Stubble rake

Matt77 · Jun 14, 2021

scottishsnake said:
Thanks for that, I'm 5 years into min till and fighting like hell with amg, torn between front rake and the rollers i already have behind.... Or i really like the look of those sumo strakes, bit more than a rake by the look of them... Or the rollers with paddle idea, do any makers make paddle points with the chit job in mind? Strikes me that the paddle springs are nice and strong, more aggressive than a rake

They are not perfect, I don’t want to make them out to be something they are not, but my rolls needed changing, the dealers yards were full of second hand nearly new rakes, so along with a few negative comments and that fact I didn’t go down the rake route, went with the paddles as didn’t really have much to lose, get a nice forward speed and they seem to work better, mine are flat plates and like you say, a paddle point with something on it would be better, Opico do a setup, I wish I’d got them.

redsloe · Jun 14, 2021

scottishsnake said:
Thanks for that, I'm 5 years into min till and fighting like hell with amg, torn between front rake and the rollers i already have behind.... Or i really like the look of those sumo strakes, bit more than a rake by the look of them... Or the rollers with paddle idea, do any makers make paddle points with the chit job in mind? Strikes me that the paddle springs are nice and strong, more aggressive than a rake

I found when you have the paddles aggressive enough to do the job they wold start to ball up. So you would have to keep raising and lowering the paddles. Spring barley were the worst.

Bought some nice short discs and there job will include light cultivation.

scottishsnake · Jun 14, 2021

Thanks guys, aye, there do seem to be a lot of nearly new rakes, should maybe tell me something..... I've been working with my set of short discs, but i can't get them to do enough on the surface without going deep enough that I'm burying amg seed beyond germination depth, which then comes back up at a later date . Like the Crosscutter disc, but what a price!

Old apprentice · Jun 14, 2021

Built a stubble rake very heavy frame adjustable angle of tine cuts into ground quite well 6mtrs wide folds up 10mm wide tine on flat spring tine did conside 8mm could cut in better.

scottishsnake · Jun 14, 2021

Old apprentice said:
Built a stubble rake very heavy frame adjustable angle of tine cuts into ground quite well 6mtrs wide folds up 10mm wide tine on flat spring tine did conside 8mm could cut in better.

That sounds a bit more like the sumo strake, i feel the weight would help, and flat springs less likely to keep breaking too

Bernardbean · Jun 14, 2021

Think stubble rake does a good job, rake straight after combine then leave as long as possible before any proper cultivations, bg germinate in the little bit of tilth made by rake, plus spread chaff and straw out nicely, also helps with slug's and snails......

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