True Temper 1630300 General Purpose Steel Shovel with Wood Handle
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Product Feature
- Snow Shovel
- 14-1/2-Inch by 15-Inch blade size
- Steel shovel
- Wood/Cushion D-handle
Product Description
"AMES TRUE TEMPER" WOOD/STEEL STREET & SNOW SHOVELSize: 4Blade size: 14-1/2" x 15"Carbon Steel BladeHandle Length: 38"D Grip HandleReplacement HandleWood/Steel Street & Snow ShovelTrue Temper 1630300 General Purpose Steel Shovel with Wood Handle Review
I live in New England and we have been suffering through the worst winter in anyone's memory. We are on hard times, snow-wise. I had a steel snow shovel for several years, it was in bad shape and finally broke completely. I was at a real loss because the snow keeps coming. I went to several stores and no one had steel shovels. In desperation I bought a plastic snow shovel. It was better than nothing but, just barely. With plastic shovels, you get a heavy scoop on there and the blade bends from the weight and you have no control over it. And forget about cutting through an icy crust layer, the shovel bends under the pressure and has no bite to it. If you are suffering from this situation, I want to recommend the Ames True Temper shovel.I used this shovel to dig a path for my oil man to deliver oil to my house. I had to dig through a huge snow drift and several feet of fresh snow with a 1/4" ice crust on top. This shovel did it! I smacked the top of the snow and shattered the crust then I scooped it away with the shovel. It also worked to scoop up big shovelfuls of the lighter snow underneath. I mean, this is digging shovel! For lighter snow conditions I would probably switch to my snow pusher but for the conditions at hand, this shovel is definitely worth the extra money. I think it would also be great as a gravel scoop.
I am at the end of my wits with this snow. The winter of 2011 is going to stick in my memory for a lifetime. Did you know, I had to hire someone to come with a backhoe to scoop up snow drifts from my house, because there is no room for the plow to put any more snow, at all? This is the conditions I am talking about, for which this Ames shovel really helped me. I am very pleased with the purchase, the scoop is fairly wide (about 14" or so) and very heavy, giving you serious control over your load. It's heavy but sometimes you need a heavy shovel. So, this is not a shovel for light loads or where you want to move a lot of light fluffy stuff. It's built well for heavy loads and especially where you need a shovel that can bite into the material you need to move and put some weight behind it. Keep that in mind, but if you have that need -- and you will, eventually -- this is the shovel that meets that need.
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