Council Fire Rake

We use the rakes when doing trail work to clear before digging and for removing the duff.

This is the first time I have ever bought, seen or used this type of tool. For the most part, it works wonders. I have a very steep torrain leading down to the river and wooded. What I have a challenge with is making the path/trail wide enough. It seems like I do a lot of chopping on one side or the other and little scrapping. The trail is going pretty good considering I had prices to place stone/wood steps and landing in excess of $40K. The tool is well worth it's money in my opinion.

I use this tool almost exclusively for trail maintenance and new trail construction on the Appalachian Trail. It is really tough and taken abuse for 4 years of uses that it was not designed to be used for like chopping through a 4 inch root, prying boulders out of the ground, cutting sticker bushes that are 1.5 inches in diameter at the base, pulling vines out of trees, chopping tree limbs up to 2 inches in diameter on the downward stroke at the limb/stem junction and much more. I finally broke two teeth by hitting rocks hidden just under the surface. Even though the metal is tempered, the teeth can be sharpened by hand to some degree. It’s a great tool for landscaping and other garden uses as well. Highly recommended and worth the price.