Steel-Handled Spades
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Tired of breaking wooden handles on shovels and spades, Jon Chick, Sr., Shelbyville, Tenn., replaced them with a steel pipe. He simply removed the broken wooden handles from the shovel heads and welded pieces of 1 1/4-in. dia. pipe in their place.
"The steel handles won't break and are heavier than the original wooden ones so they help the spades dig better," says Chick. "I've tried this idea with two different spades. On the first one I replaced the original 3-ft. long wooden handle with a steel one of the same length, then welded the T-handle back in place on top of the pipe. On the second one I welded in a 6-ft. long pipe. It works great with a posthole digger for digging post holes or ditches, especially in hard dirt. The big advantage is the weight of the handle. If the dirt is so hard that I can't step through it, I can pick it up and shove it into the bottom of the hole to break up the soil."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jon Chick Sr., 2398 Fairfield Pike, Shelbyville, Tenn. 37160 (ph 931 389-0038; jonchick @charter.net).
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Steel-Handled Spades FENCING Miscellaneous 29-5-29 Tired of breaking wooden handles on shovels and spades, Jon Chick, Sr., Shelbyville, Tenn., replaced them with a steel pipe. He simply removed the broken wooden handles from the shovel heads and welded pieces of 1 1/4-in. dia. pipe in their place.
"The steel handles won't break and are heavier than the original wooden ones so they help the spades dig better," says Chick. "I've tried this idea with two different spades. On the first one I replaced the original 3-ft. long wooden handle with a steel one of the same length, then welded the T-handle back in place on top of the pipe. On the second one I welded in a 6-ft. long pipe. It works great with a posthole digger for digging post holes or ditches, especially in hard dirt. The big advantage is the weight of the handle. If the dirt is so hard that I can't step through it, I can pick it up and shove it into the bottom of the hole to break up the soil."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jon Chick Sr., 2398 Fairfield Pike, Shelbyville, Tenn. 37160 (ph 931 389-0038; jonchick @charter.net).
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