| Author | Message | ||
     Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1479 Registered: 04-2003 |
Does Snap-On make garden tools? I'm sick of weak shit - this weekend I snapped the handle on a pruner and bent a rake, shovel, hedge clippers, and a hand-held pruner into modern art. This was some expensive shit that I thought was quality stuff....none of this Martha Stewart jailbird Kmart shit... | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 1780 Registered: 02-2003 |
Blue, I think you need to work on your technique If you are blowing through a set of garden tools every outing. | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 773 Registered: 09-2002 |
Go Craftsman! I frequently trade in my shovel for a new one  SC | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1482 Registered: 04-2003 |
I'm taming mature shrubbery that the previous owner didn't maintain. I also live on a big hunk of precambrian granite. The way I see it is that if I have the muscle, shouldn't the tool? If I roach craftsman garden stuff, will they exchange? Of course, if it isn't up to the task in the first place, why do I want another inferior replacement? Anyone have any recommendations for brands of garden tools? What does Lowes carry? Haven't shopped them yet. | ||
| Steve Cooper (Scrover) Senior Member Username: Scrover Post Number: 774 Registered: 09-2002 |
I know some of their garden tools have the lifetime warranty. I've busted a couple of the fiberglass handle shovels prying out roots, and they replace with no questions. I don't think they're inferior, I just abused them. SC | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1483 Registered: 04-2003 |
yes, I admit I was a little hard on the hedge clippers...after the pruners broke | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2675 Registered: 02-2002 |
You have got to be kidding me. | ||
| Jaime Crusellas (Jaime) Senior Member Username: Jaime Post Number: 318 Registered: 05-2003 |
Blue, use a saw instead of a pruner. Get youself a spade from Smith & Hawken. The ones made in England. They are about $70. I've owned a spade and spading fork for about 20 years and they are still going strong. And they get plenty of abuse. The spade is good because the blade is flat enough to easily cut through roots and dig out shrubs and trees, yet there is enough slant to the handle that you can use it easily to load a wheelbarrow with topsoil. The spading fork is strong and holds up well when turning over new soil for a garden. I have the steel ones with wooden D handles. They are well made tools in a traditional style. I think the new ones are also offered ith stainless steel blades. | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 1052 Registered: 08-2002 |
Paul, Kidding about Blues last comment or this thread about snap-on garden tools??? Blue your last one cracked me up, LOL. The pruning saws rock and are very handy in the back of the rover as well. Forget the little pruners on stuff over about 1/2" even. The saw will rip through a 4" tree in a matter of seconds. Even the quality garden stuff will break if abused. S&H included and I do not think that they are all that great. The spade and fork are only about $30 now. | ||
| John Lee (Johnlee) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Johnlee Post Number: 998 Registered: 03-2003 |
Snap-on gardening tools? Pruning Saw: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=57159&PartNo=prn9 5s&group_id=13899&store=snapon-store&tool=all Folding Pruning Saw: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=57160&PartNo=prn7 5sfs&group_id=13899&store=snapon-store&tool=all Combination Saw: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=55974&PartNo=hs25 &group_id=13899&store=snapon-store&tool=all Folding Saw: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=55973&PartNo=ya13 96&group_id=13899&store=snapon-store&tool=all Hand Pruner: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=57161&PartNo=prn8 p&group_id=13898&store=snapon-store&tool=all Lopper: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=57163&PartNo=prn2 4bl&group_id=13898&store=snapon-store&tool=all Hedge Shears: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=57162&PartNo=prn2 6hs&group_id=13898&store=snapon-store&tool=all And Demolition Ax: http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/pro_det.asp?search=true&item_ID=64823&PartNo=bcna x1&group_id=16587&store=snapon-store&tool=all | ||
| Paul D. Morgan (V22guy) Dweb Lounge Member Username: V22guy Post Number: 2700 Registered: 02-2002 |
I am at a loss for words. | ||
| Blue (Blue) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Blue Post Number: 1509 Registered: 04-2003 |
Shit, I was only half-serious. Why couldn't I find that? I did a search and came up empty. Thanks John. I'm all over that pruning saw, hand pruner, and the hedge shears. Maybe that demo ax too, just 'cause it's cool. I just bought a new pruning saw, hand pruner, and hedge shears at the local hardware store but screw it....gotta have Snap-on.... | ||
| Chuck Stroud (Str0ud) Member Username: Str0ud Post Number: 60 Registered: 02-2004 |
Hell of a garden if you need that axe for it. Got to get one. -Str0ud | ||
| Matthew A. Barnes (Discoveryxd) Senior Member Username: Discoveryxd Post Number: 541 Registered: 08-2003 |
Can I get a Snap-on potato peeler?  seems to me like Snap-on makes every tool known to man... | ||
| James M. Reed (Utahdog2003) Member Username: Utahdog2003 Post Number: 80 Registered: 03-2004 |
If they make a tool for my woman, I'll be out on the street! Sincerely, The Pervert | ||
| Brian Dickens (Bri) Senior Member Username: Bri Post Number: 1089 Registered: 08-2002 |
Shit. i may have to get a pruner. I go through those things like they were warm butter at 10-15 a shot, I might actually get something from snapon. Gotta love the look of that axe too. | ||
| Ray Wallace (Rayd2) Member Username: Rayd2 Post Number: 66 Registered: 05-2003 |
John, have you memorized every item in the SnapOn line? I would have never thought of them for garden tools, but obviously you're up on everything SnapOn. Do you have a SnapOn razor and toothbrush? |
