Description
Caprock Shovels are meant to be able to cut through anything that gives you trouble, such as hard clay, roots, debris, decomposed granite, thick sod, and rocks. A true Caprock is relatively flat and is heavier than the average shovels, but that’s what makes it good at what it does—cut through stuff. It’s tough enough to handle using it to pry concrete or roots and break up hardpan. The shovel is made of thick 12-gauge steel to give it the strength you need to do the job, the sharpened blade edge eases the digging process, and the closed back provides additional strength and prevents soil buildup. Constructed from 100% Made In The USA steel, it’s up to 30% more durable against foreign competitors. The handle has an extended rubber comfort grip provides maximum comfort and decreases hand fatigue despite extended use. The Bully Tools All Steel Caprock Shovel comes with a limited lifetime warranty that protects against defects in material and workmanship.
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SunInSouthFlorida –
This is a true Caprock shovel, meaning that it’s relatively flat and very heavy. Like any well-made caprock shovel, this will cut right through everything that gives you trouble (hard clay, roots, debris, cabling, etc).
If this is what you need, this shovel is the best I’ve found for the price (true caprock shovels are very expensive; locally they all go over $100 retail). The “Bully Tools” version is better than most. The current one that I have was purchased from Amazon and I’ve used it frequently over 2 years time without any issue.
Keep in mind, if you don’t need a caprock shovel, this probably won’t be what you want and you might complain. For example, it will be heavier than a normal shovel (something you need if you want to cut through roots, etc) — and it won’t hold as much dirt due to it’s fairly straight spade that doesn’t concave (another important factor in being able to cut through things).
Those two items are minor trade-off’s compared to the ability of this shovel to make digging a breeze. If you work only in areas of loose, light, topsoil, then use any normal spade. If you work in more typical environments, this should save you a ton of time and is very well made (not to mention a very thick gauge metal).
I have a hard time understanding how anyone else has broken these shovels, my first guess is that it’s possible they were defective from the factory because mine has been through the worst jobs imaginable and the integrity remains good-as-new.
Robert G Duncan –
Weighted heavy enough. I use it for digging plants and small trees for transplantation. It’s a far better tool than a shovel and easily cuts through small to medium tree roots. The spade is also heavy gauge such that it can be sharpened with a grinder to facilitate cutting or chopping of roots.
Nick –
Solid purchase will last a lifetime thick blade and solid welds
Robert –
Very strong heavy duty solid steel handle serious shovel
John –
This shovel is great for getting through stuff. Used to remove some nasty concrete infill and prying some of it up and out with this thing. Worked great and will probably outlast my lifetime haha
ac –
A very sturdy shovel. I put an edge on it and I use it for digging up and cutting through roots on palm trees.
k m –
Let’s get this out of the way: Yes, the rivet does stick out. No, it’s not a big deal. The rivet was fine after I beat this thing for a couple of weeks. Other than that, this is a well built shovel, and better than some that I’ve seen in the local irrigation stores at double or triple the price. The welding on mine is fine. This thing is a tank.
Where I live, we have decomposed granite hardpan with head sized rocks buried in it. I used to use a mattock to break it up and pry bar to get the rocks. As I get older I’m less inclined to bend over swinging a pick or mattock so I was eager to learn “Texas style digging” which uses a spade to break up the hardpan and pry the rocks. I am able to report that it is faster, neater, and allows smaller holes. Which raises the point that it’s easier to reach into a small hole with a shovel than a mattock. With the mattock, if you need to bust hardpan a foot down, you need to make the hole bigger to get the mattock in. If you use a digging bar instead, you need to keep swapping tools to get the dirt out. The caprock shovel busts the hardpan and carries enough dirt out of the hole. As far as prying rocks is concerned, you’ve got to use some judgement. I’ve destroyed shovels and bent pry bars before, so if nothing is moving, I stop prying and dig.