relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message barber surf rake in east hampton h. barber & sons is a privately owned naugatuck connecticut based company which claims to have sold more beach cleaning equipment than any other company in the world . 1 its rakes are used on six continents and in over 90 countries . the company was founded by harold s. barber in the 1960s after he invented the surf rake model 500 for grooming sand beaches . barber rakes pick up debris including litter seaweed and even oil tar balls and then level and give consistency to the groomed area . 2 the flagship of the company and largest rake is the barber surf rake model 600hd it can clean 2.5 hectares an hour via its 2.1 m wide cleaning path . 3 barber rakes have also been expanded to include a turf rake to remove stones from soil and a road rake for remove debris from roads and highways . the larger rakes are pulled behind tractors or pick up trucks although the barber sand man is a smaller self propelled walk behind device that is used in golf course sand traps and playgrounds . references edit barber company history barber beach and sand cleaners http www.jetcoengineering.com.au surfmodels.html jetco engineering external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title h. barber and sons & oldid 715780819 categories tool manufacturing companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in connecticutcompanies based in new haven county connecticutcompanies established in the 1960s1960s establishments in connecticuthidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2009all articles lacking reliable referencesyear of establishment missing navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 april 2016 at 23 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view