Submitted by HermesThriceGreat69 t3_11l0nam in BuyItForLife
I've been digging a trench for a ground rod for an electric polywire fence. Tried driving it in with tpost driver and demo hammer and that didn't work. Digging the trench hasn't been easy either, but I'm making progress.
Anyway, I bought a mattock from harbour freight and it's getting the job done, but the head came loose on the handle. I was thinking, since I'll no doubt be digging more in the future its probably best to get some durable tools to dig with. My soil is pretty rocky once I get close to 2ft down. So with that, is there a reliable/well built (not excessively heavy) mattock worth buying? Or any other tools for digging in rocky soil?
CrispyBananaPeel t1_jb9vm0m wrote
A lot of house-brands of hand tools have lifetime warranties now. In fact, I think you can bring in and exchange your mattock at HF for a new one under their lifetime warranty.
I haven't tried this brand in that type of tool, but Home Depot has their Husky brand of hand tools, with a lifetime warranty and they seem to get very good reviews, such as this one.
True Temper, also sold at HD, also makes good yard tools. I think that's the prand of pick axe I have, which works well for digging, but I don't have that many rocks in my yard ... but do have lots of tree roots.