Aluminum Landscape Rake Tool for Lake Garden Pond Beach Landscaping 36" Rake Head

The aluminum parts are good. It's simple: a pole, a rake, and two diagonal braces. The bolt hole locations prevent assembly of the diagonal braces. They are off by a couple inches. There's no amount of bending that will make this work. I will drill new holes to allow assembly. There are no instructions. Trial and error will teach you which bolts go where. The longest bolt is the only one that will go through the pole and two braces. The next shorter is for the pole to rake joint. And the two short bolts are for the brace to rake connection. But the holes are in the wrong place. Good materials. Bad manufacturing.

Very lightweight and easy to use. The forks doesn’t spread soil through grass very well. But working loose topsoil it works well. Very easy to assemble

I saw a similar review as this one. The lack of instructions wasn't as bothersome as the inappropriately sized hardware. The width of the bolts are too small and inadequate for this rake. As another user commented as well...it was pretty obvious if I used what was provided...they would eventually loosen, fail and be completely frustrating to the user. If the bolts are too small...they will slip around the hole and you would be tempted to tighten the nut...but because this is made of thin aluminum...you would likely eventually damage the pole by tightening too tightly.Here's my recommendation for what you need to pick up at the hardware store to put this rake together properly. I found that 1/4" (diameter) bolts worked well and end up being a thick enough size to not slip around too much when put through the pre-drilled holes in the rake. Then...I also purchased 1/4" rubber washers. The reason for these is that the rubber will be flexible so that you can tighten the nuts against the rubber and create enough friction and pressure that the bolt/nut won't loosen over time. You'll need 2 bolts of the following lengths: 2" and 3/4" length. Of course...I had to buy more than I wanted since most of the bolts/nuts come in packages of 4.I haven't used the rake yet, but may end up updating this review depending upon how it goes.And finally...yes...I could have made the provided hardware work, but I foresaw long-term issues with those sizes. It would appear that they provided hardware that was easily obtainable vs. the appropriately sized hardware.

Not a bad looking rake, should do the job for light-weight lawn preparation.However, I have NO IDEA what they're talking about when they claim "spring clasps" and "folds quickly and easily for storage". To assemble you have to insert four bolts, hold them with two tools and tighten the nuts. Not difficult, but certainly not "foldable".Further, the way it uses screws to tighten against a round, unsupported hollow aluminum tube is not good design. The tubing will easily squash, leading eventually to loose hardware and/or deformed tube.I'll keep it, it was the cheapest rake out there. However, this is NOT suitable for repeated use, heavy work nor commercial applications.

Bought to rake gravel. It just bounces across the top. It will work somewhat to push the gravel but it bends very easy. Doesnt really suit our needs.

Bought this in the winter for the spring. Rake snapped in half on first few uses and since I bought in winter couldn’t return despite spending almost $60 on a rake that snapped while using.*Update: customer service contacted me right away to resolve the issue. No complaints on customer service.

Rake nice ‘n’ light. Would prefer the teeth to be 90 degrees to the rake handle. Instead it is a about 100 degrees which makes it difficult to use to rake debris off bottom of my pond.

This product is so weak, the quality is not good. I never buy this again