THE GROUNDSKEEPER II Rake 55-inch Lightweight Fiberglass Handle, 21-inch Head, Durable Steel Tines for Gardening, De-Thatching or Professional Landscaping

I love this rake, it's very sturdy. And for pulling moss out of the lawn, it works much better than the standard dethatching rake I bought at Home Depot, which pulls out a lot of grass. Like any dethatch rake, it takes a lot of work to remove moss from a lawn so you wouldn't want to dethatch or remove moss from an entire lawn using it. But it's great for spot applications.

so far this rake has been great! only used it once, but it pulled up all the thatch in our yard to prepare for fall seeding. Super light weight.

The Groundskeeper works better than expected. I bought a dethatcher mower and returned it because of the Groundskeeper. It’s a little more work dethatching manually but it’s worth it with the money I saved. I would buy again. The customer support was great. They sent me a follow up. Great product! By the way, I am a woman in her 70’s and it works for me!

this rake is worth every penny. there is more effort to use it, but it really dethatches well.

Pros: lightweight but still durable. Rakes pine needles with minimal clogging. Work well raking over rock landscaping. Replaceable parts available.Cons: Expensive. Tends to dig in or disrupt ground in current configuration. Pin used for attaching handle to head is a joke. With very little use it will cause hole in plastic head and/or fiberglass handle to become worn and loose. More plastic in that area of head is needed plus a bolt needs to go through to other side to make handle attachment secure.I bought this rake specifically for raking pine needles that fall over decroative rock landscaping. Needles clog up tines in all other rakes I have used. I need to point out that I modified the rake so the head is at a 30° angle to the handle. This places the tines at a less angle thus not digging up the rocks and less likely plug up with needles. I know this rake is on the pricey side but if the manufacturer would add an adjustable head to handle device. I also drilled the hole in the head through the underside and used 1/4" bolt and nut for a more stable attachment. Sorry, couldn't get a photo of modification to upload.

Let me start by saying this rake is fantastic. I've had a dead pine fall through the center of my orchard last year, and after cutting it all up and moving it, I could seem to find a way to get all of the inbedded branches and twigs out of the ground. I've tried hardware store rakes and they are not sturdy enough to pull sticks out of the ground. I've tried my landscaping rake but it just bounces and skips over everything. So I read some reviews and found this beauty, first impression, the tines look like something you'd find on farm equipment, thin, but very sturdy and spring loaded. This rake ripped all of those branches out of the ground, from the tiny little twigs, to branches up to 3-4 inches wide, it even dug up branches I couldn't even see. Up until now I've been weed wacking this whole area, but now that I have the means to clean it back up, I can finally push mower it again. I had to add a picture of just one row I've done, it was a quick pass and I only went over it once, but the results are astounding. This is only one row of my orchard and I've got lots to go, thank the heavens I've found this rake. I am a little old fashioned and would prefer a wooden handle, however I understand that keeping it light was the idea, it is very light and not very tasking to use, and it's made in the USA. Don't hesitate, I can't think of many better ways to spend 50 dollars.

I don’t often take time to submit a review but this is an excellent tool and much better than any other garden rake for pine needles and cones. Can’t wait to try it on mulch next spring.

this works great