Aug 10, 2010 · Hank reports on his efforts to make a homemade hay rake from materials growing on the farm.

Cleaning up debris from tree removal to restore back to grass now that we get some sunlight in the yard....more.

Jun 4, 2017 · We use the hay in our chicken coop and needed a quick, cheap, and easy DIY way to get it up and put into the barn. We looked at actual tractor implements new and used, and found nothing we...

Aug 18, 2018 · Here's another homemade lawn rake. I already had most of the parts, and only had to buy two large 26" plastic Ames rakes at Home Depot. They were $19.97 each and included free small hand rakes. I saved the fancy handles that came with the rakes, and substituted two scrap 1" round dowels.

Dec 23, 2012 · French farmers handcraft their hay rakes from three kinds of hardwood: hazelnut for the handle, aspen or ash for the head, and ash or rowan for the teeth. If...

Homemade hay rake. To make a wooden hay rake, you need several types of wood. Usually the cutting is made from conifers. The block and teeth must be made of hard hardwood: birch, elm, ash, mountain ash. It is better to take wood without knots.

May 23, 2014 · With the all the people wanting to learn to scythe and their increasing use for managing wildflower meadows or making hay, there’s a need for good quality wooden hay rakes for collecting and turning the grass.

This is a hay rake I built to ease the task of gathering cut hay for loose storage. After three years of cutting and hand forking the hay off of the 2 acre field I decided to come up with a better method.

Making a wooden hay rake with a few simple hand tools for our summer mowing season. The handle is dry quarter sawn ash, the head green riven hickory and the ...

Feb 12, 2014 · Anyone ever think of making a hay rake or hay tedder with simple hardware? I looked for a hay rake, but there are two things very odd. Many are made for the BIG Ag doing oodles of acres.