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davyfireball

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I need to replace the handle . I was looking the handle cost $13-15. The thing that makes me mad the shovel is cheaper than the handle. I can get one at lowes for $11.98. I prefer wood
 
I know. It makes no sense to us old farm boys. I had a hard time finding a shovel handle. Or any other kind of wood handle for that matter.
 
Davey, I've bought hammer handles from House Handle Company in Cassville Missouri. There prices seemed
reasonable and I thought the quality was good. I have no affiliation with this company just a happy
customer. YMMV
 
+1 on the cost of a handle versus a whole shovel. Just got back from HomeDepot, wood handle $14.98, cheap shovel $11.98. Rasorback premium shovel $29.98. Maybe a new 15 handle for a premium shovel isnt so bad?
 
I have reinstalled a couple of broken handles this year, they still work well for my wife, she's kind of short and likes to shovel! Some times a
short handle works just fine, and I'm not spending more on a handle than a new shovel!
 
Do you think pcv pipe would be strong enough. It would only be 48 inches long . I measured a 1.5 schedule 40 and it was an inch and 3/4. So would a 1 inch pvc be 1 1/4 OD . That would be the right size. I looked cost $5 at menards . Just thunking
 
My boy's hobby is making handles for axes and hammers.
He says it costs him 2-3x more to buy the wood than it does to buy a handle.
 
Why don't you join us in the 20th century and get a shovel with a fiberglass handle. It won't break as easily as wood.
 
I hate to say it, but in my recent clean up
of my hoarding I took some of the broken
cheap garden tools and threw them in the
brush pile and burned up the broken handles
and scrapped the metal. Couldn't get 25
cents for all of them at the yard sale.
 
I delivered a box of sawdust on a regular straight truck which meant it had to be shoveled off. It took the farmhand a half hour to find 2 shovels. Everything on the place is moved by gravity, auger, or skid steer
 
I recently got frustrated by not having a good fork around every place that's needed on my farm , always chasing around looking for one. I rounded up all the broken handle units and fixed them all. I now have 8 good forks spread thru out all the buildings , cost me almost $200 in good handles but was worth it.
 
Used to be a flea market near me always had a gent from Missouri with all kinds of wood handles. Hammer, sledge, ax, shovels.
Reasonable prices. I was hard on splitting maul handles and shovel handles. The flea market has not been here for years and I work
smarter now so no need for new handles. gobble
 
Wonder if it was the same fellow? I'm a retired Carpenter and used to break the handles fairly regular on my 20 oz. Vaughan Rip Claw hammer. He sold hammer handles for 50 each and I got to where I could change one in under ten minutes in the field. Anyway, he had a machine he called a 'Gaze Lathe' (sp) and I've never been able to find out what it was; maybe it had another name? He claimed once it was set up, he could turn several at once.
 
(quoted from post at 19:42:04 11/02/21) I need to replace the handle . I was looking the handle cost $13-15. The thing that makes me mad the shovel is cheaper than the handle. I can get one at lowes for $11.98. I prefer wood
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hen I've compared a new shovel against one I've had a long time, the new one has very low quality steel, and seems to be poorly heat treated. I don't think there's any comparison until you double the money of a new shovel.
 
(quoted from post at 16:42:04 11/02/21) I need to replace the handle . I was looking the handle cost $13-15. The thing that makes me mad the shovel is cheaper than the handle. I can get one at lowes for $11.98. I prefer wood
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That $11.98 shovel is not a quality tool. A good quality shovel costs upwards of $100, and that is what those handles are made for.

Compare the cheap box store shovel with yours. There is no comparison. I'll bet your worn old shovel is still made of thicker metal than the cheap box store shovel.

You would not replace the handle on a $12 shovel because it's a $12 shovel. You would replace a handle on a $100 shovel because it's a $100 shovel.
 
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