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Reviewed in Canada on May 8, 2025
Summary: Performs very well in certain situations with light duty work, but laughably so as a true driveway grader. Price is super cheap compared to box scraper ($150 vs $1500), let alone a tractor to pull one. I have both so believe me if you will.- Works very well on fine pathway gravel (1/8 to 1/4" gravel with fines).- Does not hold a candle to my 800lb box scraper, doesn't do a thing for packed down gravel (3/4" gravel with fines) with just two cinderblocks weighing it down. It does not have enough bite to work over packed in gravel. It might be good for pulling a fresh dump of gravel when you get a top up though. I'll test this later in the summer.- Cinder blocks (CMU) just going to bounce right out of it if you have bumps, which is probably why you are using it. Fortunately it has many drill points in the vertical fins where you could use a ratchet strap to secure them.- I wouldn't classify this as a "drag harrow" it's more of a light duty land plane, a harrow is a complement to tillage and this is not that. I expect it would also work well flattening a lawn with sand if you're after the golf course look, as an improvement to using a manual land plane / yard leveler.- On the build quality, a few points:1) Everything is welded, very nice. The box steel is decent thickness2) The end caps for the box steel pop right out as you're using it. Just take them straight out from the beginning and save yourself from searching your yard.3) The included chain is light-ish duty. Do not use this chain and the grader along with a real tractor, if the grader snags a big rock, this type of chain is light enough to snap. Fine for a lawn tractor use or ATV.4) The drawbar / chain-holder allows chain pass through. Every time the chain very quickly turns askew and I end up dragging the land plane at a significant angle, leading to performance issues. I suggest getting a carabiner and locking the chain in position to the drawbar so that this can't happen.
MS
Reviewed in Canada on May 27, 2025
This driveway drag is really good quality and very sturdy. All you have to do is attach the chain for assembly, which was a relief. While it is made of a heavy steel, it's kind of lightweight for it's intended purpose. Without weight it does absolutely nothing. We added cinder blocks for weight, and then had to continue stacking them to make it heavy enough even for gravel. There is no sort of angled edge to the drag for any sort of sharpness, it's flat and blunt the whole way around and I think that makes it a bit more difficult to drag without the added weight. Overall though, it's a durable, well made, basic design, just when it says you 'can' add weight, it's more that you must.
SG
Reviewed in Canada on May 26, 2025
The Carivia 48" Drag Harrow seems well made, with decent thickness metal and good welds. It's easy to use, just hook it up and go, but needs a bit of work to fine tune it. I found that the hitch part doesn't hold the chain in place, so the grader slides a bit. I found it best to tie the chain to the hitch so it doesn't move. When doing our cabin road, I angle it towards the center to form a ridge, and then use the grader straight so it spreads evenly down the middle. For weight, I cut a couple of plywood panels to fit between the angle iron, then used sandbags to weigh it down. Be sure to strap down your weights, they can come off when they hit bumps. Even with weights, it doesn't dig in too much, hard packed surfaces will need a number of passes to get it to smooth out. For fresh gravel and sand, it works wonderfully.
Chris J
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2025
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Shadow
Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2025
This gravel rake is pretty nice. It works smoothly on fine pathway gravel, and the welded box steel construction feels solid and durable for light duty jobs. The thickness of the steel gives it a reassuring heft, though you’ll need extra weight for packed down gravel, and added cinder blocks will likely bounce off on rough terrain. It’s not the tool for digging into hard or compacted surfaces, but for routine maintenance on pathways, it's pretty good.
LVB
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2025
It was not what I was expecting
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