What is an Asphalt Rake?
An asphalt rake works in a similar way as a lawn rake. They each have a handle, rake head and often braces to reinforce the handle. Yet the two rakes are designed for different materials as lawn rakes are for lawns and asphalt rakes are for asphalt. The teeth on garden rakes tend to be too long to allow even raking of asphalt and the garden rake heads aren’t usually wide enough for efficient coverage when paving. Industrial asphalt rakes have a spiked rectangular rake head attached to a handle and are used for professional applications of materials such as asphalt and concrete. The side of an asphalt rake head with teeth is used to level asphalt, while the flat side is used to smooth it. Rivets in the heads of some asphalt rakes help the rake heads from falling off during use. An industrial asphalt rake may have a steel shaft on the bottom third of the handle to add strength. Some asphalt rakes may have an angled brace between the rake head and the handle on either side of the handle.
