best ferreting shovel

[Ideation 8,216]

screwfix

 

Bang on brother!

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Just got the Bulldog,nice to use and not too heavy. £23 from B and Q, if you know someone who works there. £30 if not. Ill still be taking the big round mouth though.

[theferreter 311]

Same as many above, i like a short, round headed shovel, with a decent shaft and comfortable grip, got a couple from tool station or screw fix for a couple of quid each. Long shovels are no good for getting in under hedges etc. But if going to land that needs it, a long bladed post shovel goes in the car.

 

brilliant wee spade this

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

anyone ever use a diggar 3 piece shovel

[Jamie m 668]

I prefer a spade myself ; ) shovels for shovelling

[jayjay 264]

Same as many above, i like a short, round headed shovel, with a decent shaft and comfortable grip, got a couple from tool station or screw fix for a couple of quid each. Long shovels are no good for getting in under hedges etc. But if going to land that needs it, a long bladed post shovel goes in the car.

 

brilliant wee spade this

these are alright, if the ground is soft, and you dont have to dig to deep, if the ground is hard and stoney or chalky,then this kind of spade is useless, their blade is to light and flimsy, i used one the other week and the blade just bent because the ground was to much for it, and the depth i had to go down was 4ft, so we had a long wait for ferret to come out.......just my opinion,

 

all the best,

jay.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

I just got a Roughkneck micro shovel the other day, not used it yet...

 

http://m.screwfix.com/pr-gallery.htm?id=53829

 

Anyone used one?

 

Gaz

[whin 463]

the best spade is let some other barstewrs do it for you and sit back on the ferret box and take a bit time to relax and when your 6 inces from breaking through dive in and get the glory lol ive used grafts round mouths home made jobs the lot usaly the gas board etc have best of kit

[jmilam08 193]

I work for the gas digging up the mains by hand,we use the bulldog with the fibreglass shaft it's light as a feather you can dig all day with them,do get a bit itchy though when when the fibreglass wears a bit.

There free for us but not sure where you'll get them in the shops.

Cheers

Jake