[jwholden]

Can someone post a link to the blue handled all steel shovels and hand tools I see at the trade shows every winter. I have had no luck on google and yahoo.

Thanks,

JW

[Helios]

Are you thinking of Wolverine? Here is the link:

www.wolverinehandtools.com

[Stonehenge]

That's the one. I oughta bill 'em for that one.

[jwholden]

Those look like good tools, but I don't think it is the company I am thinking of.

This company makes shovels that are one piece of steel with a tubular steel handle welded to the very thick steel blade.

Any other companies out there?

[Nathaniel Carr]

This is the one we have, all the local b&b nurseries use this, or the a.m. loenard alternative.
http://www.wwmfg.com/product_category.asp?idcategory=1

[Hamons]

Maybe this si what you are talking about -- if not. These are the shovels I bought two years ago --- They are high quality. All steel. They weigh about 50 pounds each -- but they do half the work for you.




http://www.histandtools.com

[Greensmith]

We have King of Spades around here that has somthing like that.

[4seasons]

amleo.com

[jwholden]

This is the one I am talking about. If I could figure out the name of the manufacturer I would like to look at tools besides shovels, specifically, an all steel grub hoe.

http://www.amleo.com/index/item.cgi?cmd=view&Words=ww47

[Hamons]

Look at the link I suggested --- I have really liked them. I had one shoved that bent -- of course I had two guys standing on it and we were trying to pop out arather stubborn rock.

When I called the company to order a new one-- they asked if I had been happy with their product -- I said very much -- i was jsut reordering because I bent one of their shovels. I explained how nad that I fully planned on paying for it since I was using it as a rock bar and not a shovel. They insited on sending it to me for free.

I will stick with a company that treeats me like that.

[Nathaniel Carr]

jwholden-What do you use a grub hoe for? When do you choose it over a spade, or pick?

I just got off the phone with my account rep at AM Leonard, she says that the shovel in your post is made by WW manufacturing. They also make the "king of spades". Check out the website in my earlier post for a grub hoe.

[4seasons]

Call Nancy @ Am Leonard
She'll find a grub hoe for you.---- 888-558-8665 ext 135

[jwholden]

We have a winner, it is ww manufacturing. Second look is a charm!

http://www.wwmfg.com/product_detail....&idproduct=21#

I use the grub hoe for ripping out small areas of sod. If I need to widen a bed by 6-12", cutting out a mulch ring for a new tree, very heavy weeds in a bed. A sod cutter is the way to go for large areas, but the grub hoe does a great job for the small stuff.

Thanks all!

[site]

You can separate the go getters from the giver uppers in about ten minutes if you hand each a grub hoe and ask them to rip out a hundred square feet of sod. On another note- my guys bent a long handled all steel transplant spade just like Hammons. I just bent it back and welded two 1" x 1/4" steel ribs down the outer edges of the blade. Now it's the perfect tool for all sorts of prying jobs. Make a mistake planting a tree and now its crooked? slip in the custom pry tool next to the rootball and straighten the tree in two seconds all by yourself.

[rhunt13]

that company makes great tools. i swear by their edgers. i was breaking the wooden handles off cheap edgers after one day. i have had the same "blue" edger for 3 years now. good ideas with the grub hoe.