stone rakes

fastrac94

anyone on here ever use,hire,make a stone rake for behind tractor,what type was it,wha would your opinions or advice on these be???? thanks...

Casinoking

If you're talking about making one then I presume it's stone fork you mean, as a stone rake is a more complicated beast altogether

fastrac94

no im tinking of making a rake for rowing up the stones,twill b no problem gathering them,its just getting them into rows is the problem......

Casinoking

Bar you have a fully kitted out engineering workshop and plenty of experience making farm machinery you'd be wasting a lot of time and money trying to make one. You might as well be trying to make a mower or a rotavator or something. I'd suggest you go out and buy one, at least then you know you'll end up with something that works

Claasman

I have done a good few acres with one of these...



http://www.fwi.co.uk/classified//advert/_kverneland_stone_rakepoa-dungannon_county_tyrone-1935448.htm



http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/machinery/1373078


They are a great machine. The chassis is a little light, but can be strengthened. I would recommend doing this before doing alot of acres as it much easier than after. The examples above looks in great condition, and the tines have a bit left in them.The one I used had alot of ground covered.

To prepare the ground, we used to harrow it, to get the stones to the top of the ground. This machine works best with a loose surface. It also leaves a great finish. We used to collect the stones as we went along (usually after 3 or 4 runs), then do a run over where we left the last row of stones once they were collected. This is ideal for ground that has alot of stones through and through.

Its a pretty simple machine, basically belts, bearings, duplex chain and a 90 degree gearbox. They tines are very expensive for it though, as they are hardened steel. It would be worth finding out how much a set are. They are not the easiest to change either, after all the abuse they get. You will probably need the oxy. We used drive it with 110-130hp tractors.

You're biggest problem making one, would be making the center shaft, or sourcing one.

Best of luck

fastrac94

well we have a fairly good workshop,already make post drivers,land rollers,weed licks etc so this would jus be a branch out from the normal.....class man,ave ya any idea wha the measurments of the centre roter would be???? any other tips or ideas anyone?????

RO 06

Buy one of them JF hay turner/rower that throw the row to one side. Have one and it has raked the stones in a few gardens. Simple but effective.

Claasman

fastrac94 wrote: »

well we have a fairly good workshop,already make post drivers,land rollers,weed licks etc so this would jus be a branch out from the normal.....class man,ave ya any idea wha the measurments of the centre roter would be???? any other tips or ideas anyone?????

sorryabout the delay in replying, been a bit busy the last few weeks. From memory, id say the centre shaft has an OD of 200 mm, and a wall thickness of maybe 10mm. The shaft also has slots cut out with u shaped lugs welded on to mount the tines which go all whe way through the shaft. This is just from memory now, so dimensions are rough. I think you should go look at one if your going building one.