Raking

A scratching of a turf or soil surface, although it can mean anything from a light and quick rake over the grass leaves to a deep penetration into the soil profile to remove thatch.

  Raking a Lawn

The type of raking considered here is that of a very light scarification. This is normally carried out with a thin tined rake (a springbok rake) and is used to physically control moss, creeping or trailing weeds, such as clover, and keeps the base of the lawn free from decaying plant remains. A large amount of surface debris can be removed by scarification using a hand rake.

  Rhea Scarifier

A scarifier unit, with a working width of 1.7m, having 72 or 144 blades (depending on whether 3mm or 2mm in thickness), which is attached to the front of a Roto-Sweeper. It is manufactured by Imants.

  Rotorake TM1000

A make of pedestrian or tractor mounted scarifier, of more than one model, with working widths for the pedestrian models from 450 to 600mm, with the tractor mounted unit being a 1 metre working width; It is manufactured by SISIS.

  Sand Pro

A make of ride-on golf sand bunker rake, having 3 different models. A range of attachments are also available, including a 2.13m wide rubber tooth rake, spring tine rake, grooming brush and grader. These are manufactured by the Toro Company.

  SW04

A tractor mounted 3-unit verticutter, requiring a tractor with at least 30 hp. It weighs 330 or 360kg and has a cutting width of 1.5m or 2m. The verticutting discs have eight tips, with either 29 or 39 discs/blades being 2mm in thickness and with a 52mm spacing between each disc. There are also optional blade thicknesses of 1mm and 3mm. The discs rotate in reverse (contra-rotating) direction. It is manufactured by Graden.

  Terra Rake

A make of tractor mounted spring tine rake, located in four rows. There are five models with a working width of either 1.7m, 2.3m, 3.5m, and 4.6m, as well as an electric trailed model of 1.7m width. It helps to loosen compacted infill material in an artificial, especially 3G, pitch, as well as surface basal debris, dying vegetation in natural turfgrass surfaces. This equipment is an updated version of the Verticut Harrow; it is manufactured by Wiedenmann (UK) Ltd.

  Thatch-Away Supa System

A range of cassette unit which remove and control thatch, which replaces the cylinder mower units on a triple mower. A wide range of cassette units are available, being manufactured by GreenTek, including: • Verticutter: 10mm spacings, 1.6mm thick tungsten tipped; with a typical working depth of 0-3mm and a maximum of 6mm. • Fine-grass verticutters: 15mm spacings, 1mm thick tungsten tipped; with a typical working depth of 1-2mm and a maximum of 6mm. • Deep slicer: Round tipped, triangular, slicers, with a spacing of 45mm and maximum depth of slice of 20mm. • Sarel rolle

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  TM1000

See Rotorake TM1000.

  UniRake

A tractor operated metal tined rake, which is attached by a 3-point linkage and has 8-rows of tines with a working width of 2m and a total length of 1.8m. It can be used for both natural and artificial turf surfaces, with its main purpose being for intense grooming. It weighs 265kg and has a suggested minimum power unit of 35hp. It is supplied by Campey.