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  1. #1
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    Default Probably Off Topic

    But I can't find an appropriate forum

    It is a hand tool

    One of those people who you like to have passing by lifted my Cyclone long handled spading (also called potato) fork when I went in to answer the phone - this is the greatest secret gardeners friend - second one I've lost in 30 years

    Went to my local block - he knew about it - probably because I ordered me one 10 years ago but can't find it in his warehouse database or in the cyclone catalogue ( a good local store - the one with the dogalogue)

    Anyone on the list who can point me at one I would be very grateful - even a head I can make a handle quick as

    Neil

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    How long is long in this case?
    I've tried putting a shovel handle on an old fork but it wasn't much good (bent above the tines) so I've had another go at fitting the handle and we'll see how it works.
    At the moment I turn a bed using a long handled spade then break up clods with a short handled fork.
    We don't know how lucky we are......

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    My Home Depot (similar to Bunnings) catalog simply calls it a "Fork."

    McMaster-Carr calls it a "Digging Fork." McMaster-Carr

    Cheers,
    Joe
    Of course truth is stranger than fiction.
    Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain

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    Default long handled digging fork

    Thank you - you are both on the right track - the one in the mcmaster-carr catalogue has the right head and tine design but a short 30 inch handle - the one I need has the strong head and the ability to take the strain from a 54 or 60 inch handle - I've bent tines but never bent the socket or frame with the old cyclones.

    Their big advantage is that you can work wet soil and do it without constant stooping

    I'll keep looking

    Neil (it rained here again today - bought a new rain guage and its rained every day since - just a little but weve had drought for years)

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    Spear and Jackson do one with wide prongs, but I only found a retailer in the uk. And it doesn't have a long handle.
    Cheers, Richard

    "... work to a standard rather than a deadline ..." Ticky, forum member.

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    Default All is saved

    Was talking to my neighbour - who is you're average retired italian peasant/gardener/concreter(parking lots, water treatment plants etc) - Oh I've got one in the shed you can have I havent touched it for 10 years - hammer the tines into line and a lot of blo on the original spotted gum handle and I'm ready to go - the annual tomato comp is on

    Neil

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    Great find, well done!
    Cheers, Richard

    "... work to a standard rather than a deadline ..." Ticky, forum member.

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