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Saxon Fibreglass Assorted Shovels or Spades $9 Each, Saxon Concreters Shovel $5.95 Each @ Bunnings Warehouse
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this goes
onunder a Honda Civic right?
Jeez… what's with all the neg votes?
Did I offend your mad ride or somefing? ;)
Don't we all😁
imo wood is better than fibre glass
As somone who has broken at least 5 shovels and had workers break at least another 5 I can confidently say that especially at the cheap end of the market wood is stronger than fibreglass.
How about all-steel shovels? Are they good?
I want a shovel with a D-handle, but almost all of them have a plastic handle. I don't like plastic, it doesn't last long, and all-steel shovels seem to be the only option.
@Russ: Main issue I've found with all steel shovels is vibrations when digging, wood and fibreglass tend to absorb them where as metal doesn't. I think this is why you see plenty of metal square mouths as they are used mainly just for shoveling lose soil etc but not post hole shovels which are mainly used for digging. I tend to buy square mouths and post hole shovels, round mouths I find are a compromise, it can do a bit of both but the others do both their respective transferring and digging much better.
Tiger Woods?
Yes, I always find wood to be much firmer and stiffer than fibreglass.
A shovel would be good for tiger woods… We know how much he likes a hole.
Same, and when the wood fails you can easily get some new wood to replace it. Don't need a specific branded one to fit in the same hole.
I prefer fibreglass because it's got a bit more give than wood, so I've found when trying to force a large rock my fibreglass plumbers/trenching spade will spring back and forth, which I prefer. Fibreglass is a pretty versatile and surprisingly strong material.
Though I do like the look of timber handles once they've been oiled particularly with the patina of the metal shovel/spade head, whereas fibreglass will eventually look shitty.
My 2c.
This to help dig masters grave…. fibreglasss stuff is usually pretty steeply priced
I had a look
could see wood in the end of the handle
Looked to be fluro plastic coated cheap wooden handle
I could be wrong but check for yourself
To light for fibreglassMaterial:
Fibreglass handle, steel blade
So you haven't actually had a look yourself?
Just read and repeated the description
You guys sitting here aguing wood and fibreglass, I'm sitting here wondering what the hell are differences between shape of those spades and shovels
I'm even more confused now after reading this. Spade is apparently the flat one with the straight edge, but yet when we generally call something of a "Spade shape" we are referring to the shape represented in playing cards - that has a tip and rounded (which is called a shovel).
I've always honestly thought the other way around according to this logic..
The design on cards would be 100's of years old. I think both design and terminology might have evolved a bit since then.
So you shouldn't call a spade a spade….
@tryagain: I'd argue that Spades and shovels have an even longer history since the caveman ancestor discovered it to bury his dead. There is a reason why the suits in the deck are called "Clover", "Diamond", "Heart" and "Spade" going by that logic.
@bchliu: They are actually called "Clubs" not "Clovers" but yes digging implements would certainly have preceded cards and according to Wikipedia
in the Germanic countries the spade was the symbol associated with the blade of a spade. The English term spade originally did not refer to the tool but was derived from the Italian word spada meaning sword from the Italo-Spanish suit. Those symbols were later changed to resemble the digging tool instead to avoid confusion. In German and Dutch the suit is alternatively named Schippen and schoppen respectively, meaning shovels.
So looks like the German and Dutch have it right but we don't.
Are these on sale or normal price?
My guess is that they are a new product line so unknown what normal price will be
The Hipster says you are probably right. Limited price history.
https://pricehipster.com/?nameQuery=saxon&sortDirection=asc&…
What do you call a man with a shovel?
Doug!
What do you call a man without a shovel?
Douglas!
I'll see myself out now
To be honest, long-handled square mouth shovels never seem to come in terribly handy. Maybe good for cleaning a hole out after it's been dug but that's about it.
As a rule, pointed shovels for digging, square mouths/shorter handles for moving material around.
They're useful for bogged 4WDs.
Gotta dig this deal
Get it before it's buried
I hear the quality on these things are pretty ground breaking
I dug it when I saw it come up on the main page.
Couldn't see any at my local (Cannington)
What the? There's no pun in that all!
Visted my local at Murray Bridge SA was going to grab 2 or 3 none in stock either.
Mount Barker SA had none (any model posted above) in stock this morning, but was apparently receiving a delivery this arvo (a Sunday?).
I picked up a Saxon fork (same green fibreglass range) from Bunnings a few months back for about $9 too (they had one of shovel types at the time too).
They weren't with all the other forks, but instead at the other side of the store in one of the main walkways.To my eye, pretty much the same as the Trojan one they sell for ~$30.
I shovel well. I shovel very well.
Fully sick… does it come with a subwoofer or purple neon running lights?
Fibreglass, fluro green, lightweight… this goes on a Honda Civic right?
(meh, plus vote… I want one now)