28th September 2012, 12:51 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:Uo1 forgot to mention the joy of balancing quite large stones on the corner of the krafser blade and with a circular motion of the wrist and lower arm, lobbing them quite long distances. You wouldn't be doing that with a trowel or a dutch hoe and it doesn't require the back or knee bend required with the long handled shovel.....
You'd be amazed how far I can still chuck quite large stones (bricks are perfect) with my Fill'ardin-esque long shovel thanks! - and if you ain't bending your knees you're probably putting unneccesary strain on your other bits - earthmoving should be a whole-body exercise, probably why I've lasted so long, no individual bit has imploded yet :face-approve:
Anyway, if you want to chuck stones the Basques perfected the equipment hundreds of years ago in wickerwork, as advertised in the opening credits of Miami Vice I seem to recall, or there's always the staff-sling