What's your shovel?

goeduck · Sep 23, 2018

I like the ones with wider spots to put your foot on when you step them into the ground. Ames is one of my better ones, I stay away from the cheapo models.

Fuddy1952 · Sep 23, 2018

I always wear leather gloves. I have a JD backhoe also...not that big either! It's a 7.5, enough to bury a body

bcp · Sep 23, 2018

sea2summit said:
That's essentially the one I busted. It had seen the so many miles (over more than eight years, probably more than 10) the fiberglass was actually beginning to delaminate:thumbsup:

The Fiskars shovel has an oval steel handle.

Bruce

newbury · Sep 23, 2018

I had a Sears Craftsman filled back shovel, from about 1970 to 1983, supposedly heavy duty. That was my favorite. Broke it, took it back for a replacement, all they would offer me was a standard cheap regular shovel. That cured me of buying Craftsman for the "lifetime warranty".
Now I just buy "specials". About 2 years ago Lowes or Home Depot had a "price mistake" on some decent long handled shovels, $2@, and I bought a half dozen.
Still prefer my Woods BH70 backhoe, but that cost more than $2

Diggin It · Sep 23, 2018

The BH sure made it a whole lot easier to plant a dozen trees than a shovel would have.

But I also go for the cheap $10 ones. They last a few years even with me leaving them outside most of the time, exposed to the elements. Eventually the handles break off and I'm left with only the business end. Since I can't find replacement handles for less than the price of a new one, I'm getting quite a collection of the business ends.

Jstpssng · Sep 23, 2018

I like a straight, flat bottom "digging spade". I had a really good one that I bought for about $10 at the discount/salvage store chain, but I made the mistake of letting somebody borrow it and she insisted that I gave it to her. Then I bought a "Bully" Made in USA... the first time that I used it I folded the blade over.
But I prefer my 750 Woods.

sea2summit · Sep 23, 2018

Diggin It said:
The BH sure made it a whole lot easier to plant a dozen trees than a shovel would have.

But I also go for the cheap $10 ones. They last a few years even with me leaving them outside most of the time, exposed to the elements. Eventually the handles break off and I'm left with only the business end. Since I can't find replacement handles for less than the price of a new one, I'm getting quite a collection of the business ends.

You don’t say

Still want a shovel :thumbsup:

Gary Fowler · Sep 23, 2018

Diggin It said:
The BH sure made it a whole lot easier to plant a dozen trees than a shovel would have.

Since I can't find replacement handles for less than the price of a new one, I'm getting quite a collection of the business ends.

I found that weird also. How can Lowes sell a new shovel cheaper than it sells just a wooden handle. I ended up just throwing one of my shovels away and buying a new one because it was cheaper than a new handle. I also don't use them much because the backhoe is much easier on the back, but a good shovel is handy around buried PVC pipe to uncover it without breaking.

charlton289 · Sep 23, 2018

My favorite shovel is attached to my GC 1705 and I call it my 15,000 dollar wheel barrow but I get most of my hand shovels from yard sales or we have called trade lots which is a fancy name for a town yard sale in the town/ YMCA parking lot. They sell other peoples junk and you can find some good deals on somethings and get took on others.