Groundskeeper Rake

[cory]

So I bit the $50 bullet for this rake, a rake I've been hearing about on and off for a while.

I would say it is very good but at very limited tasks- it rules at raking stump grindings back into the main pile, on short grass.

Essentially useless at raking in tall grass.

Anyone else?

 

[flushcut]

Never heard of such rake. We’ve been Maintainer and Groundskeeper rakes for many years.

 

[lxskllr]

The Groundskeeper is the one I heard was amazing. I saw it mentioned a couple times here and looked it up. I don't have one though.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

???

 

[flushcut]

Worth getting but I have to say I like the Maintainer better. The tines aren’t as aggressively curved as the Groundskeeper and have a longer handle but are every bit as effective. Virtually the same price with a padded handle.

 

[cory]

Doh. I think I have the groundskeeper. Thread title fixed now

 

[lxskllr]

Maybe you should've gotten the Wonder Rake. That looks like it does everything. Vid looked old. It might even grind stumps by now :^P

 

[flushcut]

Good rakes!

 

[Tree09]

Doh. I think I have the groundskeeper. Thread title fixed now

I have one too, great rakes.

 

[SeanKroll]

I had to sleeve my GK rake handle with pvc. I've had it for 10 years.

Specialty use.

 

[Tree09]

Yeah I've had to replace the handles in time, i just got a cheap wooden replacement handle for a garden rake and whittled it down, fatter so it's more comfy for my hands. I'm hard on handles of stuff, I'll even go so far as using pipe welded to the heads on stuff like garden rakes. When i was landscaping we used all steel flat spades called king of spades, they were awesome since you could abuse it to do what you needed and it didn't care.

 

[flushcut]

King of Spades shovels are the shit for tree planting. I keep a knife edge on mine for slicing through turf like buddah.

 

[lxskllr]

I keep a couple beat saw files in the truck for sharpening spades, or other tools that have a slight curve.

 

[FJR]

These have been the only rakes we have used for the last 10 years or so.

 

[Kaveman]

The groundskeeper is the king of pine needle raking. Especially on the rocky ground here in Arizona.