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Somerville, Indiana | A Brush Rake has been a farmer's dream for many years. Some were mounted on the front of bulldozers, and were intended to clear all the small limbs and roots from the clearing operation. We have a rake for on of our tractors but haven't used it since we got our first bucket Cat in 1983. Since then we have used the teeth on a 4 ft excavator bucket to rake through small limbs and roots, and also a 12 ft 3 pt chisel plow with teeth only on the rear bar and spaced 12 to 18 inches apart.
The chisel plow solves the problem of broken shanks that we had with field cultivators, and using the rear rank gave us the ground clearance to dump the piles of roots. Unless the area has been disked with a Rome type heavy disc vines and small roots will clog up the rake whether on the dozer blade or the chisel plow. We once tried a pull type chisel plow but couldn't keep tires from getting punctured. A good hard working teenager with a short handled axe has been our best root rake here although we usually have to rotate personel every month or so. I haven't been able to find two teenagers who can remain focused enough to work roots with each other. | |
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Brush Rake
