Cant Hooks
Our Cant Hooks are made with thick hardwood handles and high-carbon steel hooks which are heat treated and 100 percent tested. The hook stop is designed to prevent the hook from falling back and damaging the handle. In addition to our standard line of Cant Hooks we offer models that handle smaller size poles.

Any hook can be placed on any handle. Our # 5 and # 7 Hooks are used to handle smaller size poles. (AT&T) Sockets, Clasps, Clips and Toe Rings are made of high-grade Malleable Iron which is light in weight yet strong.

Swivel Point Cant Hooks are designed to not scar the pole. The hook is actually two plates which are securely held by a bolt. Because of this bolt, the plates can swivel. This means that if one point cannot penetrate the pole because of a knot or some other defect, the plate will swivel and allow the other point to penetrate. The teeth on the toe ring encourage a tight grip on a wide range of pole diameters.

Cant Hooks are not to be used as wedge or pry bars. Flexing handles in a perpendicular direction of the grain may cause handle fracture and result in personal injury

Post Hole Diggers
We offer Split Handle and Solid Handle Post Hole Diggers. The blades are made of our special alloy steel. The blades are attached by welding instead of riveting making a durable joint with no rivets to shear off. The fulcrum members are made of heavily constructed, channel-shaped steel – no castings. The diameter of the circle circumscribed by the digger blades is about 6 inches. Two bolts hold each handle to the digger head making them easy to replace when necessary.

The Split handles are used with a front to back motion. The Solid handles start out together and are pulled apart when using.

 

(Split Handle - Top photo, Solid Handles - Bottom photo)

 

The diameter of the hole produced by each digger is approximately 6". The operating action for the solid-handle digger begins with the handle together. The handles are then pulled apart with a side-to-side motion to capture the load. With the split-handle digger, the operator uses a forward-and-back motion. The split handle design has a wider blade opening, which allows for a larger hole to be dug.

Spoons
Our Spoon Shovels have the same high-carbon steel blades used to make our digging shovels. We use our own special patterns to manufacture the Eastern and Western styles.

Eastern Pattern (top image) is designed for lighter, sandier soils.

Western Pattern (bottom image) is designed for harder, clay like soils.

Both designs have a scoop shape to allow cleaning mud, water and backfill from holes. Handles have footage marks to indicate depth of the hole.

Straight Shovels
Our Straight Shovels are made with hardwood handles and special 10-inch carbon steel blades with boron. The blade is forged to our special straight pattern and is then heat-treated . The straps are electrically seam welded to the blade. This shovel is completely straight from end to end.  We also offer this straight shovel with a 6-inch blade. Handles are marked with footage marks to indicate the depth of the hole.

#1090M Short Handle Shovel
Our updated Short Handle Shovels have a special bend in the metal ferrule which make them well balanced and easy to use. The hardened blade and thick durable handle provide a long service life and making the 1090M the ultimate shovel for commercial work. Changes include:

45" handle length, similar to a # 2 gravel shovel
Step lip is angled to retain more load and scrape mud from boots
RC 42 hardness rating

All shovels are tested for strength, balance, hardness, finish and workmanship.

Digging Bars
Oshkosh Digging Bars are made of high-carbon Steel. This steel is stiff to resist bending deformation. Hardness is controlled to maintain sharpness of edges and point through many hours of use, yet not so hard as to promote chipping in ordinary service.

Round Crow and Digging Bars have a 2" Chisel on one end and are pointed on the other end.

Round Tamping and Digging Bars have a 2" Chisel on one end and a malleable iron tamper on the other.

Digging Spud with Tamper has a great digging ability. The Digging Spud is well-balanced which means that the weight is distributed properly making it easy to use. The handle is made of steel pipe 1" in diameter for easy gripping. The blade and socket are made of one piece high-grade steel and the tamping head of malleable iron. Both tamping head and blade are shrunk and welded onto the handle, resisting the possibility of either coming off. The blade measures 3-1/2" in width giving it a larger digging surface.

Crow Bars are used primarily for splitting or separating wood, concrete forms or metal.

Digging Bars are designed for digging. While some stone will be encountered in ordinary use, it is not a stone chisel or a pry bar and is not the proper tool for breaking rock.

For Ordering Information
Please call:  800-521-4088 or
Email:  swainsales@swaindistribution.com

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