Posted by tjdub on August 02, 2012 at 22:28:47 from (208.74.246.137):
In Reply to: windrow rakes posted by jacksfork on August 02, 2012 at 15:25:36:
I'm going to agree with what Paul said, but I want to add something. If you get a bar rake, pass on one that has a solid shaft as a drive axle. If it has a shaft that's staggered and connected together with U-joints which drives a gearbox you're most likely OK, no matter what color. If it has a solid shaft that is connected to the bars with chain or a belt, don't walk away, RUN. The old steel-wheel rakes worked and still work good, but there was a "dark age" for bar rakes between the steel-wheelers the later models.
I still use a bar rake (JD 662) and it works great, but I know I could save a whole lot of fuel and time going to a modern V-rake (wheel rake) and most people in my area have.
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