landscape rake for mini digger

[robert t]

Any body use them or maybe have one they want to sell. Im looking for it to fit a volvo EC27 quick hitch. Its not some thing I will use often, so dont want to spend top dollar on new one if I can avoid it.

Done the usual google searches but cant seem to find want I want.

 

Any body any info, would appreciate it.

 

Cheers,

 

robert.

[geoff]

Got mine, a 4 tine one, made by Digbits, it is a very usefull bucket for rooting out smallish stuff, balling up bramble etc & just breaking up ground for levelling, the tines are welded to a hollow tube, so I can fabricate extension tines on each side & pin them on, just got to get round to doing it.

Also I intend to fit a removable 'thumb' on the boom so I can use it as a as a glorified grab.

Mine is on a quick hitch, & the setup is invaluable imo.

[Justme]

I use my grab as one.

 

The grab was designed with 3 upper & 4 lower tines.

 

I had them reverse it so I had 4 tines on top to use as a rake.

 

Ok its not very wide but does the job. For wide levelling sweeps I pick up a beam or log with the grab & use that.

[robert t]

geoff, Do you have any picts of it and cost? I seen one on line that seemed to be fitted on to a ditching bucket, probably home made, but it wasnt a clear photo to get any detail from it.

Yeah quick hitch is good. if only it was hydraulic.

[robert t]

I use my grab as one.

 

The grab was designed with 3 upper & 4 lower tines.

 

I had them reverse it so I had 4 tines on top to use as a rake.

 

Ok its not very wide but does the job. For wide levelling sweeps I pick up a beam or log with the grab & use that.

 

Good tip, never thought of using a beam with the grab for wide leveling. Cheers.

 

Second thoughts, the beam wouldnt work with the swinging grab, probably more of dragging movement rather than precise leveling.

Edited September 9, 2013 by robert t

[geoff]

geoff, Do you have any picts of it and cost? I seen one on line that seemed to be fitted on to a ditching bucket, probably home made, but it wasnt a clear photo to get any detail from it.

Yeah quick hitch is good. if only it was hydraulic.

 

I will try & get some pics of mine, I bought it 5 or 6 years ago for about £300.

[Justme]

Good tip, never thought of using a beam with the grab for wide leveling. Cheers.

 

Second thoughts, the beam wouldnt work with the swinging grab, probably more of dragging movement rather than precise leveling.

 

Mine is a fixed grab, not a loose swinging log grab.

[hedgesparrow]

try harper plant lopcombe corner nr salisbury or wessex plant bristol i doubt if they have a second hand one but may have either a new one or may know were you can hire one.

[porky]

I bought a light landscaping rake from Digbits which i intended to use for raking wildflower meadow grass and getting the thatch out at the same time but I found it difficult to not gouge out lumps of turf with it. It was fairly easy to bend a tine as well if you caught a large stone so went back to hand raking in the end.

I now use it for turning my large vegetable bed over and roughly levelling it.

[Matthew Storrs]

I inquired about one today from digbts as I have 800meters of river bed to dig over, but worried about bending tines on the larger rocks.

What would you intend to use it for? A fixed grab is good for most things but the rakes are good for tidying up larger areas-youd struggle not to pull up lots of turf to though.