Abstract: A device for removing material, preferably roofing material, consisting of a baseplate; a shaft member secured at one end to a guide handle and at the other end to the baseplate; a lifting plate including a blade-like leading section and a trailing section; an opening located in the trailing section of the lifting plate to permit the lower end of the shaft member to pass therethrough; a fulcrum means operatively connected to the baseplate and the lifting plate; an actuating means located on a guide handle and connected to a drive means; and a drive means to depress the trailing section of the lifting plate thereby rotating the lifting plate about the fulcrum means to move the blade-like leading section of the lifting plate into a generally parallel spaced-apart position with respect to the baseplate.