Heavy duty Rotary Stick Rakes have been an important part of the large acreage land-clearing equipment developed over twenty years ago, with further development taking place in the 1980's to suit USA forest industry requirements. Savannah builds these machines now in two versions: large, trailing Rotary Rakes for land clearing and tractor-mounted Rotary V-rakes for use on reforestation projects Rotary stickrakes are normally used in conjunction with a blade plow. One to two weeks after blade plowing a re-growth site, draw one of these trailing rakes behind a large wheel tractor, Cat Challenger or skidder across the site, to rake all the dead vegetation into windrows for burning. The size of the downed timber dictates the choice of rake. From ThisTo This Model 1200 Rotary Rakes Savannah Forestry Equipment, LLC Phone: Fax: (912)
Savannah Forestry Equipment, LLC P.O. Box 8606 Savannah, GA Phone: Fax: (912) Specifications Standard truck type turntable hitch with matching bracket for attachment to tractor prime mover. Six 6 ft high tensile raking wheels. Two 30.5” x 32 “ forest application tires on rear with hydraulically adjustable track width Level left hydraulic control Hydraulic operated width adjustment Eight heavy-duty wheel hubs to fit both rake wheels and transport wheels Operating weight 5 tons wheel Heavy-duty Rotary Stickrake (Extra steering)
The 1220 series rakes are used in five, six, or seven wheel configuration for heavy raking. For subsequent raking after burning, or for use on lighter scrubland sites. T he Model 1237 is normally used in conjunction with a blade plow one to two weeks after blade plowing a re-growth site, draw one of these trailing rakes behind a large wheel tractor, Cat Challenger or skidder across the site, to rake all the dead vegetation into windrows for burning. The size of the downed timber dictates the choice of rake. Model Wheel Medium-duty Rotary Stick Rake Specifications F ive, 5ft raking wheels. Four, 42 x 17: 32 ply transport wheels. Level lift hydraulic system. Hydraulic operating width adjustment. Maximum raking width ~ 13 ft 4 WD Tractor Requirement, 150 hp Model Wheel Medium-duty Rotary Stick Rake Specifications S ix - 5ft raking wheels. Weight of jump arm and raking wheel sufficient for clean up Four, 42 x 17: 32 ply transport wheels. Level lift hydraulic system. Hydraulic operating width adjustment. Maximum raking width ~ ft 4WD tractor requirement, 165 hp Model Wheel Medium-duty Rotary Stick Rake Specifications Seven, 5ft raking wheels F our, 42 x 17: 32 ply transport wheels. Hydraulic level lift and operating width adjustment Choice of drawbar or truck turntable hitch. Raking width ~ 16.5 ft 4WD tractor requirement, 180 hp or greater Series Medium-duty Rotary Stick Rake
Model 1200 Series Savannah Scrub Rake ®
Weighing over ten tons, the Savannah Forestry Rake has four, 7 ft raking wheels and rakes a strip over 13 ft wide in one pass. These rakes are built heavy enough to rake fallen trees into large windrows, instead of using a conventional dozer-mounted front stick rake and can be very cost-effective on large projects. As a rule of thumb, a ten-ton rake will push up about 8-9 tons of material across the lateral face of the rake into a continuous windrow before it starts to skid sideways. Specifications Four, 7ft raking wheels Two, 35.5 x 32 logger tires on rear. C hoice of front dolly wheels or truck turntable. H ydraulically adjustable wheel track. W eight ~ nine tons wheel Forestry Rotary Stickrake
For use on sites where no actual shearing off of stumps or standing trees is required, but where you want to be able to push heavy surface debris to either side of a working implement. The front deflector tyne, as well as both raking wheels are fitted with the Savannah 'stump-jump' hydraulic release system, which holds them down in contact with the soil, under pressure, but allows them to ride up over stumps to avoid excessive wear or damage. On sites with heavy logging debris, the Savannah V-Rake gives the operator the opportunity to work across the site at optimum speed and produce much cleaner beds. On 4WD skidders, or smaller dozers, it allows one-pass cultivating operations without using a V-Shear, providing attention is paid to clean harvesting and low stump height. System pressure is set at psi. The front deflector tyne is designed so that it will fold back right out of the way, to allow passage over high stumps without moving the raking wheels away from contact with the ground. MODEL 1220 V-RAKE: