Non-motoring > Spade or shovel	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: movilogo	Replies: 37

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:19   Spade or shovel - movilogo

To clear snow from front of my house, what do I need - a shovel or a spade? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:21   Spade or shovel - Dog

Shovel - without a doubt. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:22   Spade or shovel - R.P.

Funnily enough I was pondering this very thing, but involved shoveling salt - my neighbour had a spade I had an inherited shovel - seemed to have the edge (if you'll excuse the pun) in that situation. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:22   Spade or shovel - Iffy

Either will do, although the lips on the side of a shovel can snag if there's some ice in the snow. A good tip for whatever you use is to rub a candle over the blade to stop the snow sticking when you come to dump it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:25   Spade or shovel - FotheringtonTomas

www.silverlinetools.com/products/d69/s555 "No 2 Shovel with PD Handle" Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:31   Spade or shovel - Dog

I bought an arf decent shovel from Homebase at the weekend. I also bought 25kg of rock salt ... if it don't get used, I'll bag it up in 1kg lots and sell it on ebay as Himalayan crystal salt. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:33   Spade or shovel - Old Sock

>> "No 2 Shovel with PD Handle" Sounds like a quote from Ripping Yarns :-) Last edited by: Old Sock on Wed 8 Dec 10 at 14:35 Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 14:43   Spade or shovel - BiggerBadderDave

Get a proper snow shovel, they can be up to a metre wide and you can clear huge volumes of snow really quickly. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 16:15   Spade or shovel - Mike Hannon

Sounds brilliant - but I read somewhere that more people die shovelling snow than during any other activity (including attempts in XJSs). Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 16:44   Spade or shovel - Dr Prunesqualler

I know I'm asking for some abuse here but what is the difference between a spade and a shovel? To me, they are the same. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 16:45   Spade or shovel - spamcan61

My assumption has always been:- Spade is for digging 'oles. Shovel is for moving stuff. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 16:50   Spade or shovel - Iffy

A spade is flat. or very slightly curved. A shovel is lipped around three sides of the blade. You can cut or dig with a spade, a shovel is suitable only for lifting. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 16:52   Spade or shovel - VxFan

You need a big boys toy www.kubota.co.uk/prdct.asp?pageref=30 ;o) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 16:58   Spade or shovel - devonite

>>www.kubota.co.uk/prdct.asp?pageref=30<< Pah! when i was 19-20, give me a Bulldog size 6 an I could load a muckspreader faster than that thing! Nowadays, I need that thing to drag me out of bed some days! ;-( Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 17:00   Spade or shovel - R.P.

Sadly you can't hire these these days without a "ticket" - bloomin' health and safety eh ? Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 17:03   Spade or shovel - Iffy

You could go for a play in one here: www.diggerland.com/gallery/index.htm Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 09:56   Spade or shovel - Netsur

Been there - its great fun! Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 17:14   Spade or shovel - AnotherJohnH

>> ...more people die shovelling snow... I suspect using a spade instead wouldn't help much :-) It's probably due to a combination of more exercise than normal, and the low temperature. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 17:05   Spade or shovel - corax

>> To clear snow from front of my house, what do I need - a shovel >> or a spade? You could probably do with both, as trying to shift compacted snow off a drive e.t.c with a shovel will be a right pita. At least with a spade you can break it up first then use the shovel to move it. And watch your back :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 18:00   Spade or shovel - madf

A brush is easier and faster. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 18:02   Spade or shovel - Runfer D'Hills

You can tell he's "management"... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 18:13   Spade or shovel - corax

>> You can tell he's "management"... >> >> :-) Yes, although my manager would tell me to use a trowel :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 18:13   Spade or shovel - FotheringtonTomas

Not if the snow's been compacted - it'd be useless. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 18:17   Spade or shovel - Runfer D'Hills

Like I said... :-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 18:18   Spade or shovel - FotheringtonTomas

OK. I missed that. I agree. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 8 Dec 10 19:17   Spade or shovel - Bromptonaut

I always call a spade a shovel!! (and I bet Iffy does as well) Last edited by: VxFan on Thu 9 Dec 10 at 00:19 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 06:00   Spade or shovel - Pat

Me too, but it's got me into trouble more times than I can remember! Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 08:51   Spade or shovel - Cliff Pope

A fork is quite good for moving broken slabs of ice or compacted snow. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 09:52   Spade or shovel - Pat

Go on, do it! Let's have a 'give the Mods something to do day':) Pat Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 10:17   Spade or shovel - Iffy

...Go on, do it!... We are in a mischievous mood today, aren't we? My mother told me about being led astray by women like you. :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 09:21   Spade or shovel - Iffy

...I always call a spade a shovel!! (and I bet Iffy does as well)... Ever since this thread started, I've been itching to crack what might be termed a Les Dawson-style joke about spades. It's not worth it given the po-faced attitude of many on here. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 09:11   Spade or shovel - L'escargot

Whatever you use, be careful not to hack at the snow/ice and damage the surface underneath the snow ~ especially if it's tarmac. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 09:30   Spade or shovel - CGNorwich

They take the choice of snow shovel seriously in Canada. A search at Canadian Tire, a sort of cross between B and Q and Halfords has a choice of 37! www.canadiantire.ca/search/search_results.jsp Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 09:44   Spade or shovel - hawkeye

Shovel if it really is snow. It's icy here but thawing now so upside-down spade pushed to lift the ice and a shovel to fling it. Many years ago my dad gave me a plastic snow shovel which lives in the car in winter; nothing like it for the scoop and fling action of the keen snow-clearer. As for those of you who didn't know the difference; it's an education dipping in here, isn't it? Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 09:57   Spade or shovel - Fenlander

A very light (thin steel here) shovel is perfect for snow. I'm amazed at the folks with no shovel understanding. In the fen a shovel is for moving loose material and spade for standard digging. A 3/4 size heavy steel shovel is for digging with loose material and a grafter (long thin heavy spade) is for trenches and digging compacted material. For fence posts/deep pet graves we use a two handle post hole digger (like two spades joined together) which will get a small hole down to 3ft+ with ease. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 10:06   Spade or shovel - Hard Cheese

This should do it: www.cat.com/cmms/14145652?x=7 Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 10:42   Spade or shovel - Clk Sec

>> This should do it: >> www.cat.com/cmms/14145652?x=7 Would make light work of CGN's pavement! :) Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 9 Dec 10 10:05   Spade or shovel - L'escargot

>> Many years ago my dad gave me a plastic snow shovel ........... I bought a cheap plastic snow shovel a few years ago. When I got it home I discovered that the business end was curved upwards from the sides to the middle (probably caused by distortion after it came out of the mould), which decreased its efficiency. I straightened it by attaching a metal strip on the top and underside surfaces about an inch from the bottom. Reply to this message | Report message