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[jdnut at aol.com]

I wonder if the dolly wheel might also protect the tines when working on rough ground.  When the front of my tractor goes up, the rake goes down.   I broke enough tines in a season that I started painting them day glow orange so I could find them.... or maybe it is because I can only buy the cheap rubber tines?   The 660 rake takes 90 tines as I recall, so just replacing them is no small cost.  
John


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From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
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    I like my dolly wheels on my rake. It is much easier to hook to the 
tractor. It also makes it possible to make 180 degree turn-a-rounds when 
raking double windrows while keeping the rake away from the tires.

                    Gene




-----Original Message----- 
From: John Hall
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2019 8:17 AM
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Why do you prefer a dolly wheel? Not many around here had one.

John Hall


On 7/28/2019 12:38 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> Thanks Farmer.  As you suggest, I don’t think I’ll be doing that 
> experiment.
>
> Anyways, after the last hay cutting you folks may remember that I had it 
> with my current hay rake. I really wanted to try wheel rake but I just 
> couldn’t find one locally that was in the right condition, size, price. So 
> I got a John Deere side delivery rake.  There’s a retired guy about 45 
> minutes away from me who refurbishes hay rakes. That’s just his little 
> hobby/sideline business. He’s super proud of his NH 256 rakes($$$$) so I 
> have never bought from him but he posted this JD and it was priced a 
> little better.  He replaces tires, bearings, broken tines etc and then 
> sand blasts and paints.  I still probably paid too much ($1750 ) but it 
> has a dolly wheel (a requirement for me for side delivery rakes) and turns 
> with just a whisper .
>
>

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