Rockaway Horse Arena Rock Picker
Ready To Get The Rocks Out Of Your Horse Arenas?
Rocks in your horse arena(s) are a big problem. And aside from costly pieces of equipment or expensive one-time de-rocking services, there don't seem to be many good horse arena rock picker options on the market, until now.
Ideal Rockaway has been making landscape rakes for skid steers and tractors since 2002. In 2024, we released a new upgrade option: a screening bucket! This bucket allows you to "screen out" the arena footing that's kicked into the Rockaway bucket while you're removing rocks.
You need to get the rocks out of your arena and you need something to do it with. A Rockaway with a screening bucket can help you clean out your arenas to keep them safe for all the horses and riders.
Testing The Rockaway Rock Picker In A Horse Arena
Before we released the screening bucket upgrade and made it available for order we had to test it. We headed out to a local riding club (Columbia Riding Club) with some outdoor arenas and ran the new screening bucket Rockaway to see how it would do removing rocks from their arena.
Watch the video now to see the Rockaway working in a real horse arena and screening out horse arena footing from the bucket after collecting all the rocks. And check out our Rockaway Videos Page for more videos of our landscape rakes in action.
Why Use A Rockaway For Rock Removal In Your Arena?
So, why get a Rockaway for rock removal in your horse arena? It's the only skid steer landscape rake on the market with an optional screening bucket. And you could absolutely use a Rockaway with a standard, solid bucket to de-rock your arena but the screening bucket allows you to filter back out most of the arena footing that gets collected with the rocks in your arena. It simply elevates the function of the rock rake for application in horse arenas.
Screen Out The Extra Arena Footing
The screening bucket upgrade for the Rockaway now allows you to sift out extra material that is collected while you're getting the rocks out of your horse arena or riding areas. It's not required, you could use a solid bucket Rockaway for this job but the screening bucket makes the function even better. Contact us today for a free price quote on a Rockaway for your riding arena.
Reinforced Arena Screening Bucket Design
We made sure that the screening bucket design would be as rugged and reliable as the rest of the Rockaway. The bucket frame is reinforced so you can get hard work done with the screening bucket just like you would with a Rockaway arena rake with a solid bucket.
3/4" Diamond-Shaped Openings
The Rockaway horse arena rock bucket has diamond-shaped openings that are 3/4" x 3/4". We used diamond-shaped openings because it allowed us to get more openings into the design than if we had used circles. This ensures that any rocks collected that are 1" or larger will stay in your bucket and just the small stuff will be screened back out to stay in your riding rings.
Get The Rocks Out Of Your Arena
Having an arena for riding that's full of rocks is no good. It's dangerous for your horses and the riders. And raking the rocks out by hand or picking them up one by one just isn't realistic. You need a rock removal machine that will work well in your horse arena footing, you need a Rockaway landscape rake. The screening bucket enhances the function even more by allowing you to screen out extra material that gets collected while you're using the rock rake. Get your free quote today and get the rocks out of your horse arenas.
Horse Arena Rock Rakes In 3 Sizes
The Screening Bucket upgrade is available for all three Rockaway sizes. If you have a large skid steer or tractor (with front loader arms) you may want to go with our largest landscape rake, the 8415 which is 84" wide. If you want to go a size down you can get our 74" wide Rockaway the 7415. And if you have a mini skid steer like a Bobcat MT100 or Ditch Witch you can get our 44" wide 4415 rock rake.
Any size Rockaway can be upgraded with a screening bucket to better remove rocks and unwanted debris from your riding rings or arenas. But you can use any size Rockaway with a solid bucket as well to remove rocks. Contact us today about a Rockaway for your horse arenas so you can stop picking rocks by hand.
