digging bars

[Waz 4,266]

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Thanks for that Waz, I did think that there would be more input into this type of thread, seems most just use an old garden spade

[demon digger 1]

If you know any groundworkers they should be able to get what your looking for. Ask them for a pipe bar. Yis

[turnerboi 27]

ive seen andused bars with a siolid bar handle about five foot long and a graft end welded on to the bottom they keep the dig straight and bust through rock easy to make

[FightTheBan 1,147]

Thanks for that Waz, I did think that there would be more input into this type of thread, seems most just use an old garden spade

 

If your only experience was turning over the garden...so would you!

 

On a serious note, wickes sell a digging bar for £12 that does the job nicely.

Has a point on one end and chisel on the other. About 6 ft long so great for levering big stones and slabs on drains

Look at their website.

FTB

[gonetoearth 5,144]

olympia tools reading, google, contractors tools go to bottom

good chisel bar

Edited August 10, 2010 by gonetoearth

[slingshot82 32]

The best bar i've ever had was an old twenty foot long quarry chisel cut down to size, i can't put up a picture as i made the mistake of giving most away and leaving the last one at a hunt kennels where it whent missing. The bar has a hole right through the middle to let water through ( to cool the bar whilst quarring ) the hole alowed the sound of the terrier up through the bar with ease.

If anyone can get hold of these bars give me a shout, i had the same bar for more than ten years and it was indestructible.

What do you mean by a quarry chisel? Wasnt it a drill rod for drilling and blasting? What sort of diameter was it, and what size hole up the centre?

 

 

Kyle

[Guest busterdog]

The best bar i've ever had was an old twenty foot long quarry chisel cut down to size, i can't put up a picture as i made the mistake of giving most away and leaving the last one at a hunt kennels where it whent missing. The bar has a hole right through the middle to let water through ( to cool the bar whilst quarring ) the hole alowed the sound of the terrier up through the bar with ease.

If anyone can get hold of these bars give me a shout, i had the same bar for more than ten years and it was indestructible.

What do you mean by a quarry chisel? Wasnt it a drill rod for drilling and blasting? What sort of diameter was it, and what size hole up the centre?

 

 

Kyle

 

 

The bar had a chisel end so thats what i called it, what it was actualy used for i've no idea. The hole through the centre was roughly about 5 mm and the bar was 20-30mm thick, as i've said i haven't got one anymore so i can't measure it for you. There must be lads on here that have them, i myself copied the idea from someone else.

[william slater mcgregor 2]

what i use is a solid steel bar about 40mm thick and 5 feet high one end pointed the end flat with an angle to give leverage when needed its called a pinch bar its heavy but the weight helps do the job,ive also seen a peice of scaffold tube with the head of a pick inside the scaffold tube which is also handy, a crow bar is a about 2 -3 feet long with a hooked end sometimes called a wrecking bar atb

[slingshot82 32]

what i use is a solid steel bar about 40mm thick and 5 feet high one end pointed the end flat with an angle to give leverage when needed its called a pinch bar its heavy but the weight helps do the job,ive also seen a peice of scaffold tube with the head of a pick inside the scaffold tube which is also handy, a crow bar is a about 2 -3 feet long with a hooked end sometimes called a wrecking bar atb

40mm solid bar? You must have some arms on you!

 

Kyle

[Guest AngelicAcid]

You can them types in a lot of stores like mkm, desons etc.

 

they are heavy as f**k, i tried to pick one up in store last week, they will get the biceps going i can tell ya.