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I thought they were supposed to be a good quality brand?
Used my fork for the first time this weekend and snapped it in half.
Admittedly a fork is not really meant to extract an ivy root system but I've always given previous forks a bit of a work out. The prongs didn't bend, but it snapped at the head so I'm thinking manufacturing default.
Is this reasonable use to return? (Going to anyway!) Just want to see if the masses think a fork should be up to doing what I thought was a fairly light task!
Used my fork for the first time this weekend and snapped it in half.
Admittedly a fork is not really meant to extract an ivy root system but I've always given previous forks a bit of a work out. The prongs didn't bend, but it snapped at the head so I'm thinking manufacturing default.
Is this reasonable use to return? (Going to anyway!) Just want to see if the masses think a fork should be up to doing what I thought was a fairly light task!
The key words here were "ivy root system". I went through a spade and fork getting some of that stuff out. Although its not a permanent solution I did take a chainsaw to one particularly large ivy root which was very satisfying.
I bought several fork handles and replace them as they snap.
I bought several fork handles and replace them as they snap.
eliot said:
tractorguy said:
Take them back and get Draper.
Hows buying some cheap chinese junk going to help?
You need a mattock grubbins for heavy duty digging.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mattock+grubbins&...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mattock+grubbins&...
Best place to get garden tools is second hand - because they just don't make them like they used to. If something is 50 years old and as solid (if not as clean) as the day it was made (IN ENGLAND!!!!), you know you can hang 15 stone off it and it'll still be fine in another 50 years. And they actually understood ergonomics back then.
They actually make tools like trowels out of cheap alloy now - join to shaft stress fracture breaks after a few weeks.
And why can't you get cutting implements with return springs that actually are strong enough to return?
And why do so many tools have a sharp plastic edge moulded just where you need to grip it?
Waste of money buying cheap Chinese (mainly) junk these days.
They actually make tools like trowels out of cheap alloy now - join to shaft stress fracture breaks after a few weeks.
And why can't you get cutting implements with return springs that actually are strong enough to return?
And why do so many tools have a sharp plastic edge moulded just where you need to grip it?
Waste of money buying cheap Chinese (mainly) junk these days.
Thought as much - not as good as they used to be.
The fork in question had been used maybe 5 times before for light digging, and was kept in a dry shed cleaned. It was also a stainless steel one. There were only 2 or three roots left that were less than 1 inch wide as I'd used my shears to chop most of them through already (me botch, never!)
I would have used a mattock, but I don't have one and couldn't justify the limited use I'd give it - nothing more satisfying than wielding one about in the sun
I think it was just a badly made p.o.s. although not cheap! Will be going back at the weekend, will see what I can replace it with when I'm there.
The fork in question had been used maybe 5 times before for light digging, and was kept in a dry shed cleaned. It was also a stainless steel one. There were only 2 or three roots left that were less than 1 inch wide as I'd used my shears to chop most of them through already (me botch, never!)
I would have used a mattock, but I don't have one and couldn't justify the limited use I'd give it - nothing more satisfying than wielding one about in the sun
I think it was just a badly made p.o.s. although not cheap! Will be going back at the weekend, will see what I can replace it with when I'm there.
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