Beach combing

[2 man crew]

I'm taking on a new property this year. It has a 40' x 150' sand beach on a lake. They want it cleaned and raked every week. I'm wondering if there is a special rake for sand beaches? By the way it has to be done by hand there is a bolder retaining wall perimeter.
I want it to look perfect. Thanks for any help!

[rodfather]

Try looking into getting one of those sand trap rakes they use on golf courses. I'm sure you could figure out a way of attaching it to and pulling it behind a Z.

[rodfather]

...that's if you can figure out a way of getting around the retaining wall.

[2 man crew]

How am i going to get back over the bolder wall? lol :D

[GLS]

How tall is the bouler wall?

[2 man crew]

Its about 3 feet, but I don't want to use ramps. Its a high- end town home complex. If they see me trying to rig some half a$$ed ramp on their bolder wall they will think Im a moron. No pontoon boat either. lol :p

[General Grounds]

:blob3: hey 2 man how about getting yourself 2 of these drag mats they use in the seventh inning of a baseball game, it's about 4 feet wide and is light enough to be pulled by a guy. Tony

[2 man crew]

Ya that might work. I was thinking more like an actual rake for beaches though. Maybe some of the guys That work on the cost might be using on the "ocean side" houses. But that baseball mat might be what I should try. thanks.

[CSRA Landscaping]

I think you know what I'm talking about. I kinda like it myself. You may be able to get two of the real wide garden rakes and pull them both at the same time. Of course, knowing my nature, I'm sure there's probably a better way to do it. (I always seem to pick the hard stuff).

[tramahor]

we used to live on a lake here in sacramento, we had a sand/beach area approx 75 yrds long and 30 wide, I would always use a grading rake. It worked well for that area and at the same time it was grooming the sand it would pull out all the weed generated by the palm trees. just my.002
Ramirez Landscaping CO.:blob3:

[TSS]

i have worked for a country club for the past five years. We use regular metal leaf rakes in our sand traps. When we have to hand rake them we usually run a sand pro in them to level the sand though. Then we will come back through and hand rake with the metal rakes. Makes it look nice. If you can get away with it use a metal landscape rake to smooth and level the sand, then go back over with a metal rake to make it look nice. just my .02;)

[2 man crew]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tramahor
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I would always use a grading rake.



Yep, thats what I need. Is grading rake flat and wide with 2" steal tines spaced about 2" apart?

[Premo Services]

[2 man crew]Yep, thats what I need. Is grading rake flat and wide with 2" steal tines spaced about 2" apart?

Thats what I would suggest.I think it is a landscape rake?
When we go to florida, that is what I see them use, do a real good jos too.

[2 man crew]

Thanks guys. :)

[yardboyltd]

Remeber the wb stuck in the backyard post??? :)

[mdb landscaping]

just get a sand clearer with a stair climbing system:D

[AGG Lawn Maintenance]

Hey 2 man let me know how you make out. I had a lady ask how much I would charge to "rake the beach" this past year in Deal New Jersey.Never in the 14 years doing this did anyone ever ask me that before. She was very cute but I couldn't flex on the price. We could have did it with my brothers ATV. It would have taken us about 1/2 to 45 min.
My price was $100 a week $400 a month. It was a private beach so i told her to slit the costs with her friends. Needless to say she must of gotten someone else to do it.
Travis

[PrimeGreen Lawn]

Originally posted by yardboyltd
Remeber the wb stuck in the backyard post??? :)

I DO. I DO!!:blob3:

[paul]

Travis, that means you'd be getting $134 to $200 per hour to rake the sand that woman was not dumb, $65 per hr would have been much more in line and might have gotten you the job.

[LawnLad]

We dont' have to comb beaches, but I could see where a 3' aluminum grading rake might have too wide of a tine to drag through the sand.

You might consider the wide head on a King of Spades stiff/grading/construction type rake. We use the 18" heads for our normal grading. But they make 24" and up I believe. You can change the heads from the handles with two bolts. The rakes are indestructible. They're great rakes - I'll never buy another ames!

[GroundKprs]

Is this just a leveling function? Or do you have to remove debris? If so, what type: dead fish, vegetative waste, trash (of what size), etc.?

It would seem a <a href="https://www.amleo.com/help-desk/item.php?36alr">Landscape Grading Rake</a> would be best tool for any of those basic applications, given that this must be accomplished with a hand tool. If you do a search on that site (just search for "rake"), you can get 3 different types of rake. And each type is available from 24" wide to 42", in increments of 6". Just need to determine what exactly you want to accomplish, then pick the most efficient and functional size for the job.

A landscape grading rake is designed to level and screen, and different variations can give a high degree of surface screening, if that is the major objective. And you definitely want aluminum; any type of steel implement of this size would dig in, instead of glide over the surface. Have only ever seen them in wood or aluminum.

[wallzwallz]

I have 2 beaches I rake. Lots of seaweed, PITA. I use a Kubota w/ york rake to get seaweed up. As far as smoothing the grading rake will work if sand is rock free for several inches, if not the biggest leaf rake you have turned backwards will smooth w/ out lifting rocks like grading rake.

[hoagie]

Yup, a grade rake will be much too hard to pull through the sand. I have been doing a beach front estate w/ roughly 100'x75' beach that would have to be raked every week to remove seaweed build-up. Metal spring rakes are the quickest and leave the best look. If you get creative you can do some nice looking patterns... zig-zag, herringbone, etc.