Customer Reviews for VEVOR Tow Behind Dethatcher, 40-inch Tow Dethatcher with 20 Spring Steel Tines, Lawn Dethatcher Rake for ATV or Mower, Tow Behind Lawn Rake with Lift Handle for Garden Farm Grass

Nice little machine. Does the job. Ignore the instructions sent in the box. Go on site of dethatcher and follow the video to put together. Takes time but worth it. You'll have hair when you're done...lol

I am slightly reluctant to rate this five stars because I don't personally believe anything should get 5 stars unless it changes the world. But with so few ratings overall, I don't feel good about down-rating it just to suit my personal foibles. This isn't a precision instrument, but performs acceptably well for a reasonable price. The assembly instructions suck. A half-dozen bad 3d drawings with part numbers. NO \"instructions\" at all. You'll spend a LONG time staring at them trying to figure out WHAT you're supposed to be looking at, but they are (barely) enough to give you the information you need, assuming you'd probably be able to assemble it eventually, even without them. I *think* I got it together right. Close enough, at least. I dragged it around my yard once. It picked up some sticks and leaves, and scratched some furrows in the dirt that I will optimistically call \"aeration.\" This is kinda what I was looking to do, as I've used a bagger for years, so don't really have much \"thatch\" accumulation. If you put some weight on it, somewhere I read they recommend 70 lbs, your furrows will be a little deeper. The lever to raise/lower the wheels is kinda wiggly and so not particularly sturdy, but if you understand what it is trying to do (raise/lower the wheels so you can get to where you're going without scratching the hell out of everything between here and there), and kind of helpfully guide it, it works sufficiently well. I don't see using this more than a couple of times per year, so it should last until I eventually lose interest. At the very least, it entertained me for a couple hours on a beautiful summer afternoon while I was putting it together.

My lawn needed so much work from neglect when I was sick. Even since I've been playing catch up. Where I once had gorgeous St Augustine grass there were patches where the grass just wasn't growing well. This dethatcher did a great job dethatching and aerating my soil. I did make a couple of passes over the lawn and then fertilized and watering regularly. It seems the grass is beginning to grow into those areas now and looks healthier all the way around. This tool is easy to assemble. You don't really need directions.....and also easy to hook up. For the second passes I did add a concrete block to add more weight and get into the dirt better but it was heavy enough to dethatch. This is a nice home owner gadget or a good starter for a lawn care business.

I have 1.5 acres of which 1/3 has died. I will not rake that much by hand, and the little electric models probably would not hold up. This took care of it! But I was so tired after assembly and removing the hitch ball off my zero-turn, I just tested a small spot. Worked better than I expected, had to add some concrete edgers to weigh it down, but then WOW! I failed to realize that now I have to get rid of all that dead grass, but I can just mulch it up with the mower (like I said no raking). Since I have a zero turn I can't reach the lever to raise and lower it. But I can get off easy enough

Make sure you bend the metal to hold the tines properly, I lost two of the tines and spent a half hour searching in my yard in the thatch to find them. Good value to efficacy ratio.

Works great and as it should. It perfectly holds cinder blocks on top for added weight to get down deep. I wouldn’t recommend using more than two blocks.

Order processed quickly and on time. Great product, easy to use and maintain, stores easy too!

My lawn has never been dethatched in the 22 years since we built here. My John Deere GT225 (15 hp single cylinder) pulled it with ease. I put two cat litter pails filled with water on the weight tray then tried without: both work well although with the weight on board, the tines filled with clumps of grass. Tip: make sure the grass is dry! It made a huge mess the first time I tried using this tool the day after a three day rain event. In some spots, clumps of sod were pulled up which actually was thatch. I raked in some grass seed, covered it with mowing clippings, and the grass made a quick comeback. I did this at the beginning of October. With the cool, damp nights here in eastern Pennsylvania this time of year is when we get our best lawns. Overall: easy assembly, heavy duty construction, and good results loaded or unloaded.

I use this on my yard to pull old cut grass up. Easy to use behind a riding lawnmower. Easy to build.

Dethatched for the first time in 15 years. Wow! Had to keep stopping and removing clumps of thatch from the tines. Hope i don't need to do that every time; hoping its only because it was so thick. Worked great on a large yard. Hoping the grass recovers and fills in some of the spots that are bare now. Got a large amount of thatch for my compost. Instructions were easy to follow but the diagrams were small and I found it hard to see what direction the bolt heads were supposed to go. I think I put some upside down because the nuts were sticking up into the tray where the bricks are so they wouldn’t sit flat. The rubber handle is useless. It kept sliding off any time I moved the lever. Attaching the tines required bending tabs by banging with a hammer and block of wood. Paint came off many of the tabs so it will require painting to prevent rust.