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TurfTeq's Surface Preparation Rake offers the quickest and most profitable way to prepare soil for turf, grass seed or wild flowers. Much quicker than a rotavator, it also facilitates stone removal and rough-grades the site.

First, angle the deck left or right to work the stones into windrows for easy collection. Whilst doing this, the Rake is already starting to produce a fine tilth and grade the site. Next, pivot the head straight and work it across the area in different directions in order to complete the job. You now have a level, rough-raked site ready to accept turf. If you are seeding, finish off with the machine running in reverse and you will be left with just castor marks to touch in with a hand rake. It tills only the top layer (3 to 25mm), so the soil is immediately ready for use. You don't have to re-consolidate the ground or break up lumps of soil, as you would if you used a rotavator, and it will not slump when the first serious fall of rain comes along.

To replace an existing lawn without lifting the old turf, kill off the grass with a suitable chemical. The Rake will quickly rip out the dead grass, working up a tilth as it does so, and the site is ready, leaving only a few bags of dead grass to dispose of.

This versatile machine can also be used for heavy scarification, such as preparation for a seeded wild flower meadow.

Re-levelling gravelled areas is a back-breaking job at the best of times. The real hard work is breaking up solidified surfaces such as self-binding gravel paths, golf buggy paths and similar; that's where the Rake comes in. Adjust the raking depth to suit the thickness of the gravel layer and run the machine over the surface. It will soon break up the top layer, rough-grading as it goes and bringing cleaner gravel to the surface. The final touches can then be applied with a hand rake.

The TurfTeq Rake is now available from selected Brandon Tool Hire depots www.brandontoolhire.co.uk/ . For other sources, please contact GroundsCare Products on 0118 981 1313.