Stubble rake

Shutesy

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Arable Farmer
On relatively stiff land , will raking do any good.
Looking to reduce slug numbers and create false seed bed.
Last 2 years its been very dry so the stubble rake does very little actual soil movement, but for us, until we got a new combine with a chaff spreader last year, it still did a good job of moving and spreading trash about which will reduce slug populations. We have now got a cheap set of discs to run over the ground if its dry in the summer to move the ground a little bit, once that first pass has been done following passes with the stubble rake into slightly moved ground a few weeks later should result in better weed chits and great slug control.
 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
Yes, but the depth is very limited. Really, these are straw rakes not for moving soil. I have a 15m Claydon rake on lightish soils. The tines cut around 1/2" deep, that's all. Each pass is 1/2" deeper so lots of passes with eventually do what you want. You'd need to leave a few days between passes for the best effect.

It does help with the slugs and a chit of seed but for what you're describing a light set of discs or tines with a rear packer for depth control and consolidation would be better. If you have trouble with uneven straw lumps a rake is best. The Mzuri Rezult has a set of discs as well as the rake tines.
 

WOODCHIP

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Arable Farmer
Location
midlands
I’ve been using a Sumo strake for 4yrs on medium loam ground and I get on really well with it. You don’t want to bury any weed seeds just a slight mix of soil is better than burying seeds a couple of inches. It’s about using it right , cheap machine to run no wearing parts and very low power requirement.
 

Bob lincs

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Arable Farmer
I’ve been using a Sumo strake for 4yrs on medium loam ground and I get on really well with it. You don’t want to bury any weed seeds just a slight mix of soil is better than burying seeds a couple of inches. It’s about using it right , cheap machine to run no wearing parts and very low power requirement.
If there’s no wearing parts what touches the ground .!!!!!!
 

Against_the_grain

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Arable Farmer
Location
S.E
On stiff land here we use a stubble rake for moving chopped straw around and trying to get a chit of weeds. Needs to be rolled as well imo. Have had a slug trial ongoing here for last few years. Not big slug years but they have found reduced slugs where we have raked. It's a cheap enough operation and certainly isn't doing any harm and imo is helping....a little bit.
 
Yep, works OK, but obviously needs to be dry, nice work rate with a 8m set of rolls
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
 

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