Burgon & Ball - RHS Stainless Ground Rake – Professional Wide-Head Levelling Tool

Burgon & Ball RHS Stainless Ground Rake – Professional Wide-Head Levelling Tool

The Burgon & Ball RHS Stainless Ground Rake is a robust, versatile tool engineered to create the perfect planting surface. Featuring an extra-wide head with 14 specially pointed tines, it excels at breaking up, grading, and levelling soil with maximum efficiency. Its dual-purpose design and bow-shaped support offer the perfect balance of rigidity and flexibility, making it an essential companion for large-scale garden preparation and landscaping projects.

Best For: Gardeners and landscapers who need to prepare seedbeds, level soil, or evenly distribute garden mulches without the physical strain of stooping.

Key Features

• Extra-Wide Precision Head: Equipped with 14 flat tines that are ground to a point for effortless soil entry, providing a 35cm working width for fast coverage.

• Dual-Action Design: The tines are perfect for grading and spreading, while flipping the rake over allows the flat back of the head to be used for final levelling and smoothing.

• Flexible Bow Support: Features a bow-shaped frame that introduces a slight degree of "spring," protecting the tool and user when working against resistance in heavier soils.

• Ergonomic Long Handle: A 169cm shaft crafted from FSC-certified hardwood provides incredible reach and allows for an upright posture to eliminate backache.

• RHS Endorsement: Officially endorsed by the Royal Horticultural Society and backed by a lifetime guarantee, ensuring professional performance and rust-resistant longevity.

Specifications

• Brand: Burgon & Ball

• Head Width: 35cm

• Overall Height: 169cm

• Material: FSC Certified Hardwood & Mirror-Polished Stainless Steel

• Storage: Includes a strong leather hanging cord

Ideal For (Uses)

• Seedbed Preparation: Effortlessly grading soil to a fine tilth, creating the ideal environment for sowing seeds or laying new turf.

• Spreading Mulch & Aggregates: Perfectly suited for evenly distributing bark, woodchips, gravel, or sand across large areas or pathways.

• Final Levelling: Using the flat side of the rake to smooth out uneven patches of soil for a professional, manicured garden appearance.

• Removing Debris: Effectively gathering stones, clods, and roots from the soil surface during initial ground clearing.

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.