Dammit I just bought a dethatching rake for $35 at Home Depot yesterday.....seriously.

Haven't used it though, so I guess I'll return it and pick this thing up......I was NOT looking forward to doing the hand work.

Thanks for the heads up!

Hi,

Do you guys have a model number for the dethacher?

Thanks

gle-

I'm pretty sure there's only one model, however this is what I ordered:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0030BG1HM/ref=asc_df_B0030BG1HM5132965/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B0030BG1HM&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198123788296&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1167725591224973347&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9003652&hvtargid=pla-320880333055

Should arrive tomorrow.

owlnsr-

BTW, when I do this (probably in 2 weeks when I'm back from vacation) the patches I filled in with new seed will be about a month old at that point.....depending on how much they've grown, since it's new grass I probably want to avoid those when dethatching, correct?

Thanks Joe

Let us know how the de-thatcher works out for you.

thanks again.

Joe,

This unit will definitely destroy young plants. Avoid using it in that area unless you plan to reseed anyway.

owlnsr and Joe,

How many square feet of lawn did you de-thach?

owlnsr,

How long did it take for you to do yours?

Thanks

My front lawn was dethatched in about an hour. It's approx 3.8-4K sqft.

It took quite a while to get all the thatch up afterwards. I started out using leaf blower and tarp, but I eventually found it was more effective to just use my lawn mower with the bag on.

Did you have to empty the bag every 5 minutes?

thanks owlnsr, I have approx. 8K, so I'm figuring a full days work with the clean up...

I emptied the bag on the mower frequently. I'm using a push mower--Honda HRX217, which has a relatively large bag for a push mower. A riding mower will of course have larger bags, but it will probably require frequent emptying as well.

I ended up doing 4 total passes to get it all up.