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#1 Post by **henrykelly10** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:02 pm

Hello
What is the best pitch fork to buy for digging and where would i get it
Henry

Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:03 pm

hey lad.i just use a normal garden fork.u will get them in any decent hardware(b+q,woodys) tec.there only 10-15 euro.just make sure u get 1 thats light in weight

#3 Post by **mitch** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:09 pm

b&Q have a good selection of garden forks there around 35 to 40 euro and well worth the money
2 or 3 sessions collecting bait and its paid for ,just make sure when your picking one that you get
one with flat prongs, this makes the digging a lot easier .

#4 Post by **wooler** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:20 pm

Buy a decent one with a steel shaft. i have broken several wooden shafts which can be a disaster if you are relying on getting some worms

#5 Post by **dave316** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:24 pm

avoid the cheap ones as they break very often. very awkward to dig with 3 prongs or impossible when it snaps at the shaft. also i got a good one from B&Q which is ergonomic. the slight angle on it is saving me a lot of back-ache.

#6 Post by **Jimmy** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:25 pm

I generally prefer the wider head with flat forks, I think the narrower head forks have a tendency of breaking up your "sod" to much creating a mess and resulting in lost lug.. I also always use a long handle.. Only reason is to try and ease the strain on the back muscles, their kind of important

#7 Post by **gfkelly1969** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:32 pm

go for a stainless steel one if you see one

#8 Post by **henrykelly10** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:39 pm

thanks lads.
getting the one in b and q

#9 Post by **Tommy B** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:02 pm

Are you "going for gold"?
Sorry couldn't resist it

Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:11 pm

omg 35-40 euro.in my hardware here called ncf(north connacht farmers) there only 11 euro in.for the price u pay id be gettin 3.and there flat pronged too

mitch wrote:b&Q have a good selection of garden forks there around 35 to 40 euro and well worth the money
2 or 3 sessions collecting bait and its paid for ,just make sure when your picking one that you get
one with flat prongs, this makes the digging a lot easier .

#11 Post by **JOHN1** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:43 pm

Tommy B wrote:Are you "going for gold"?
Sorry couldn't resist it

Thats the first thing that came to my mind aswell when i seen it

esp when he called it a pitch fork

he will be digging gold with one of them forks

#12 Post by **Al and Jordan** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:53 am

b&q sell a fork called a "heavy duty contractor fork". up in the north here they are £20 and are metal from the handle to the fork tip. well strong and worth the money

if it can cope with 15 stone of me swinging on it i'd say it will cope with what you want it for

. and the beauty of it is that it will pay for it's self the first time you use it. we went out yesterday and dug 2lb of rag and lug for the rest of the month which would have cost us £25 in the tackle shop

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#13 Post by **mitch** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:07 pm

saving private brian wrote:omg 35-40 euro.in my hardware here called ncf(north connacht farmers) there only 11 euro in.for the price u pay id be gettin 3.and there flat pronged too
mitch wrote:b&Q have a good selection of garden forks there around 35 to 40 euro and well worth the money
2 or 3 sessions collecting bait and its paid for ,just make sure when your picking one that you get
one with flat prongs, this makes the digging a lot easier .

brian you get what you pay for ,i bought one of their forks 4 years ago and its still going strong wish i
could say the same for my back

#14 Post by **KERRY1** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:54 pm

I would reccommend that you buy one of the more expensive forks that are available out there, it would be made off much better quality, would be stronger and more durable meaning that it will last you far longer. I don't mean spend a fortune, just don't get the cheapest one there is, go for something in and around the middle range of the pricing as they will be a better fork. When digging worms you can put alot of force and tension on the fork and so you do need something that will withstand that and not break on you.
I have learnt from my mistakes regarding this. I did buy one of the cheaper brands of forks from B & Q a while back and after only using it a very short while it broke on me! Even worse than that, I was down on a fishing holiday at the time when it happened, and was stuck without a fork for the rest of my time down there meaning I wasn't abe to dig any more worms which wasn't good at all considering I was bass fishing and it was the best bait to use where I was fishing. I was not happy but it was my own fault for not buying a better quality of fork. You do get what you pay for without a doubt.
Most hardware stores do have a good range of stock in them. Another thing I would reccommend you look at when picking a fork is the handle, make sure it is comfortable in your hand, there's nothing worse than sore hands or blisters after digging worms caused by a handle that was rubbing and hurting your hands as you dig.

#15 Post by **miegas** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 12:38 am

Hi, I'm using Fiskars fork. I spend about 45eu in B$Q, but that's the best fork, before I haved cheap one, but after one diging it's brouked

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