Root rake

Thanks Bob, David. Yes it doesn’t look so shiny now, the paint is actually excavator enamel and it’s pretty tough. The sun came out this afternoon so I went and broke another tyne. Anyway, the paddock is cleaning up nicely. There’s about 10 acres to clear and part of that is some steep hillside so it’s going to take a while, just doing what I can a bit at a time.

I guess you heard  we recently had big bushfires in the south and west? One wiped out a whole town. Meanwhile central Queensland was getting flooded out. I’m lucky to live in the tropical north where it rains for nine months of the year and then the wet season sets in for three. About every five years a cyclone blows through which gives me an excuse to pull some more logs out of the jungle and life is good!

Just for interest; photos show another style of stick rake attachment which I found on Midway’s website under “used dozers”.  IMHO the wings are a little too wide for the limited power of a 30hp tractor.  The wings of my rake extend out about 300mm each side of the blade and when the rake is loaded to capacity the dozer really struggles to make headway in L3. Multiple runs in L4 work well if I can maintain a light load on the blade although ultimately performance will depend on how much dirt remains attached to the sticks, rocks and roots.