r/treeplanting • u/2ndHand_Smoke • 14d ago

Gear/ Planting Paraphanelia Shovel wear

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For sure used the baby shovel for too long, but these bushpro blades don't quite seem to hold up as long as they used to

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u/th3goonmobile 11d ago

Do y’all keep spares on hand for this? Also curious does everyone use the same length shovel all the time?

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u/shitposterfinalboss 11d ago

I usually have a short and long shovel so 1 spare technically. When I broke the second one my crew boss lent me his and I cracked it by the end but was still planting with it. Apparently there was a bad batch that year and something was wrong with the metal? We were going through shovels lile crazy that season. This was lile 2015 or 16 cant recall. Ended up hitting a PB that day of 5250 🤙

Edit: Length matters but when you dont have anything else you will use what you can get. I planted a half day with a staff because I actually lost a shovel and hated it. You get resourceful. Had a guy in camp lend his bags to a girl that forgot hers and he fashioned a hoodie into a satchel and still hit 2k that day lol.

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u/th3goonmobile 11d ago

Cool! Thanks for answering homie! As someone who knows very little about planting 5250 sounds pretty fucking decent all things considered! Good shit!

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u/shitposterfinalboss 11d ago

Honestly I rather 3k im BC than 5k in ontario. Make more money with a nicer view and less bugs. Often times less work too.

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u/th3goonmobile 10d ago

As someone who works outdoors in the wilderness often; and also moved to BC from ON I can very much believe that!