2019 - Volume #43, Issue #1, Page #36
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Trenching Shovels Dig Ditches Fast
“At Easy Digging we focus on heavy-duty tools often not available at hardware or big box stores,” says Greg Baka. “They’re designed for professionals, with pretty much unbreakable handles.”
Both the Trench Digging shovel and the Trench Clean-Out shovel are only 3 3/4 in. wide and have fiberglass handles. The Trench Digging shovel has a pointed and dished blade for easier digging and a 30-degree handle angle. It’s priced at $46.95.
The Trench Clean-Out shovel features high sides for scooping the loose soil out of the bottom of narrow trenches. It has a 35-degree handle angle. It’s priced at $50.95.
Both shovels feature high lift handles to reduce bending when lifting soil up and out of the trench.
“For putting in trenches around the home, whether for landscaping or irrigation, an 18-in. depth is about right,” says Baka. “The shovels and handles are designed to accommodate trenches up to that depth.”
Backa recently added a third trenching tool. Priced at $89, the Bottom Digger works faster and easier to clean loose dirt out of trenches. Originally designed by a gold prospecting hobbyist to reach into stream beds, its clean-out potential was quickly recognized.
“It’s pulled through the trench like a narrow backhoe bucket on a stick,” says Baka. “When we compared it with the Hisco Trench Clean-Out shovel, the Bottom Digger was more than twice as fast.”
The combination blade on the shovel’s edge has a smooth side for simple clean-outs and a toothed side for cutting away high spots.
“When excavation companies order one, they soon order more to have one in every truck,” says Baka.
In addition to a variety of heavy-duty gardening and landscaping tools, Baka’s website also offers guides on drainage and trenching, as well as general tool information, such as how to sharpen a garden hoe.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Easy Digging, 1400 Forum Blvd., no. 585, Columbia, Mo. 65203 (ph 573 823-3539; contact@easydigging.com; www.easydigging.com).
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