28th September 2012, 10:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 28th September 2012, 10:58 PM by kevin wooldridge.)
Dinosaur Wrote:You not come across pelote? Pyrennean shepherds used to kill wolves with the things! Think they use a softer ball in the sports version although I notice they still seem to wear helmets....what's wrong with a long shovel, saves all that b******ing about worrying about how to get the barrow within ten feet of the trench that people seem to spend a lot of time fussing about on site, or messing about with buckets. Not got a lot of time for any digger who cant get at least 95% of the spoil into the barrow at 5m+, bet you can't do that with one of them Scandiwegian devices Unit is so keen on?
Actually better than that - 100%!! The krafser comes with a large metal tray (krafser brett) into which the spoil accumulates as you hoe ( a bit like the grass catcher on a lawn mower). The brett has two handles either side you pick up and tip straight into barrow or onto spoil heap. I reckon an average barrow holds roughly 6 heaped 'brett' ful.....so no shovelling involved at all.
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