hay rake

Dried grass gatherer

A hay rake is a farm implement used to gather cut hay or straw into rows or piles for drying and collection.

Traditional hand rakes have long wooden or metal tines; mechanical versions are pulled behind tractors and use rotating wheels or bars to windrow hay efficiently: The farmer hitched the hay rake to the tractor.

Related
  • windrowRow of cut crop
  • barnAgricultural storage structure
  • tinesFork's pointed projections
  • harvestGathering mature crops
  • meadowGrassy field for grazing

farmhand · sunburn · dry season · sun dried · sweating · wagon · loft · country life · straw · mowing · summer · dusty · wooden handle · iron · farm equipment · gathering · field work · scratching

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Opposites
function in hay processing

hay raketedder

Hay-spreading implement

mower · scythe · sickle · pitchfork · baler

material handling direction

hay rakemanure spreader

Equipment distributing animal waste

Family

hay, rake, hays, haying, rakes, raked, raking, hayseed, haystack

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G