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central - east central Minnesota - | I was on Rowse's website to check out a new windrow flipper/fluffer (which isn't on their website), I seen it in the greensheet, anyway, I came across their dump rakes . . . IS there a market for dump rakes? Does anyone use them? I remember way back when (pre-kindergarden) Dad borrowing his bothers dump rake . . . .I don't recall it being used, but sitting in the yard . . .
Edited by iseedit 6/8/2010 08:24
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| I used my 36' Rowse all the time until I bought a 16 wheel V rake last year. I still use it on a rare occassion, like a very windy day and I need to rake upland hay. Not sure how good they sell any more. Biggest problem is most are showing a lot of wear, at least in our area.
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Fruita CO | Some dude here is making giant sunflower sculpture thingies out of dump rake teeth & old rotary hoe wheels...one sold for about $200 at the engine show the other day. One woman was asking if anybody had an old dump rake so she could have him make one for her... |
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West Union, IOWA FLOLO Farm 52175 | I'll never forget the first time we went to BES's cousin's out in the panhandle of Nebraska....a whole fleet of SickleBar mowers,dumprakes and hayloaders....quit something.
Last summer when we cut across Nebraska on the road with an intersection every 100 miles or so....it was nothing to see one Ranch doing it the haylodaer way and the next with a fleet of Brand new Selfpropelled winrowers,36 wheel Vrakes and balers... |
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E.Central MN | Wow, 36 wheel rakes. Wonder what the hay looks like coming off that. Saw a pbs show that showed guys putting up hay in the Neb panhandle with some ancient looking equipment. They used dump rakes and the old Farmhand high lift loaders and some type of frame that they used to make hay stacks. Looked like a tough way to make a living. |
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West Union, IOWA FLOLO Farm 52175 | you can learn alot about equipment inventory management out their..... 40,000acre ranch..... and I bet they don't have a Dollar per acre in total equipment.... |
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NE IOWA/ SE SD | I had an anhyrous bar last fall that acted a lot like a dump rake :)
Edited by yoohoo 6/8/2010 21:14
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Northeast Nebraska | That "frame " is called a hay cage. You put them up and dumped the hay in and it made your stack the right size and shape. We never had one but some of the neighbors did. We used a "Jayhawk" to make our stacks when I was a kid and we got in the stack to place the hay in the right places where needed, (holes) and to pack it to make a good solid stack. My uncle started using a loader on an M and then he could "pack" the hay with the loader by pushing down on the stack with the loader instead of somone in the stack doing it with your feet. We used a dump rake on occasion to pick up a lot of hay that may have gotten scattered by wind or if the side rake did a poor job for some reason. We still have an old dump rake sitting around "just in case"! |
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Audubon Iowa | Thats what I call wheel rakes. You couldnt give me one |
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Dump Rakes - anyone use them anymore?
