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McLeod (tool)

Firefighter carrying a McLeod in a field

A McLeod tool (or rakehoe) is a two-sided blade — one a rake with coarse tines, one a flat sharpened hoe — on a long, wooden handle. It is a standard[1] tool during wildfire suppression and trail restoration.[2] The combination tool was created in 1905 by Malcolm McLeod, a United States Forest Service ranger at the Sierra National Forest.[3][4]

The McLeod was originally designed to rake fire lines with the teeth and cut branches and sod with the sharpened hoe edge. It is also used for finishing and maintaining hiking trails.[5]

  1. ^ Siguenza, Eddie (2008-07-24). "Guardsmen fight fires with special friends". California National Guard. Archived from the original on 2012-12-12.
  2. ^ "PIONEER FIRE TOOL INVENTOR PASSES AWAY". Madera Tribune. Vol. L, no. 8. California Digital Newspaper Collection. 10 March 1942. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  3. ^ Davis, James B. (1986). "The True Story of the Pulaski Fire Tool" (PDF). Fire Management Notes. 47 (3). US Department of Agriculture Forest Service: 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-09.
  4. ^ Gabbert, Bill (2019-08-19). "The True Story of the Pulaski Fire Tool". Wildfire Today. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  5. ^ Pacific Crest Trail Association (March 2011). "Course 107 Hand Tool Maintenance" (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-11.