Lightweight shovel/scoop and bush saw suggestions?

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Lightweight shovel/scoop and bush saw suggestions?

Postby mickb » Sun 17 Jan, 2016 4:40 pm

Hi guys, retiring my army entrenching tool from the pack as well as a 2lb small forest axe. Nice bits of kit but too heavy for the functoinality I need. Figured I can hike a lot lighter and wondered what folks use. I am not an ultralight packer by the way "lightweight or even lightish weight" is fine by me :)

To outline the digging requirment while not intending to dig pits to fight WW3, would still like something that digs better than a tent peg as the ultra light crew use. I fossick a litte depending where I am moving throughand being able to excavate 12-18" of dirt would be an 'occasional'bonus as well as levelling ground for sleeping, ablutions. Was thinking a decent garden spade would stretch it, but is there anything in between that and entrenching shovel? In rainforest I may need to punch through detritus/root matting before hitting soil..

For the sawing something fairly compact but effective. I'd like to be able to take apart decent branches and small trunks for firewood, at least as good as a small axe in the 1-1.5lb head category can.
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Re: Lightweight shovel/scoop and bush saw suggestions?

Postby mickb » Sun 17 Jan, 2016 4:54 pm

Hi Mods, I reposted this on the general equipment forum, please delete this one if you so wish
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Re: Lightweight shovel/scoop and bush saw suggestions?

Postby Eljimberino » Fri 05 Feb, 2016 10:07 am

Suluk46 make what you're looking for if lightweight is a prerequisite.
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Re: Lightweight shovel/scoop and bush saw suggestions?

Postby Eljimberino » Tue 09 Feb, 2016 11:40 am

Just read that Suluk's saw isn't out yet, but shouldn't be long. Here's a photo.
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Re: Lightweight shovel/scoop and bush saw suggestions?

Postby GPSGuided » Tue 09 Feb, 2016 12:25 pm

That Suluk saw is a snow saw, it wouldn't be up to sawing trees, right?
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Re: Lightweight shovel/scoop and bush saw suggestions?

Postby Eljimberino » Tue 09 Feb, 2016 5:47 pm

The new one, the one in the photo, has been chopping branches good according to the photographer John Abela.
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