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<blockquote data-quote="cfpinz" data-source="post: 561740" data-attributes="member: 2383"><p>We've been using wheel rakes for about 20 years now and can't say I've seen any downturn in soil quality, but we have considerably more topsoil than your area. I like the way a wheel rake cleans up the extra hay in a field and dethatches the dead areas between plants. I think it allows the grass (or more likely weeds) a better opportunity to move into those dead areas. If I rake a field behind someone else who used a side delivery rake the year before it's pretty amazing the stuff the wheel rakes pick up. To me the little hay left behind by a side delivery shouldn't have that much impact on your organic matter when you consider what a low percentage it is of the amount of dry matter removed from the field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cfpinz, post: 561740, member: 2383"] We've been using wheel rakes for about 20 years now and can't say I've seen any downturn in soil quality, but we have considerably more topsoil than your area. I like the way a wheel rake cleans up the extra hay in a field and dethatches the dead areas between plants. I think it allows the grass (or more likely weeds) a better opportunity to move into those dead areas. If I rake a field behind someone else who used a side delivery rake the year before it's pretty amazing the stuff the wheel rakes pick up. To me the little hay left behind by a side delivery shouldn't have that much impact on your organic matter when you consider what a low percentage it is of the amount of dry matter removed from the field. [/QUOTE]
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