Hay rake

:I use a JD 350 3pt. and it works great on my LEVEL hay ground. If I do some 'hills and valley ' type fields, I have to follow the ground contour with my hydraulics to change position of the rake in realtionship to changing ground heights. I also use it on my JD60. I paid $350 for it some 10 years ago. Rake teeth is about the only repairs, so far.

: :I use a JD 350 3pt. and it works great on my LEVEL hay ground. If I do some 'hills and valley ' type fields, I have to follow the ground contour with my hydraulics to change position of the rake in realtionship to changing ground heights. I also use it on my JD60. I paid $350 for it some 10 years ago. Rake teeth is about the only repairs, so far.

I use a PTO driven rake and have great success with it. I don't know how big an operation you are talking about, but Furgeson made a good little unit. I use a 7ft mower/conditioner and it rolls a beautiful windrow even when the grass is thick. Parts are still available, you can easily rake around a corner(try that with a wheel rake), and inexspensive compared to the ground drive bar rakes. Around Southern Indiana a nice one will run $300-$450. I bought my fixer-upper for $125. At that price, I can have one for everyday of the week for the price of one used dolly wheel ground drive. Hope this helps, Dennis H.

Buy a ground driven model much better to use wheel rakes even work

: Buy a ground driven model much better to use wheel rakes even work

If you have live hydraulics you can find one to run off that or spend less and go with the ground driven, dont waste money on a pto one

: : Buy a ground driven model much better to use wheel rakes even work

: If you have live hydraulics you can find one to run off that or spend less and go with the ground driven, dont waste money on a pto one

The only Pto rakes I have seen were Allis Chalmers. And they were Pure Junk The only good machine the company made was Gleaner combines. and they were another companys patent.

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