Did Fred use one ?
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Nah! - i bought one with a fibreglass handle - so that makes me bang up to date with the trendsetters - for once!.
Deerefarmer
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- USA
Spent hours as a youngster toting on those about the pasture that bordered the house and garden.... couldn't be sprayed cause of the grapes and tomatoes growing on the other side of the fence. Causing the leaves to curl on moms tomatoes was a criminal offense
- Location
- Cornwall
That’s called a Visgee this side of the water.
Any of the Aussie brigade familiar with men’s sheds?
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FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
Actually manuka works as a good hickory substitute, only problem is finding a piece straight enough.
- Location
- Cornwall
Any of the Aussie brigade familiar with men’s sheds?
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Every town around the Adelaide Hills and Barossa has a men’s shed. All linked to a church which made it a bit too bible bashy for me but it’s a great idea to get blokes together to talk and learn.
Probably very non PC!
devonshirekiwi
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Made one out of an old chisel plough tip. Despite my crap welding still going strong!
Thanks,we have a small building in our village,as it happens in the grounds of the church which could possibly make a ‘men’s shed’.
I‘ve floated the idea to one or two and there seems to be a positive response.
Think I’m going to pursue it.
- Location
- Cornwall
Thanks,we have a small building in our village,as it happens in the grounds of the church which could possibly make a ‘men’s shed’.
I‘ve floated the idea to one or two and there seems to be a positive response.
Think I’m going to pursue it.
I think it’s a great way to address men’s mental health issues in the countryside.
The couple I went to (my cousins father in law was chair of our local one and my boss was chair of one in the Barossa) were a good chin wag, few beers and a bbq and usually a talk by someone with an interesting job, skill or hobby. Bit like YFC in some ways! But there were also prayers and sh1t too which is a bit much.[emoji57]
As far as I’m aware, it seems to be a country town sort of thing. (I may be wrong, I never lived in a city.) Go for it I say!
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Not church related over here....
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Something like that with the blade narrowed down would be ideal, that's similar to what I grew up on the end of
but it had a spike on one end It was good for loosening up rocks to get nodding thistles out from in between, f**k the nodders
- Location
- Cornwall
Might just be the demographic for the area. Lots of quite religious people in the Hills and Barossa. Largely settled by German Lutheran’s snd church still seems very strong.
RushesToo
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- Fingringhoe
Nowt much new under the sun:
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FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
Same here, just a shed in town, no good for me, don't meet the minimum age requirement...?
FonterraFarmer
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- Location
- Waikato, New Zealand
Ffs , were they digging thistles back then too??
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Gave the sticker a wipe.. .its a 97 model. Made in the USA apparently.They were released in 1988, those old girls gave Honda quads free marketing for the next century
They redesigned the front steering geometry for 1991 making them steer a bit better (and with less muscle).
We had a 4wd one and later a 2wd one as well, sad that they ever felt the need to "improve" on them in some ways because they were about the right weight and size IMO for a simple farm quad, but I suppose you need a 8x8 foot trailer with 19 ewes on it these days to be a proper farmer
Pete look up fiskars stuff online. They make some decent plastic or fibreglass handled stuff I'm sure they will make a mattock.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Thanks, that's a good clue!
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
There are lots on eBay, don't know if thats a thing in NZ.