Pond Rake
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Latest project was an “Extendo-Rake”, built to clean up the debris & vegetation along the banks of a pond. 20 feet long, fabricated with 2x4 x 3/16" steel tubing. Hinged at bottom to prevent excessive downward pressure from the skidsteer arms. Weight of steel is sufficient to rake up debris without digging into the pond banks. I needed raking action rather than digging. Lifting steel chains are crossed to prevent sideways swinging. Quick adapter is a 3 point adapter plate using the lower pins as hinge point. Skidsteer stays up on safe, hard ground.
Works better than I anticipated. Where the vegetation was heavy, a few weeks in the sun to dry out before burning. Grass seed over other areas of ballast, muck & mud germinated quickly. Water was cloudy for a few days but cleared quickly. Pond was being overtaken by cattails, the rake pulls them out by their roots. Stone ballast originally around the banks was pulled back up.
Video is displayed 2X times actual rate. Three pulls in the same spot brought up most vegetation and muck. Also works good from a tractor, but skidsteer is easier without braking & shifting a tractor transmission.
Fabrication Pictures: www.tractorbyne...
2017 follow up video: • 2017 Pond Rake V2
Another version made by a friend: • Raking pond
I can appreciate a good idea. That's great. Good work.
Spectacular.
Gotta get me one of these.
Loved seeing this in action!!!! Thanks for posting :)
Wow, what a great idea. Keeps it clean, and as a bonus, probably find keys, fishing lures and if your lucky a body. lol. Thanks for the video
I'm an engineer, FANTASTIC job. Simple and EFFECTIVE. (Good thinking on the hinge as well, your leverage on that would be tremendous at that length..) Now, come see me in Ohio and do my pond..... LOL
Wire rope replaced with chain. Wire was too elastic causing the rake frame to bounce a lot..
Good video. I like this setup. A skid steer attach for my tractor loader would be nice
Well done
Schönes Video, schöner Maschienensound, danke!
Very cool.
How do you go about collecting up all the muck on the bank afterward?
1st year was a grapple, later was a rototiller after it dried to build up the banks.
@@JeffMcCaskeywhere can I buy one of these
Excellent
Now What? Hand remove the stinky muck? I like it!!!
I've been considering building something like this myself. Glad to see this video. Probably better than the idea I was working from.
I was thinking of a design based on the Lake Rake that I would be able to push in and drag out of the water from the rear of my tractor. but attaching it to my front end loader like you have it attached to the front of your skid steer would be much simpler. It solves my problem of how to get the debris off of the tines.
What do you think the maximum reach would be?
I guess it works great unless you have trees and growth and woods around the area.
How can i get this product
Can you tell me about the rake part of it how wide and any information
I'm definitely going to build one!
Thank you
Feb. 5 2021.still being recom.
Then you just need to repair the turf after
This is exactly what I have been looking for to clean the weeds out of my lake with my Skid steer! Is there a way I can purchase one?
I made it, dunno anyone that sells one.
The maximum reach is 20 feet. I could have made it longer, but it was anyone's guess if skidsteer would be able to pick it up. The rake end gets real heavy when loaded up with muck in the tines. Dropping it into water breaks it loose.
Jeff McCaskey are you marketing this?
Florensio Tijerina Not really, I made this for myself as a winter project.
I was wondering if you would share the specs to make this? I would like to make one like this. Thanks !
No real specs, just 20' beams. Look at the fb fabrication pictures
Jeff McCaskey wdfud
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Jeff, any chance you can send a new fabrication link from FB? that link no longer works. This is really cool and exactly what I am looking for and thank you for posting.
Fabrication link got changed away from Public somehow.
Fixed now, try again.
facebook.com/jeff.mccaskey/media_set?set=a.1004228019604304.1073741830.100000513464640&type=3
Rake works better than expected.
What did you use for tines? And after you raked, you just let it sit and were able to burn it in a few weeks?
That's a landscape rake that had a broken frame. The debris took a month to be dry enough to burn. I used a rototiller the 2nd time to create a rich planting area for grass around the pond.
Greatly appreciate the video. I'm thinking of making one too. Looks like you converted a 3-pt hitch landscape rake, which have the tines spaced about 1 inch apart. I'm thinking about just buying the tines (as little as ~$4 each) and bolting them to an angle iron. Would you space them differently if you were making it that way? Any other modifications you'd make if you were re-making it? Looks pretty well thought out.
Yes, it's a salvaged landscape rake with the 3 point frame cutoff.
Works great as built, however don't expect to use it again for another few years. The hinge is necessary to keep excessive weight from downward pressure of the tines so they don't break. Only the weight of the steel is necessary to pull out vegetation without turning into an excavator.
I was thinking about putting the hinge at the top so I didn't need the cables, and looking around for a 3-pole antennae stand to serve as the boom.
2017 follow up video:
czcams.com/video/h1nHHpBdFcA/video.html
After using it do you think you could have gotten away with making it longer? If so, how much more length do you think you could add and still lift it? I have been thinking of building one for a while but couldn't figure out how to make it ridged enough with out making it to heavy. The cables are a good idea. Wish I had thought of that.
I broke the original cables and replaced with heavier cables. I could have made it longer but I have some areas where I would not be able to backup. The crossed cables keeps it from swinging left/right.
Raising the cable attachment point on the skid steer end would greatly reduce the stress on the cable. The closer you get your cable angle to 90 degrees the stronger your rigging will be. Do you think a large skid steer would handle a rake like yours 30' long?
i would use it on my telehander JCB 525 so it would reach another 19 feet or on my JCB teleskid and reach another 8 feet but that machine has tracks and would tear up the yard so the 525 is wheeled and would be better to use, i'll see about fabricating such a contraption. lol
does anyone know would you get a lot of work with that rake looks like a good business idea but i have been wrong many times before like to here from some one in that business many thanks
Work's great if you have the space to backup the machine.
What is the head of that made of?
York landscape rake
isn't this the reason for the green die? supposed to stop the sun from promoting growth.
Yes, a colored dye does work, but only until the vegetation breaks thru the surface. Then it gets full sun. I have (9) grass carp that also help a little.
Jeff McCaskey I will be digging a bond in the next year or so pending when the trees are cleared. Looking for all the tips i can find. This is the part I'm dreading.
Have to dig your edges straight down. Or steeper. Tapered edges slide in (muck in) and also allow undergrowth. Install underwater air. This helps too. I’m not an expert just things I’ve learned.
How deep is the pond?
10-12 feet in the middle. However vegetation only grows in 3 feet depth or less around the banks.
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