tools of the trade

[Guest shay]

stupid american post, now whos stupid

and are you telling me you carry all that equipment to dig out a terrier , well i guess thats patterdales for ya get a real terrier

 

know if theres anyone with anything usefull to say please say it id apperciate the help and id also apperciate it if everyone who reads this remebers what the Australian flag looks like then take special note to tell the difference beteen it and the american flag

thank you

 

Sorry I'll re-phrase stupid Australian post.

 

My sincere apologies to the Aussies for tarring them with the Yank status, not that I really give a f**k, its good to get things wrong now and again, then again the aussies don't because they are all perfect aren't they.

 

Stabs your an import so pipe down .

 

I carry a shovel a bar and a rucksack with medical basics (in case we are too far from the motor) nets collars and a box.

My digging partner will also have a shovel and maybe another bar, helps to tie the dogs out.

 

 

Chief and Wilf really need to stop having these late night phone chats. :kiss: only gossips and lovers talk on the phone for so long

Edited September 6, 2007 by shay

[Guest ROOSTER]

YOU forgot his allpurinol for his gout

[bshadle 5]

I'm out alone most times, seldom need to get more than a few hundred yards from the truck, and am on the edge of a change from light soil to heavy shale, so I usually carry a pretty heavy set of tools.

 

Three ft D-handle round-nose shovel, best quality I can afford.

Six foot 3/4" hex iron bar, rounded point on one end, chisel point on the other. Probes as well as moves rocks.

Trapper's trowel

Folding saw and pruners for roots

3 ft snare pole

Tie out stake and lead

Box & collar

Several nets.

Small medical kit.

Water for me and the dog.

Camera and cell phone.

 

In the truck, I keep an extra shovel, a heavy bar, a pick/mattock, a set of post hole diggers, and a more complete medical kit.

 

When I'm hunting away from buildings and can shoot legally, I add a .22 LR revolver to the pack.

 

BTW... that's an American flag. We Yanks can make our own stupid posts, thank you.

 

And some russels WILL stay until dug to!

 

[Guest shay]

What's the post hole digger for Bshadle ?

[bshadle 5]

In case the landowner wants me to run fence for him as part of the permission?

 

Seriously... Sometimes for working through roots and rocks the PHDs let you punch a smaller hole without cutting or prying. They also do a good job if you have to clear dirt from behind the dog. If you overlap the bite, you can dig a surprisingly large hole fairly easy as well. I don't use 'em as my primary digging tool, but a friend does and we dug this one at five feet with 'em. They get down with a lot less dirt to backfill when you're done.

 

[J Darcy 5,871]

Personally i like to work in much bigger holes.....can't be doing with those bloody cramped things. If the dogs good enough then the extra ten minutes it will take to make a good sized dig shouldnt be a problem. JMHO...JD

[bshadle 5]

I agree with you JD. That's why I use 'em only for special circumstances. You can get to the dog in the same amount of time with a shovel and have more room to work IMO, but he was the one moving most of the dirt that day so I let him have at it.

 

It was interesting to see them used that way though. You need the right type of soil to use PHDs like that as well. If the soil's too dry or sandy it just runs out the bottom and you need to scoop it out anyway.

 

The one time that day that we agreed on using them was when the dog got in a tight tube under a massive buried slab of limestone. We were able to locate a crack in the slab over the tube and dig down through the crack with the PHDs. Otherwise we'd have had to dig down along the side then tunnel under it. Would've done it that way if there was no other choice, but I grew up in a mining town and don't like large rocks over top of my head without proper shoring.

[elisderyn 496]

:stupid:

I heard about these 2 "terriermen" who dug to an ugly little bitch in Mid wales once............4ft down & then hitting blue slate....................2 bars left in the motor miles away !!!!!.........

[Guest shay]

[Guest shay]

...

Edited September 7, 2007 by shay

[Guest WILF]

Chief and Wilf really need to stop having these late night phone chats. :kiss: only gossips and lovers talk on the phone for so long

 

 

No need to get jealous lover boy :kiss: ..........theres enough of you for the 2 of us :kiss:

[Guest pip]

In Ireland wee use spades for digging and shovels for clearing out,i always carry a spit and a spade,someone else has a shovel,don t understand how you can dig with a shovel

[Stabs 3]

I used CK spades and Bulldog shovels for digging as I pinched them from the farm I used to shoot on. The bulldog shovels were old but they were good for digging with and the best bit was if they broke I just pinched another one

[Guest shay]

I know the type of shovel you mean too pip, a mate of mine in Ireland goes like billy o with one, I couldn't dig with one, too bendy.

[Guest G.Mac]

1

Edited July 28, 2008 by G.Mac