Tools

[patterdaleboy 32]

Was out yesterday and the lads were so fusy about witch shovle to bring to the dig when I said dose it real mate thay said that the pitch on the head was wrong or the head on that one wa too big and the shaft on that one is too short.

 

Thay had difrent shovels for difrent jobs.

My qustion woul de dose it matter as long as u got one that dosent brake.

What is the best size shovel

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[Waz 4,204]

As long as theyre aint too much cement on them I dont mind LOL. Did use one overengineered fancy thing (by that I mean fancy price ) but was a load of overrated shit.

[Borderforce 25]

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Edited March 7, 2013 by Borderforce

[Sirius 1,358]

 

 

What is the best size shovel

 

I heard tell of a few tools that prefer one with a good strong shaft about 12", allegedly

Edited February 11, 2013 by Sirius

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prefer one with a handle......................

[Work them hard 339]

I just carry a roundmouth and a grafter oh and a bar, one thing I have found with the roundmouths is the heads being to big but I usually cut them down and weld some footplates on

[heed 10]

I've used a grafter, garden spade, folding shovel, wrecking bar, probe,spit, even a pick at some time or other and they were all needed at the time but for every dig and for mooching about I always have a bulldog round mouth with steel shaft and d handle cut down to about 2 1/2 ft. Took a little bit off the sides aswell. Stays sharp. Moves a good shovel full at a time and goes through roots well. Also carries on your back well when it's cut down. Depends where your diggin but I can dig just about all the places I go with just this spade. It's a bulldog no 2. Cheers

[Peter Leemooch 160]

load of tosh if you ask me as long as it does the job.your not giving somebody a short back and sides you are digging a hole

[whippet 99 2,613]

been digging roads all me life and i suggest you get oot with da paddies and know which shovel to use for what ground and they will show you how to use it ................................

[adonnachie 2]

you can only piss with the cock you've got!

[gonetoearth 5,144]

you can

load of tosh if you ask me as long as it does the job.your not giving somebody a short back and sides you are digging a hole

. Were do you think the saying , call a spade a spade comes from , think you would no. The differance if you dug for a living.