Equipment

NHBS (Totnes)

Everything for wildlife, science & environment. Equipment from hand lenses to moth traps, books on insects to hedge management.

nhbs.com

Small walk behind scythe

The shop is HS Hire in Teignmouth and it’s essentially a walk-behind unit that normally has a rotavator attached to it, but they swap it out for the scythe attachment. It’s small enough to fit in a panel van or on a trailer. It’s £50 a day/£60 for two days (as at August 2020), and not much more for a week.

http://www.hshire.co.uk/

HS Hire and Sales Limited
Broadmeadow Industrial Estate
Teignmouth
Devon TQ14 9AE

Email: hire@hshire.co.uk

Tel: 01626 778000

hshire.co.uk

Suppliers of Wooden Hay rakes

Wooden Hay Rakes

Can also try:

https://thenaturalgardener.co.uk/handmade_wooden_hay_rake.php

Emersgate Seeds https://wildseed.co.uk/products/category/rakes

Useful tip: It’s a good idea to soak the rake head in water for 10 minutes or so before raking in order to make the wood swell slightly. The teeth can sometimes drop out of their holes in the head when raking and get lost in amongst the raked hay. If you’re storing a rake in a dry shed etc it can lead to the teeth shrinking very slightly and becoming loose.