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DIY Plug Digga Spade plans with stick on template and instructions
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<blockquote data-quote="Greenhornet_au" data-source="post: 310548" data-attributes="member: 8767"><p>A short handled spade is harder to penetrate soils than a longer handle, your point looks sharp enough.</p><p></p><p>I started with short D handle spades but found the long handle to be far better for stability to dig, mass of the spade to help dig,</p><p>leverage to lift the plug, and even root cutting too, but above all no back bending stresses, no kneeling.</p><p></p><p>In dry compacted and or stoney dirt, you need a pick to start usually.</p><p>But I have even broken through those surfaces by 'jabbing' at the surface, just up and down stabbing the point into the surface </p><p>to loosen it before using the spade more normally.</p><p></p><p>Pic's up today of the latest spades.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greenhornet_au, post: 310548, member: 8767"] A short handled spade is harder to penetrate soils than a longer handle, your point looks sharp enough. I started with short D handle spades but found the long handle to be far better for stability to dig, mass of the spade to help dig, leverage to lift the plug, and even root cutting too, but above all no back bending stresses, no kneeling. In dry compacted and or stoney dirt, you need a pick to start usually. But I have even broken through those surfaces by 'jabbing' at the surface, just up and down stabbing the point into the surface to loosen it before using the spade more normally. Pic's up today of the latest spades. [/QUOTE]
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DIY Plug Digga Spade plans with stick on template and instructions
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