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product_id: 834420
title: "45-0299 48\" Tow Behind Lawn Plug Aerator with Universal Hitch; Designed to Pull Behind Lawn & Garden Tractors"
brand: "agri-fab"
price: "₨41152"
currency: SCR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
category: "Agri Fab"
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# Universal hitch fits most lawn tractors 3-inch plug depth for healthier roots 32 galvanized knives for deep soil penetration 45-0299 48" Tow Behind Lawn Plug Aerator with Universal Hitch; Designed to Pull Behind Lawn & Garden Tractors

**Brand:** agri-fab
**Price:** ₨41152
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🌱 Transform your lawn into a lush masterpiece with pro-grade aeration power!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** 45-0299 48" Tow Behind Lawn Plug Aerator with Universal Hitch; Designed to Pull Behind Lawn & Garden Tractors by agri-fab
- **How much does it cost?** ₨41152 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sc](https://www.desertcart.sc/products/834420-45-0299-48-tow-behind-lawn-plug-aerator-with-universal)

## Best For

- agri-fab enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted agri-fab brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Built to Last:** Made in the USA with durable materials and backed by a 3-year limited warranty for long-term reliability.
- • **Effortless Transport:** Flat-free tires and a cantilever handle enable smooth, easy raising and lowering from your tractor seat.
- • **Heavy-Duty Weight Tray:** Supports up to 140 lbs to maximize soil penetration and lawn revitalization.
- • **Precision Soil Aeration:** 32 self-sharpening galvanized knives pull 3-inch plugs for optimal air, water, and nutrient flow.
- • **Universal Compatibility:** Designed with a universal hitch to seamlessly attach to any lawn or garden tractor.

## Overview

The Agri-Fab 45-0299 48" Tow Behind Lawn Plug Aerator is a robust, American-made lawn care tool featuring 32 galvanized knives that pull 3-inch plugs to improve soil health. Its heavy-duty weight tray holds up to 140 lbs for enhanced penetration, while flat-free tires and a cantilever handle ensure smooth transport and easy operation. Compatible with most lawn tractors via a universal hitch, this aerator delivers professional-grade results and durability backed by a 3-year limited warranty.

## Description

Product Description The Agri-Fab, 48” Plug Aerator Tow Behind Lawn Groomer Model #45-0299 will have your lawn looking better in no time. The 48” Plug Aerator will loosen the compacted soil in your yard. It will pull 3” plugs of soil out to allow necessary air, water, and nutrients to penetrate your lawns roots. This will allow your lawn to grow strong and healthy, giving your lawn that professionally groomed look that you have been wanting. The 48” plug aerator has a weight tray that can hold up to 140 lbs. for added soil penetration. There are 32 self-sharpening plug aerator knives on the unit. The flat free tires allow for smooth transportation and require less maintenance. The transport handle can be reached from the seat of the tractor and allows for easy raising and lowering of the plug aerator. With its universal hitch, the plug aerator can be hooked up to any tractor. The Agri-Fab, 48” Plug Aerator Tow Behind Lawn Groomer Model #45-0299 will last you for years to come with proper care and use. All Agri-Fab, products come with a 3-year limited . From the Manufacturer Healthy lawns need tough love, and Agri-Fab has the lawn grooming tools to tackle the job. The 48" plug aerator will loosen the soil to allow air, water and nutrients to reach your lawn's root system. Agri-Fab plug aerators aerate up to 3" deep for a healthier lawn.

Review: Very Happy with purchase, well made. Wear gloves when even looking at the tines! the are sharp! - OK, here is the low down. This thing Rocks! Most lawn companies would have charged me $150-200 to aerate my yard. With 1 use I’ve broke even. Hope to get many years of use from it. It’s well made. It’s does take up a lot of room so storage may be an issue. It’s also very heavy. Warning: Those tines are SHARP! Be very carful moving it around. The axel with the tines could easily be classified as a deadly weapon. First of all, the install. - Wear GLOVES! Seriously! Wear mechanic glove anytime your touching the Sharp points. I was very careful and still managed to cut myself. Wear GLOVES! Trust me, - I used an air ratchet to tighten most of the bolts. All the nuts are the type with nylon threads and using a hand ratchet would have taken a lot of extra time. You don't have to get them super tight, but believe me your wrist will be tired. - Speaking of install time, it took me about 1.5 hours. - Many of the bolts are very similar in size. Very confusing. Instruction were ok, not great. Pay attending to how the metal tray fits onto the axel. It’s a very important step and very easy to screw up. - Get someone to help you place the tray onto the axel. With those shape tines waiting to rip the skin off your hands, an extra set of (gloved) hands makes things a lot safer. Use: - I live in Central KY and we have a lot of clay soil. First time I used the aerator it had rained about 4 days earlier. I went to my local home improvement store and purchased 4 cinder blocks (under $2 each). - I have a Zero Turn 52" deck mower. My 1.8 acres is mostly flat and few obstacles such as tree and plantings. - First, DO NOT tow this around with 4 cinder blocks on it with the wheels down (when your actually aerating the wheel are retracted so the weight is on the tines). If you turn tightly or bump into something the wheels will bend (the metal bracket) and the rubber lining "tread" on the plastic tires can come off (I know, I learned the hard way, thankfully it was an easy fix). It’s ok to have 4 cinder blocks on it while aerating, it’s very well constructed but the little plastic tires really can’t take the weight. - I did a perimeter mow without the aerator attached. I mowed around trees and our fence, anywhere it’s a tight space or your maneuvering close to objects. Next, I attached the aerator and started mowing. It's best NOT to make turns any greater than 45degrees left or right. This thing is wide and a zero turn can turn on a dime and could damage the aerator. - DO NOT back up. It seems it’s not made for this. - This aerator works great! I used it 4 days after the last rain and I was getting 2-3 inch plugs. Ideally 1-2 days after the rain would be perfect as long as it’s not muddy. Anyway, I was really happy with the results. -I suggest the first time you use it, stop after 10-15 minutes and recheck bolts to make sure they are all tight. - When finished, hose it off to remove dirt and store it. Overall I’m happy with the purchase. Just wanted to let you know of my experiences so you don’t make the mistakes I made. With a few rules to follow (WEARE GLOVES) this will be another great purchase from desertcart.
Review: It does its job well. Good luck putting it together. - Im giving this 4 stars, probably should be 4,5 but here is why I am knocking stars off. This was not an easy assembly. In fact it was a very tedious, dangerous and frankly unnecessary assembly. That box is big enough that those spines should already come pre assembled in my book. That would alleviate about half of the torture and danger of putting this thing together. With that said. I was missing 4 lock nuts in total. Want to guess where they were in the assembly of the device? The very last steps of putting the tray together. Where you have to push the tray over and tghten everything down so that when you pull the lever forward, it stays in one spot. Mine doesnt do that. At least not without a bungee cord helping to hold it in place. So, with those shortcomings, lets get on to actual use. I put 4 cinder blocks in the tray, Each was packed with dirt in them. Probably putting a total of 100-130 lbs of weight on it. Weight evenly distributed over the entire tray. We had almost 3 inches of rain and this was done about 3 days afterwards. I found one flaw to this aerator and that is it wont work evenly if your yard isnt even. Mine has a lot of bumps and dips in it so often the center was fully penetrated while the outter edges only went in half an inch or so. I think the only way to avoid that would have been with a super heavy drum that I probably shouldnt be trying to tow with my lawn tractor to begin with lol. After going over the yard in both directions, it was a sight to see all those little dirt plugs sitting on the ground. To think that if I had actually gotten to do this the day after it rained, it would have probably been even better. So for it doing its actual job, I give it a 4 out of 5 as well. Still taking points off because for me, I have to get off my tractor to be able to use the wheel lever. Another sore spot I found is not fun is storage. There is no easy way to store this thing. With that lever, it makes it impossible to lean up against a wall out of the way. For something that may only get used once or twice a year, being more storage friendly would have been a nice thing.

## Features

- MADE IN USA
- 32 galvanized knives to penetrate the soil easily.
- Pulls plugs up to 3 inches deep for thicker and healthier lawn.
- Flat free tires for smooth transport.
- Simple-to-use cantilever transport handle for easy raising and lowering.
- 3 Year Limited Consumer Warranty; Made in the USA with some imported materials

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #69,082 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ( See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden ) #36 in Manual Lawn Aerators |
| Brand | Agri-Fab |
| Color | Black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 2,416 Reviews |
| Item Weight | 92.5 Pounds |
| Material | Metal, Rubber |
| Power Source | Gas Powered |
| Product Dimensions | 35"D x 60"W x 36"H |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Agri-Fab
- **Color:** Black
- **Material:** Metal, Rubber
- **Power Source:** Gas Powered
- **Product Dimensions:** 35"D x 60"W x 36"H

## Images

![45-0299 48" Tow Behind Lawn Plug Aerator with Universal Hitch; Designed to Pull Behind Lawn & Garden Tractors - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71MFPjtVJML.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: Does this actually make plugs that it leaves in the yard or does it just punch holes in the yard?**
A: It makes plugs in your yard, and plenty of them.

**Q: can anyone that has had this for a few seasons tell me how well it is holding up from a durability standpoint.  Any input is appreciated.**
A: I have had mine about 2 years now, used it for 5 large pieces of land, some a little bumpy, but mostly flat.  Works great with 3 8x8x16 cinder-blocks strapped in for weight.  I think it works great and seems to be quite durable.  Like someone else said, clear the mud and small rocks from the knives, clean it, keep it inside if you can, it should last for years.  Wear gloves to assemble or you'll surely bleed.  Sharp knives.  Then you'll want to sharpen them up for the next season.  Like the product. Glad I bought it.

**Q: Do you think someone can pull this by hand?**
A: No they would need to pull it with some motorixed something ... Lawnmower, four wheeler, or something else. Could not be used by pulling it by hand ..!!!

**Q: Mine came missing the main shaft, who do I contact to to get one sent to me?**
A: I’d call the manufacturer.  Mine came with one bolt that was the wrong size.  I called the manufacturer and they sent a replacement out in 2 days.  Did your shipping box have any holes in it?  The shaft is just a straight rod.  It would be pretty easy for it to slip out of the box if there were a hole in one end.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very Happy with purchase, well made. Wear gloves when even looking at the tines! the are sharp!
*by M***S on May 9, 2018*

OK, here is the low down. This thing Rocks! Most lawn companies would have charged me $150-200 to aerate my yard. With 1 use I’ve broke even. Hope to get many years of use from it. It’s well made. It’s does take up a lot of room so storage may be an issue. It’s also very heavy. Warning: Those tines are SHARP! Be very carful moving it around. The axel with the tines could easily be classified as a deadly weapon. First of all, the install. - Wear GLOVES! Seriously! Wear mechanic glove anytime your touching the Sharp points. I was very careful and still managed to cut myself. Wear GLOVES! Trust me, - I used an air ratchet to tighten most of the bolts. All the nuts are the type with nylon threads and using a hand ratchet would have taken a lot of extra time. You don't have to get them super tight, but believe me your wrist will be tired. - Speaking of install time, it took me about 1.5 hours. - Many of the bolts are very similar in size. Very confusing. Instruction were ok, not great. Pay attending to how the metal tray fits onto the axel. It’s a very important step and very easy to screw up. - Get someone to help you place the tray onto the axel. With those shape tines waiting to rip the skin off your hands, an extra set of (gloved) hands makes things a lot safer. Use: - I live in Central KY and we have a lot of clay soil. First time I used the aerator it had rained about 4 days earlier. I went to my local home improvement store and purchased 4 cinder blocks (under $2 each). - I have a Zero Turn 52" deck mower. My 1.8 acres is mostly flat and few obstacles such as tree and plantings. - First, DO NOT tow this around with 4 cinder blocks on it with the wheels down (when your actually aerating the wheel are retracted so the weight is on the tines). If you turn tightly or bump into something the wheels will bend (the metal bracket) and the rubber lining "tread" on the plastic tires can come off (I know, I learned the hard way, thankfully it was an easy fix). It’s ok to have 4 cinder blocks on it while aerating, it’s very well constructed but the little plastic tires really can’t take the weight. - I did a perimeter mow without the aerator attached. I mowed around trees and our fence, anywhere it’s a tight space or your maneuvering close to objects. Next, I attached the aerator and started mowing. It's best NOT to make turns any greater than 45degrees left or right. This thing is wide and a zero turn can turn on a dime and could damage the aerator. - DO NOT back up. It seems it’s not made for this. - This aerator works great! I used it 4 days after the last rain and I was getting 2-3 inch plugs. Ideally 1-2 days after the rain would be perfect as long as it’s not muddy. Anyway, I was really happy with the results. -I suggest the first time you use it, stop after 10-15 minutes and recheck bolts to make sure they are all tight. - When finished, hose it off to remove dirt and store it. Overall I’m happy with the purchase. Just wanted to let you know of my experiences so you don’t make the mistakes I made. With a few rules to follow (WEARE GLOVES) this will be another great purchase from Amazon.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ It does its job well. Good luck putting it together.
*by D***E on October 14, 2016*

Im giving this 4 stars, probably should be 4,5 but here is why I am knocking stars off. This was not an easy assembly. In fact it was a very tedious, dangerous and frankly unnecessary assembly. That box is big enough that those spines should already come pre assembled in my book. That would alleviate about half of the torture and danger of putting this thing together. With that said. I was missing 4 lock nuts in total. Want to guess where they were in the assembly of the device? The very last steps of putting the tray together. Where you have to push the tray over and tghten everything down so that when you pull the lever forward, it stays in one spot. Mine doesnt do that. At least not without a bungee cord helping to hold it in place. So, with those shortcomings, lets get on to actual use. I put 4 cinder blocks in the tray, Each was packed with dirt in them. Probably putting a total of 100-130 lbs of weight on it. Weight evenly distributed over the entire tray. We had almost 3 inches of rain and this was done about 3 days afterwards. I found one flaw to this aerator and that is it wont work evenly if your yard isnt even. Mine has a lot of bumps and dips in it so often the center was fully penetrated while the outter edges only went in half an inch or so. I think the only way to avoid that would have been with a super heavy drum that I probably shouldnt be trying to tow with my lawn tractor to begin with lol. After going over the yard in both directions, it was a sight to see all those little dirt plugs sitting on the ground. To think that if I had actually gotten to do this the day after it rained, it would have probably been even better. So for it doing its actual job, I give it a 4 out of 5 as well. Still taking points off because for me, I have to get off my tractor to be able to use the wheel lever. Another sore spot I found is not fun is storage. There is no easy way to store this thing. With that lever, it makes it impossible to lean up against a wall out of the way. For something that may only get used once or twice a year, being more storage friendly would have been a nice thing.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Solid Choice for Homeowners Who Want to Aerate Like a Pro
*by K***N on March 20, 2024*

I’ve come to trust Agri-Fab products over the years, and this 48" plug aerator is no exception. I featured it on my YouTube channel @LawnandOrderTexasEdition, and it’s become a key tool in my Bermuda lawn care routine here in Texas. 🛠️ Assembly was very straightforward — clear instructions and no special tools needed. I even found a great way to overlap bungee cords to secure my cinder blocks for added weight. (Pro tip: only lower it when you're already on the grass to avoid scraping driveways or compacted soil.) 🔧 Replacement tines (or “knives”) are available here on Amazon, and should probably be swapped every couple of years — especially if you're hitting rocks or rough patches. 🌧️ Aerating your lawn once or twice a year makes a big difference. It allows rain to penetrate compacted soil, helps break up traffic wear (from walking or driving over grass), and promotes deeper root growth. ✅ What I Like: Effective Aeration: Pulls decent-sized plugs, even from my dense clay soil. Great spacing and depth. Durable Build: The frame is strong and handles towing well. No flimsy parts here. Universal Hitch: Hooks right up to my lawn tractor without issue. Good Value: You’d spend 3x more hiring a pro. This pays for itself quickly. Mine is priceless in my lawn toolkit. Smart Design Touches: Handle lowers easily, and the weight tray fits four cinderblocks without issue. ⚠️ Things to Know: Weight Tray Limitations: For hard-packed soil, you may need to get creative with weight. I use 4 cinderblocks, and that gives me enough depth. Tight Spaces Are Tricky: At 48” wide, it’s not ideal for small yards or areas with lots of curves. You’ll need to plan for wider turns (which also helps prevent turf damage). Check Your Tines: They’re solid, but like any aerator, they wear over time. Keep an eye on them. If you’re looking to boost lawn health without breaking the bank, this is a great tool for homeowners. It’s not commercial-grade, but for most average-sized lawns, it absolutely gets the job done. 🎥 You can see it in action on my channel @LawnandOrderTexasEdition, where I review and demo real lawn gear in real-world Texas conditions. Highly recommended. Great job, Agri-Fab. You built a winner.

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