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Re: What spade

« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2013, 07:44:25 PM »

I at first used a regular garden border spade. This didn't last too long Then a friend introduced me to a Draper mini digger. These are excellent, quite durable and do last for a long time. I am now on my second in 10 years. They are a bit short when you are bent over digging and have a bad back. However, with my back I have now taken to digging kneeling down so the length of the mini digger doesn't matter so much now.


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« Reply #16 on: February 24, 2013, 08:08:10 PM »

I was a little worried that draper mini spade wouldn't last long for hard ground digging. Is the shaft hollow fibreglass as my last one was didn't last long before it cracked.


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« Reply #17 on: February 24, 2013, 08:22:40 PM »

I use a tree planting spade with a cut down shaft. This is a bit heavy but seriously strong. It will dig in ground that the mini spades bounce off.


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