Yard Tuff Pine straw rake assembly and use. I think it's going to work fine.
I ordered this rake from Amazon. The box was damaged but all the parts were there. It smelled terrible, like Harbor Freight. I unpacked all the parts out of the contaminated box and let them air out overnight. I put the tires and the gross box out in the yard.
Sockets needed for assembly
3/4" x 2
9/16" x 2
7/8" x 1
11/16" x 1
19 mm open ended wrench
(I don't have any Imperial wrenches and this was the closest I had.)
Two ratchet handles or similar
I used an impact wrench at first but it was just loud and the nylock nuts ran the battery down fast so I went to two ratchets instead.
Theres a problem with the angle brackets that the instructions say to put on after all the tines are assembled. I used the short bolts on the first part instead of long ones that would've gotten in the way of the tine assembly. So when I got to the angle brackets I had to take out 4 bolts out of tines to get the longer bolts through the holes with the heads toward the tines and the nuts on the outside. I used the open ended wrench to hold the bolt head while I tightened those nuts down. Then I put the bolts and nuts back through the tines. Seems fine, just not how the instructions say to do it.
Don't overtighten the nuts that let the rake tilt. Don't overtighten the nuts that hold the wheels on either.
Most of the assembly can be done far away from the smelly tires. I scrubbed them down before I put them on but they still reek of rubber. I just had to hold my breath and power through.
