Agri-Fab45-0294 40in Tow Behind Lawn Dethatcher, 20 Durable Spring Steel Tines Lawn dethatcher, Designed to pull behind Lawn and Garden Tractors, Black

This worked great! You can't buy a better one for the price. It dethatched my yard better than I ever expected.

As expected

If you're looking for the right tool to dethatch your lawn and remove debris, this is the tool for you! In one or two passes, you will remove all of the dead grass and thatch from your lawn. You'll be surprised how much thatch, dead grass, and debris was actually on your turf! As most of you who are interested in a tool like this know, you need something like this so your lawn can breathe, there's good soil to seed contact, and grass can grow freely. For the price, you can't beat this tool. Set up was easy. I recommend using cinder blocks as instructed to weigh the tool down. As for longevity, it's been 3 years now and I have no complaints.

I was a little skeptical at first. Directions were easy to follow, and went together pretty easy. I have a 3/4 acre yard and it worked amazing! I am super impressed on how well it worked. Would highly recommend!

It seems like a solid tool once assembled, so I would have given it a higher rating if it wasn't for a few issues I had. 1st, The dethatcher arrived missing hardware needed to assemble the product. I had to reach out to Agrifab to get the replacement pieces. This seems like a common issue, considering they have a submission page just for missing hardware. 2nd, The instructions are poorly written with missing steps and confusing patterns for tightening the bolts. 3rd, I assembled the item myself, but it would be much easier with a second person to hold a lot of the pieces in place. Lastly, the wheels feel really flimsy and brittle. I don't have a lot of hope for them to last very long.

The media could not be loaded. First time using a dethatcher. Almost rented one because I won’t use it often but it was $100 to rent. Might as well buy it if you have room to store it.AWESOME job. Very very pleased with the results. I tried slow and fast speeds. Testing the results and the springs/tines held up great. Even going over uneven spots. I did not put any additional weight on top and there was no bounce at all, however next time I will to dig a little bit deeper. It created an all day job with the amount of thatch it removed. Load after load after load.I ended up using a leaf blower to help speed up the clean up process and a rake to finish.Very easy to use, it took me just over an hour to assemble with a couple of distractions, follow the instructions because there is an order to tightening the bolts to keep the hitch straight and level. Recommended 👍

Recently purchased this dethatcher for our church lawn which is about an acre. Here is what I learned. Assembly: You'll need the following tools, a 1/2" socket and 1/2" boxed end wrench for the vast majority of the nuts and bolts (boxed end wrenches will work but just takes more work and time). A 9/16' and 3/4" wrench to install the wheels. A large flat blade screw driver to install the tines and a pair of pliers to clamp down the guide wires installed through the tines. Make sure to set aside about 1 1/2 hours or so to put it together.I set up a couple of saw horses and placed a sheet of plywood on them so I could sit on a chair and assemble the dethatcher. Follow the pictorial instructions carefully. Make sure to place the dethatcher in the same direction as the pictures so you can follow along with the process. If you look at the pictures carefully it's easy to follow. I found all parts were included and the drawings of the nuts and bolts match exactly with the size of the actual bolts, no guessing. A bonus is the bolts are grade 5 (heavy duty). When installing the tines, make sure to place the unit on a solid surface so you'll be able to bend the tine holders easily. I set mine on the concrete floor.Once I put it together I was ready to go to work. Now here is why I gave the unit a 4 instead of a 5 star rating. We have a John Deere D140 riding lawn mower. I found the hitch on the dethatcher was not long enough to reach the towing connection on the mower. I had to remove one of the bolts and move the connection forward, securing it with only one bolt. It worked, but the hitch should be about an inch longer.The dethatcher worked flawlessly. I didn't even have to add any additional weight. I was pleasantly surprised. Worked up the whole acre in no time at all removing all kinds of thatch. And here's a big plus IT'S MADE IN THE USA.

Works great for the price. Used it with John Deere s220. You have to take the bags off to use it so you won't be able mow while dethatching. For the price it's worth it for a homeowner to use once a year. If you're a business then you probably want something better and faster. Photos show before, during, and after. I mowed the lawn first and then mowed again to bag up all the debris after dethatching.