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Sioux County, NWIA | I get my rake tines through a Rowse dealer, but I believe you can get them direct from Rowse as well. Not sure there is a price savings.
My 48 steel tine wheels are Rowse OEM, both the 40 and 48 tine steel are 62”. The 48 tine stuff is very expensive up front but is cheaper when amortized. If you are thinking of retrofitting Rowse rake wheels on another rake, check the wheel hub hole pattern. I don’t believe Rowse is the same as anybody else.
So the Ultimate rakes can be had with 4 different rake wheels. As all steel (S tine) in 40 or 48 tine, or as the rubber mounted in 40 or 48 tine, I think they are sometimes referred to as 5” (white wheel frame) or 4” (red wheel frame) tine spacing respectively. Far as I know the rubber mounted tine wheels are 62” also.
Generally with the all steel tine rake wheels it is cheaper to chuck the entire wheel assembly and replace it, but the Rowse 48 tine wheels are an exception to that. When I rebuilt my 48 tine rake it was around $50 per wheel cheaper to replace the tines and tine ring vs buying the complete assy. Could rebuild 2 wheels per hour.
Edit to add. There are some differences between the Ultimates with rubber mounted tines and the Ultimates with steel tines. The steel tine Ultimates use the same rake wheel spacing, geometry, and wheel arm suspension components as the WR series rakes. They are always sold with an even number of raking wheels. The rubber mounted tube version has the raking wheels on closer centers, the spindle for the rake wheels is tipped so the rake wheel is angled out at the top, and each wheel arm suspension unit has a travel limit adjustment on it. The rubber mounted tine Ultimates always have an odd number of raking wheels. The Ulimate 24 (steel tine) has the same effective operating width as the Ultimate 27 (rubber mounted tines).
Edited by Gearclash 1/10/2022 18:58
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