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rastrillo de 4 soles

English translation: 4 star-wheel hay rake

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Spanish term or phrase:rastrillo de 4 soles
English translation:4 star-wheel hay rake
Entered by: Mónica Algazi

20:30 Oct 22, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Farm machinery and tools
Spanish term or phrase: rastrillo de 4 soles
No context, as this is a list attached to a farm sale contract. I imagine "rastrillo" could be translated as "rake" (not sure, though). But no idea on how to translate this "soles". TIA!
Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 23:12
wheel rake with 4 star-wheels
Explanation:
According to Wikipedia (see link below) & some other research, I found a generic term "hay rake", of which the wheel rake or star-wheel rake is a relatively recent variant.
I first looked at Charles's first link under Exhibit 1, https://www.nortezac.com/rastrillos-agricolas/, & found there a "Rastrillo de 4 soles", with a couple of photos. Looking for an English equivalent, I found the Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay_rake, which includes a photo of an implement apparently of the exact same type, except for the number of wheels, which is captioned "A tractor with a 10-wheeled star-wheel rake forms a windrow; Wisconsin, USA."
Possibly a difference between UK & US usage?
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Thomas Walker
United States
Local time: 19:12
Grading comment
Thank you, Tom!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2wheel rake with 4 star-wheels
Thomas Walker
4acreage rake with 4 tine reels
Charles Davis


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
acreage rake with 4 tine reels


Explanation:
Exhibit 1:

https://www.nortezac.com/rastrillos-agricolas/
http://www.ribot.es/rastrillo-de-soles/
http://www.agricolalalueza.com/Maquinaria-Agricola-ocasion-s...

Exhibit 2:

https://www.amazon.com/Yard-Tuff-48-Acreage-Rake/dp/B007U4QJ...
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200660206_20... (this one wants to know whether you're a robot)
https://www.sportsmansguide.com/product/index/yard-tuff-48-w...

"Soles" evidently describes their round shape. All the "rastrillos" of this kind I've found in English are called "acreage rakes" rather than just "rakes".

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 135
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Charles!

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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
wheel rake with 4 star-wheels


Explanation:
According to Wikipedia (see link below) & some other research, I found a generic term "hay rake", of which the wheel rake or star-wheel rake is a relatively recent variant.
I first looked at Charles's first link under Exhibit 1, https://www.nortezac.com/rastrillos-agricolas/, & found there a "Rastrillo de 4 soles", with a couple of photos. Looking for an English equivalent, I found the Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay_rake, which includes a photo of an implement apparently of the exact same type, except for the number of wheels, which is captioned "A tractor with a 10-wheeled star-wheel rake forms a windrow; Wisconsin, USA."
Possibly a difference between UK & US usage?

Thomas Walker
United States
Local time: 19:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you, Tom!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Tom.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: I don't think it's a UK/US thing, Tom, just different names for the same thing. But "4 wheel hay rake" is probably the best answer here, I think.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Charles - I agree that "4 wheel hay rake" works well :-)
agree  maría bergós
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, María ;-)
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