digging tools

[budsmith]

Boy there is sure some good posts on here and I am learning a lot...Just waiting to get out after this cold freeze here in Missouri..I wish I was down south where I could be out every day....Im wondering what kind of digging tools everyone has...I use a good strong screwdriver, a sod retractor (where the ground is soft enough) and a gardening trowel, and a little hand held knife saw....I really tough when I get into that zoyia grass whre the turf is three inches thick and tough as nails....Hope to get to the beach one of these days....Bud

 

[Ratman]

Hi Budsmith ,

I use the standard Lesche Digger with sheath so you can carry it on your belt where ever you go . If im in a hard ground digging enviroment I use the Lesche Ground Shark . In my opinion you can't beat any Lesche tool . Top notch quality digging tools ...

 

[backslyder]

Sounds pretty good budsmith. After all these years, I think it just gets down to "whatever works for you and your situation", but of course there's always room for better possibilities, and I'm always open also, , to anything that could make the job easier. I have a small pick I use in the really hard ground, and a small shovel for the beach and soft soil digging. I think some kind of serrated tool, is almost a "must" for grass or roots. I'd like to check out those Lesche tools like Ratman is talking about. I've heard that they're really good. Marc.

 

[jjwest]

What I use is the Lesche tool for digging in lawns and parks. Any other place here in New Mexico I use a garden hoe for light digging and lifting bushes, moving tall grass aside, moving wooden boards, corrugated roofing tin and checking rock edges for rattle snakes. A digging pick for heavy digging is carried in a hammer loop attached to my belt and positioned on the back of my hips. Not a digging tool but the older one gets the more desirable knee pads are.