What's up everyone? Welcome back to The Durbin Compound. If you haven't met me already,
my name is Devin Durbin. So turns out 99.4% of you guys
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that subscription. We've got tons of good stuff coming at you. Today we're talking about the
Agri-Fab dethatcher pull behind attachment. This is the 40" version.
I'm going to go ahead and show you exactly how it works. How I use it and then we'll go over a
few tips on some do's and don'ts. So if you're interested in what I have to say, stay tuned!
All right guys, so if you're looking for a video on how to put this thing together, this is not
the video for you. Jenny went ahead and took some time to put this together for us. It is a pain in the butt.
So, the fit and finish on this thing is not all that great. I don't like the plastic wheels.
And just some of the stuff could be better. So for $90 you get what you get on this,
but I think it definitely does the job well. We're going to take it over in the side yard. I've got an
area marked out that I want to go ahead and dethatch. We're going to do it two or three times
to see how it goes. You have to manually rake it up. So, it's going to be a pain in the butt, but here we go.
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All right guys, so I just did it twice through there. I went one way this way, and then the way this way.
I wanted to make sure that I went ahead and did it twice on this time
because I really didn't want to rake a third time. So, raking this amount of grass
is a pain in the butt, but I couldn't imagine doing my whole yard. I mow about two and a half acres worth of grass.
So this is just a little snippet of what's here at The Durbin Compound. So we're going to
clean this up and I'll show you the pile. We'll separate the pile. Show you the second one.
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Okay guys, so next up is the front yard. This is a little bit bigger space, but I want to...
I think you can see where the grass stops getting so thick, back there where the wood burner is.
Everything on this side we're going to dethatch. We're going to dethatch the other side, but at a different time,
so that we can over-seed. So, this is going to be our test spot, on the other side of the house,
and see how it goes. So, some tips that I would like to throw in. If you're using this for
the first time, don't really be concerned about the weight on it. I put just some random blocks on there
that we had. The springs on the thine, or the tines, will help take up anything if you're too heavy,
or you're too light. They really help. So, make sure you have it level, so the tines on the front
and the back are digging in the proper amount. So, those are the two things that I have to say about it.
And to keep from, or try to keep from going over the same spot multiple times. So, as you see me when
I go around the yard, I will just continuously get smaller and smaller with my circles and then
double back to get the last one. So, you're not always hitting the outside of the yard
all the time. So if you were to just go around and keep hitting outside, you're going to tear up that spot
where you keep turning around. So keep that in mind. Watch me as I go through it. I hope this helps.
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All right guys, as you can see, there is a lot of undergrowth in the yard. We've never done
this before on this section of the yard. So, it's definitely a lot of undergrowth. So, I'm excited
to see exactly what kind of things this will net me. I hope the yard looks better this year.
We'll get this raked up and then I'm going to fertilize and we'll wrap this video up.
All right guys, so I hope that you learned some good stuff from that video.
I tried to be as helpful as possible, but all in all, it's a pain in the butt. It's a lot of work.
You better be ready to sweat it out. I hope this helps some people. If you're still around, give me a thumbs up.
Or a thumbs down. Whatever you're into. And we'll see you guys in the next video