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Posted by gardnpondr Zone 8 Ms. (My Page) on

Sat, May 12, 07 at 0:17

Hi, I need some info on making a pine straw rake. I have a bad back and every spring I wind up over doing in my yard trying to rake my pinestraw for these flower beds. Right now I am having to rest and use the ice pack and I am tired of this. :( So I asked for a pine straw rake that I can pull behind my lawn mower for my Mothers Day present. Someone had told me you could get the tine things at Lowes if someone could weld them onto something. I am wondering if they knew what they were talking about now because I don't seem to find anything like that on the Lowe's site. My DH welds so I figured he could build me one if we could find the rake/tine part. I just can't find out any info on it. I just need to know where I can get the tines I guess is what you call them. Then DH can make the bar to weld them to and the tongue for hooking it to the lawn mower. Anyone know of where I can find what I am looking for? I know the dump rakes are out there IF you can find them. :( All I am wanting to do is rake my own pine straw, NOT go into business here. :) Thank you for any help you can give me.

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Posted by glenn9643 z8 LA (My Page) on
Tue, May 15, 07 at 18:10

I bought one from Leinbach Machinery http://www.leinbachs.com/leinbachline/machinery.html
this year that is for a tractor with three-point hitch. I'll post another link below that includes a picture. Mine is a 6' model, but they used to handle some smaller ones. Not heavily built but would take some work to make it adapt to towing by a mower.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pinestraw rake discussion and picture

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Posted by gardnpondr Zone 8 (My Page) on
Wed, May 16, 07 at 1:37

Thank you Glenn!!!! I just emailed them for a price on the smaller one that's on the site. I didn't see any smaller ones for lawn mowers. Just printed out the pic to show DH.
Thanx again!!!!

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Posted by rfonte649 9 La (My Page) on
Sat, May 26, 07 at 3:05

If you have a riding lawn mower, you can purchase a yard sweeper that attaches to the mower, the mower chops the pine needles up and then you come back with the sweeper and it puts them in the hopper, and they are ready for your flower beds. They are about two hundred bucks at sears or lowes. No more raking!

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Posted by gardnpondr Zone 8 (My Page) on
Sun, May 27, 07 at 3:39

rfonte, I already have one of those. I don't want to mow the grass with the straw on it and get grass seeds in my flower beds. Plus the long needle pinestraw wants to wrap around the brushes so I don't use it on that. If I mowed my centepede sp? with the needles on it then I would have centepede seed in my flower beds. :( I need a pine straw rake for all this pinestraw. :)

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Posted by glenn9643 z8 LA (My Page) on
Mon, May 28, 07 at 7:27

I use one of those yard sweepers to pick up grass clippings and leaves for the compost pile. They will pick up some pine straw, but are not good for the job, as they leave much more than they gather.

gardnpondr,
Leinbach website didn't show pictures but I read about their rake on another forum and emailed them. They used to build several sizes, as well as tow-behind models that might work without additional welding.

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Posted by greenelbows1 z9--so LA (My Page) on
Wed, May 30, 07 at 23:01

Isn't life interesting? I actually *buy* pine straw to put on my beds! (and have trouble getting it all spread because I have a bad back!) And I have a pine tree--last one of a double row here when we bought the place. They got that beetle that kills 'em slowly with agony.

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Posted by gardnpondr Zone 8 (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 1, 07 at 1:05

yes VERY interesting! :) Yes I have been emailing her finding out about them and they dont carry the 5' pull behind anymore she said. So I asked her about the tines and I can get those for 4 something each. The 5' one has like 34 tines I beleive she said but I don't need one that wide. Anyway my Dh told me he was working on it so I dropped it. I guess that means he's working on trying to find the stuff to make me one with. ??????

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