travel but the balor will still pull in the grass and sometimes cause a stoppage. with me its no choice. i cannot afford any other type of rake to cover the same amount of land. but you need to plan your raking to be as straight and steady as you can. by the way with the lack of rains we've had in my area for the past four years stoppages of the balor have not been a problem. i would like the trailor type also. but i'm dealing with converted tobacco land and don't thing i could get into corners with it. hope i have been accurate.

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Matt Sheaffer

04-17-2001 13:08:06




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 Re: Wheel Rakes in reply to BRJ, 04-17-2001 08:07:03  
Wheel rakes are alot better to turn at the end of the feild. The best way to set them up is by the 3pt,and by the crank.



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Ed Schoon

04-17-2001 12:19:05




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 Re: Wheel Rakes in reply to BRJ, 04-17-2001 08:07:03  
I have used a 3pt wheel rake on my farm, but it did not work well for me. I have too many hills and little "dips" in my fields. I think on more level ground they would work very well. I now use a "trailer" model and it works very well for me--doesn't go up and down with the tractor as much. Just my thoughts, hope it helps



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RayP(MI)

04-18-2001 19:03:42




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 Re: Re: Wheel Rakes in reply to Ed Schoon, 04-17-2001 12:19:05  
I'll echo what Ed said, had a farmer using a six wheel 3pt hitch unit on my farm, and it spent most of the time airborn bounding over the hay. Too much and too long to be supported on the tractor alone - needs some sort of a tail wheel or two.



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RayP(MI)

04-18-2001 19:03:36




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 Re: Re: Wheel Rakes in reply to Ed Schoon, 04-17-2001 12:19:05  
I'll echo what Ed said, had a farmer using a six wheel 3pt hitch unit on my farm, and it spent most of the time airborn bounding over the hay. Too much and too long to be supported on the tractor alone - needs some sort of a tail wheel or two.



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