Root Rakes and Brush Rakes in Southern Alberta
Foothills Equipment carries 13 rakes for excavators, mini excavators, dozers, wheel loaders, backhoes and skid steers, from AMI, FMS, Weldco-Beales and TMG Industrial. We are in Calgary and Lethbridge, serving Southern Alberta, everything south of Red Deer. A rake separates what you want to keep from what you want gone: the topsoil falls through the tines and the roots, rock and brush stay in the rake.
13 rakes across four lines.
Forestry Rake
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Graptor® Rake Powered by RAMCAM®
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Root Rake
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Root Rake Grapple
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Ruckus Rake – Power Box Rake
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EX Brush Rake
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EX Mounding Rake
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Crawler Dozer Brush Rake
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Excavator Rake
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Dozer Rake
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Clip On Rake
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TMG Skid Steer Root and Debris Rake
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TMG Excavator Root Rake
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Four rakes, four jobs.
Root rakes
Curved tines on an excavator, loader or backhoe, for pulling roots and stumps out of cleared ground and piling them. The version with a top clamp becomes a rake grapple, so the machine can carry the pile instead of pushing it.
Brush rakes
A wide dozer or excavator rake for pushing cleared brush into windrows and piles while the soil stays where it is. On a dozer this is the difference between clearing land and stripping it.
Rock and clip on rakes
A rake that clips to a dozer blade, so the machine you already have becomes a rake for an afternoon without a permanent conversion.
Power box rakes
A powered drum on a skid steer that breaks up the top few inches, windrows out the rock and debris and leaves a seedbed. This is a landscaping and final grade tool rather than a clearing tool, and it does a job nothing else on this page does.
Mounding rakes
Built for forestry site preparation, mounding soil for planting.
Tine spacing decides what you keep.
Spacing is the spec that matters
Wide spacing lets more soil through and holds only the big material. Tight spacing keeps smaller rock and root, and carries more dirt with it. Tell your advisor what you are trying to separate and what the ground is like when you are doing it, because wet clay and dry sand behave nothing alike through the same rake.
Clamp or no clamp
A plain rake pushes and piles. A rake with a top clamp picks up and places, which turns one machine into the whole clearing crew. The clamp needs an auxiliary hydraulic circuit.
Width against machine weight
A wide rake on a light machine looks efficient and behaves badly: it digs in on one corner, twists the tines and unsettles the machine. Rakes are rated to a machine class and the rating is worth respecting.
Mount
Pin on, coupler mounted, or a universal skid steer quick attach. Clip on dozer rakes mount to the blade you already have.
Power box rakes need flow
They are a powered tool, so the machine hydraulic flow rating decides which one runs properly.
Root rake grapples sit on the grapples page as well, because a rake with a clamp is both. If you want to pick up what you rake, start there.
Questions we get asked
What is a root rake used for?
Clearing land. The tines let the topsoil fall through while the roots, stumps, rock and brush stay in the rake, so you pile the debris without hauling away the dirt you paid for. It is the standard tool for reclaiming an overgrown lot, clearing a building envelope or cleaning up after a dozer.
What is the difference between a root rake and a brush rake?
A root rake is built to dig in slightly and pull material out of the ground. A brush rake is wider and built to push cut and fallen material across the surface into windrows. Clearing usually needs both, in that order.
Should I get a rake with a grapple clamp?
If you are placing material into a pile, a truck or a burn pile, yes. The clamp holds the load so the machine carries it rather than pushing it, which is faster and leaves a cleaner site. It needs an auxiliary hydraulic circuit, so check the machine first.
Will a rake fit my skid steer?
Yes, we carry skid steer rakes on a universal skid steer quick attach, including a powered box rake for final grade and seedbed work. Tell us the machine and its hydraulic flow and we will confirm which one it can run.
Can I use a rake instead of a bucket for clearing?
For clearing, usually yes, and it is the better tool. A bucket carries the dirt along with the debris, which means hauling and replacing topsoil. A rake leaves the soil on site. You still want the bucket for the digging.
Tell us the ground and what you want left behind.
An advisor will match the tine spacing, the width and the mount to your machine, and tell you whether a clamp is worth the hydraulics.