The BroomRaker
On one of the many occasions when I was trying to find something to clean out the grooves on my Ifor Williams horse trailer I got so fed up that I decided to buy the right tool for the job.
So I started googling equestrian/equine/trailer tools and to my amazement there was no such tool. That is where it all began…
I started sketching and thought, why couldn’t it do two jobs as I’d still need a broom to do a proper job even if I made a rake to fit those hard-to-clean grooves out . So it became a broom and a rake – BroomRaker!
I found a local design company and arranged to meet them. I took along my drawings and told them my idea and they helped me turn it into a reality.
It took me a long time to actually get to production, as I first headed to China after being told that is what I’d have to do to get it made. So a couple of years were lost, but not wasted as I learnt so much about my product during that period. I eventually found a manufacturer here in the UK, who is the one I still have today. I am delighted to say that BroomRaker is a totally British made product, just like I always wanted it to be. Designed by myself and engineers it is made to a high standard that will last and not fall to pieces after a few uses.
When we got the first prototypes they were put through their paces and used not only on trailers but everywhere. That is when we realised it was more than just a trailer tool. It is a great stable tool with many other uses: breaking up tightly packed shavings bales, raking the arena, gathering muck, levelling all types of bedding etc.
It is a unique robust and versatile equestrian and gardening tool unlike anything else on the market. BroomRaker is my first design to go to market, but it is just one of many of my ideas. I look forward one day to sharing some of the others with you.
More Detail
- Handle Length 1150 mm
- Handle Length (Imperial) 45.5 inches
- Bristle length 70 mm
- Bristle length (Imperial) 2.75 inches
- Head Length 306 mm
- Head Length (Imperial) 14 inches
- Head Height 101 mm
- Head Height (Imperial) 4.25 inches
- Head Width 140 mm
- Head Width (Imperial) 5.25 inches
- Head Weight 680 g
- Head Weight (Imperial) 1.5 lbs
- Overall Weight 1.2 kg
- Overall Weight (Imperial) 2 lbs 10 oz
- Trademark no: UK00003138260
- UKIPO no: 6006053
- EUIPO no: 01578331
- USPTO PAT: 02851-682
- Rake and Head: Polypropylene a recyclable material
- Fitted wooden block FSC approved
- Durable Nylon bristles
