Northern Industrial Tools
Northern Industrial Mini Harrow Rake - 4ft.W x 7 1/2ft.L
Great Price for a Great Product!,
August 24, 2010
By LarsonPolo from Upper Marlboro, MD
"After purchasing a home with attached horse property, my wife and I attended a free Horse Pasture management class at University of Maryland. As part of the class, it was mentioned that I would need to harrow (spread the manure) the field and mow it after the horses are rotated to another field. Researched many places with this type of harrow, and found this to be the best price and most durable product. I have been using this harrow all Summer long with tines facing down and forward to get the full "scratching" effect. The harrow has not only spread the horse manure, it has been very good at de-thatching the fields and encouraging grass seed growth. My fields have been producing double the amount of grass for grazing as it had in years! Recommend placing the harrow in a spot where others will not drive over or accidentally step on it. I spray painted white stripes on it also to make it more visible. Recommend the product be painted a bright yellow vs. black for safely reason."
What is your level of technical expertise? Professional
Northern Industrial Tools
Northern Industrial Mini Harrow Rake - 4ft.W x 7 1/2ft.L
A BIG Help Around the Ranch,
November 2, 2009
By BrettG from Wickenburg, AZ
"I bought this harrow rake to function as an arena drag for my round corral, because getting a regular tractor into the pen was a real pain. This rake hooks up easily behind a quad or side-by UTV, and does a pretty decent job of breaking up the top layer of an arena. It also works great on the driveway for light storm cleanup. I would suggest that you go one size bigger if you're going to use a UTV. Flipping it over gives you access to ripping action that susprised me in terms of effectiveness. Add a little water, and this rake will do a really nice job on the top several inches of fill. In the desert, that's saying something.
I only have one complaint about this product. Attaching the two sections of matting to the tow bar is difficult. I had to spread the hooks a little bit in order to make it work properly. The caveat with doing that is that you don't want to spread it too far, because then you run the risk of having the sections come partially off if you hit a rough patch or catch a fencepost. That is the only reason I docked it a star. Otherwise, it is a fabulous product that is great for working over arenas and the like."
What is your level of technical expertise? Professional
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Northern Industrial Tools
Northern Industrial Mini Harrow Rake - 4ft.W x 7 1/2ft.L
No harrowing tales from this harrow,
March 20, 2009
By JMMack from I live in Colton California (60 miles east of LA
"I bought this Mini Harrow Rake to save my back! Before purchase I hand raked after roto-tilling. Now I can harrow my orchard with the mini harrow rake. There are three ways to pull this harrow. My wife hitches it to her Percheron and I hitch it to my Suzue tractor or my Craftsman riding lawn mower. It has two sides that can be used; one for deep harrowing and the other for smoothing. After roto-tilling the orchard my wife hitched up the horse and harrowed with the deep side. After 2 passes this smoothed out all of the mounds of tilled dirt until the dirt was very flat. Then she turned the harrow over to complete the smoothing. So, in conclusion this harrow is light enough for my wife to turn over but it is strong enough to do a marvelous smoothing job."
What is your level of technical expertise? Home Handyman