That's freakin amazing...wow, very nice find! I've seen only a couple, and they were very rough. I see more for the small fram emachines than I do for the large frames. That is a gorgeous piece...

 

The funny part is the guy said that there where more. He only bought one.

Does anyone know if replacement blades for these?

 

The 14 tines, part # 170333, are NLA.

Fantastic find, though. Congrats to you.

 

I have the revitalizer on my 5hp Serf. The only thing it doesn't like very much is the partially erupted tree roots.

I'll put up some pics soon.

I used mine for thatching last fall. This spring I plan on dropping some seed after setting the attachment a little deeper.

I paid a mere $40.00 for mine.:drunkie:

 

Here's my revitalizer.

I like the two bars that run down under yours. They must have put them there for solving the issue with the tree roots.

 

There are people that would kill for that revitalizer. Literally, you mite want to keep it inside right beside the shotgun!

 

Yeah guys some outfit like "Rogue Fabrication" or another should build some small versions of that thing;

A couple for belt driven pulleys like on late model prestige, conquest, Deere etc.
Maybe one for these classic tractors.

Then a cat 1 3Pt version for Legacy XL, Deere X700 series; Kubota BX and some others that might have that ability, would fit some older ones too.

The commercial Verticutters are way too expensive, They also have a commercial Verticutter/seeder also way too expensive.

If somebody could fabricate them at a realistic price it could be a niche, better than a stock aerator really, it needs more blades than the old revitalizer, a depth adjustment which that probably has and a removable seed box.

Make 'em small 36 inches and lots of lawns could use 'em!:trink40:

 

It does have dept adjustment. It really does look very easy to fabricate. Having a die made for stamping the tines would be costly I would guess.

 

Having a die made for stamping the tines would be costly I would guess.

Something like that could be lazer cut or plasma cut really easy. Plus now they have gantry style 2D CNC plasma tables that aren't too expensive and they'll cut darn near any shape imaginable of sheet metal.

 

What about taking the tines off a rotiller and making replacement revitalizer tines? then you could have two uses of one attachment.

I think you could make revitalizer tines out of lawn edging blaeds with a little modification.

I would probably have to change out the pulley on the tiller for a larger one to slow it down, but it would still be cheaper than building a whole attachment.

Doug

 

Doug;

I did a similar thing with a 36" belt driven tiller on a Conquest, but don't have it anymore. The Tiller tines on that tiller are held to the shaft by a clevis pin, pull out the cotter pin and the assembly comes right off. Once on the bench the curved tiller tines unbolt. The 36" has two sets of curved tines on each side.

I took flat stock steel, 1/8 thick by 1 & 1/4 wide and I cut them to length, then drilled 2 holes in each, and sharpened the side on the grinding wheel. Some new bolts and washers as well.

The next thing was depth, I removed the Tiller flap, it is just a rod. Got a longer rod of same diameter and put a wheel on each side of the tiller which raised it up just a little but was easy to remove. I measured carefully to get about 1 & 1/4 to 1 & 1/2 depth for aeration/verticutting

Well it worked great, no modifications to the shaft or drive were needed. It cut vertical swath's through the lawn. I built a box of cutters per side with spacers so I got four blades per side for a total of 8 cuts. So yes it can be done.

I sold the conquest and the tiller with it but put it all back as original first, it was all just bolt on slip off.

It was good but one designed from scratch could have more blades and a depth of cut adjustment not to mention a seed box. But as I said the commercial cost of those is large. Simplicity could make those easy, or someone could fab a kit to slip on the verticutter blades instead of tiller blades, and some way for an easy depth of cut adjustment.

I guess like everything the question is; is there a market for it? I personally think the verticutter is better, it aerates, it dethacthes, (mine did that well also,) and it prepares the lawn for seed better than an plug aerator. The seed seems to go better into those slits than the core plug holes.

It dethacthes better than you might think, that's why in that photo with the bird's eye view of the revitalizer you can see it is dethatching as well. From what I have read about the verticutter they even help grass root growth go more straight down than sideways, and that make the grass stronger. Apparently real effective on some grass like and not others. I used it on my Fescue and it seems to be doing great, but I am no expert on yards. Just read up on the verticutters before you try it.:tsk:

From what I read most thatch is actually below the surface, and those wire tines that we all push or pull around don't get any but the "top mat", the thatch lies below, and the verticutter gets that.

I like 'em:trink40::trink40:

 

I can't tell from the pictures. Do these have a mule pulley set-up like the tillers, or does it go without one? Looks to be mighty close the rear end.

Not mine, just a stock photo:

 

here's one article from a groundskeeper.

http://www.golfcourseindustry.com/Article.aspx?article_id=71488

 

Here is another good article on Verticutting

http://www.grounds-mag.com/mag/grounds_maintenance_cutting/

:beatdeadh

 

:thThumbsUDoug; I used flat stock steel I bought at tractor supply. I then used long bolts about 3 1/2 or 4 inches and used metal tubing also from TSC over the bolt. that gave me another place for 4 more vertical cutting blades. I did that on all four bolts on each. It made a offset box and fit great in the Tiller. Speed on the belt mule drive was great, cut beautiful! but you have to improvise a way to raise it, i used the wheels. Lots of measuring all around needed.

I had found the link below from an old discussion board on "tractor by Net" and Mother earth news.
Here is the link to mother earth.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1980-09-01/Pasture-Renovation.aspx

Now my blades look just like his, but I built the box for added rows and when it cut in soil on the lawn it did not look like his pasture, where the dirt looks real loose. It was much better, a slice in the soil, as wide as the blade and 1 & 1/4 inches deep. really nice. You could see why it would aerate, dethach and work great with seed. Becomes invisible after a couple of rains, and did not distort the yard at all.

Good Luck !:thThumbsU

 

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=33264761&cat=&lpid=2&search=riding mower&ad_cid=4

I thought someone might be interested in this, I would be happy to go look at it/pick it up etc.

 

:thThumbsU

 

Well I tried to buy it over the weekend but was too late. Hoping it found a good home. Maybe someone here?

 

Maybe....

 

Dan Poepelman aka peppydan on simpletractors makes the revitalizer blades.

 

i would love to find one of these!