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Pedestrian stone buriers / rakes

Can anyone share experiences or guidance of pedestrian stone buriers or rakes (not compact tractor mounted) to prep a cleared area ready for seeding?

Area too large for manual means. Will be an "utility" area surrounding new car parking area (so not looking for billard table smooth lawns)

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  • Hi Gary,

    We have a couple of options that I think would be suitable. Could you e-mail John with your requirements: johnb@tracmaster.co.uk and he will advise you on a few options we have.

    Hope that helps.

    Stewart.

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      Hi Stewart, Many thanks - great to see suppliers dipping in and making suggestions - it helps and we all learn :)

      I'll email John to discuss further.

    • Stewart are there many Plant Hire companies that hold your stone burriers / rakes?
  • Hi Gary,

    I always used to use a Blec Rotorake for prepping for seed or turf. It leaves a nice tilth on the surface, but firms the ground underneath and if you get good with one, you can leave a surface fit for a bowling green!

    This is the link to Blec's own page with the item on it, but I didn't own one, I just hired one from my local groundcare guys.

    http://www.blec.co.uk/products/rotor-rake-pedestrian

    Hope that helps,

    Cheers, Ollie

    www.agrigem.co.uk

    • That looks to be the bee's! As a matter of interest, what area are you talking about Gary?

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        Areas around 3 new 'car parking areas' that have been 'cut' into existing soft landscaping by groundswork co. (kerbed and block paved). They've done basic grading back from edge, but there seems to be a lot of small builders rubble mixed in with soil :(

        Estimate ~ 1500m2.

        • Sounds typical builder's 'good quality loam'!!  In days gone by, I would have used a 'man-sized' Howard Gem, which would have buried most of the cr*p and ripped up any roots. Then a couple of us on our landscaper rakes to rake, sow and rake-in. Stones under 25mm would be left behind and rolled-in with first high cut. If you can get a machine to do the job, then great!  

  • Gary would a garden lute be any good for that size area I have done much bigger areas with one and got most of the large stones off ready for seeding but it was loose soil

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    We have the Blec Rotorake/Stone Raker at Acacia. It pushes the stones to a line, could be what you're after if you want something pedestrian? Let us know if we can help at all :)

    http://acaciarental.com/stone-rakes/blec-SR3-stone-rake-hire

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