I love the wooden handles but the ground was a little tough this spring and I broke one. I ordered the steel handles as replacements. They add a little weight but they work great!
Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 36 reviews.
I was a little rough on the wood handle so I replaced one with a metal handle. I broke ground on a 950 square foot area. The chickens wouldn't leave me alone and enjoyed eating all the worms and grubs.
Love this fork. Makes the difficult jobs a lot easier to do. I use it on my garden to prep before tilling, but this year also used it for breaking the ground up to remove roots from a tree that was removed. Made that very difficult job very easy.
Awesome quality material for the handles
I upgraded to the steel handles for personal reasons which does add a little weight but it is definitely worth it.
A young strong man working for me broke one of my wooden handles on my broad fork. I ordered the metal handles hoping that they would hold up to his enthusiasm. He has used the broad fork since with the metal handles and it is working again like a charm.
I should have bought the metal handles in the first place. Works well.
These handles don't snap when working in the Alabama red clay.
As a family, we're kinda heavy handed. We had the wood handles but they were getting smaller and smaller as we refitted them. The steel handles are tough and we like them. I like the feel of the wood handles and they're lighter. I wonder if the steel sleeve could come up further so the pivot point isn't exactly where steel meets wood? Anyway we are very happy with our broadfork and I see years of maintenance free tilling ahead.
The metal handles are an absolute must. The wooden one snapped as soon as it hit the dirt.
I just upgraded to metal handles and they are great
the ash handles suck. do not get ash handles if you are forking clay. the fork itself is great and so are the steel handles.
Get product. Best customer service.
Love this tool!
Upgraded my 36" broadfork handles to this after breaking them in sod. They feel much stronger. They fit in well. I find the wooden cap on the top somewhat odd but no other negative feedback
I had broken one of the wooden handles and knew I should have sprung for the metal ones. Oh well. Those wooden ones come out hard. Replaced with metal and I don't see anything getting in my way thanks.
So far the metal handles are holding up
Was worried the metal handles wouldn't fit as snugly as wood, but they're perfect, and as lightweight as I hoped.
At first, I ordered a 30" broadfork with wooden handles, but those couldn't hold up to the work load. Since replacing them with steel handles, no soil can stop me!
My wooden handles broke so I decided to replace them with metal ones. The metal ones have a nice rounded plug on the top and smooth sides. I'm especially glad that replacements are even available. I've used my All Day broadfork for a few years, to loosen soil to plant a tree or shrub, as well as to loosen compacted soil and start a veggie garden. The 12"depth gives me options. I can go part of the depth and make two passes in my clay soil. It is so much more useful than any other tool for digging.
We love our broad fork. We wanted new metal handles and just replaced them.
One of the wood handles on our Treadlite broadfork broke after a couple years. Initially, we thought we’d use it primarily just to till the gardens but then used it to break ground for a large new garden so it got some very heavy use (and did an awesome job, by the way!) So we replaced the wood handles with a set of steel handles and expect the fork will last forever now.
I should have ordered these in the first place!
Fit perfect, light and strong. I put it to the test in hard, dry soil and clay...held up better than the hickory.
Strong and light! I broke my wood handles the first day of use, but these won't be breaking any time soon :-)
Steel handles are worth the upgrade. I love the wood handles, but these are GREAT! I can really get to work with the steel handles....
Preferring the feel of wood, I ordered my four tine broad fork with wood handles. I bought here because nobody else made one that looked like it could survive a single day in our part of Appalachia. Knowing that our "soil" is 40% rock, bound with clay, I should have known better. I have not broken the wooden handles but I have often backed off on them. Anybody who can break ground with a machine, no injuries, no assistance and no rock sledge might have options. For myself, I will wrap some friction tape on the steel and hang the wood up where I can admire it. One day I will combine the two into a wooden gripped steel pole with a reinforced core on the bottom foot. They will probably each weigh as much as the 20" broadfork. Which, by the way, is in perfect order other than ground off paint. It is a perfect tool for loosening the ground where 55 years of rock picking and mulch have given us half an acre of Lancaster here in Wyoming County.
We got the wooden handles on our 24” “Square Foot Gardner” and they worked well. But I broke one on about the 8th row. I think this was mostly my fault, and I shouldn’t have dug so deeply with the first attempt on that row. In compacted ground, it seems to work better if you go partially in the ground, loosen that then go deeper for a second loosening. (Our soil’was very wet and compacted too). Point is, I then ordered the metal poles to replace the wooden ones and installed them. THEY SEEM TO BE SO MUCH STRONGER!! There’s a reason that they guarantee them. I wish I’d have splurged for these up front. Instead I tried to save money and ended up spending more after all. (Incidentally, trying to get the wooden handles out of the Broadfork was VERY difficult. Another reason I’d recommend the metal poles from the start) All this to say, this tool is an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER for our no-till garden!! So much work done in relatively short time. What a great product!!
I had a great experience with the wooden handles, but one handle eventually broke, so I got the metal ones, and I have been very happy with them so far!
My soil was harder than I thought. Broke my original wooden handles in less than an hour. Bought the steel handles and haven't had a problem since. Word of advise, if you wonder if your soil might be hard then buy the steel handles.
Great upgrade
Steel handles much better than wood!
much better than the ash handles that i broke a few times, steel handles much better suited for heavy duty and diverse work. thank you
Way better then the wooden handles. The broadfork is s back in action and feels solid.
Metal handles are the way to go if you have heavy clay soil. They made using the fork so much easier.
The wood handles are very good, comfortable, stylish. The metal handles are absolutely bulletproof.
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Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 36 reviews.
I love the wooden handles but the ground was a little tough this spring and I broke one. I ordered the steel handles as replacements. They add a little weight but they work great!
I was a little rough on the wood handle so I replaced one with a metal handle. I broke ground on a 950 square foot area. The chickens wouldn't leave me alone and enjoyed eating all the worms and grubs.
Love this fork. Makes the difficult jobs a lot easier to do. I use it on my garden to prep before tilling, but this year also used it for breaking the ground up to remove roots from a tree that was removed. Made that very difficult job very easy.
Awesome quality material for the handles
I upgraded to the steel handles for personal reasons which does add a little weight but it is definitely worth it.
A young strong man working for me broke one of my wooden handles on my broad fork. I ordered the metal handles hoping that they would hold up to his enthusiasm. He has used the broad fork since with the metal handles and it is working again like a charm.
I should have bought the metal handles in the first place. Works well.
These handles don't snap when working in the Alabama red clay.
As a family, we're kinda heavy handed. We had the wood handles but they were getting smaller and smaller as we refitted them. The steel handles are tough and we like them. I like the feel of the wood handles and they're lighter. I wonder if the steel sleeve could come up further so the pivot point isn't exactly where steel meets wood? Anyway we are very happy with our broadfork and I see years of maintenance free tilling ahead.
The metal handles are an absolute must. The wooden one snapped as soon as it hit the dirt.
I just upgraded to metal handles and they are great
the ash handles suck. do not get ash handles if you are forking clay. the fork itself is great and so are the steel handles.
Get product. Best customer service.
Love this tool!
Upgraded my 36" broadfork handles to this after breaking them in sod. They feel much stronger. They fit in well. I find the wooden cap on the top somewhat odd but no other negative feedback
I had broken one of the wooden handles and knew I should have sprung for the metal ones. Oh well. Those wooden ones come out hard. Replaced with metal and I don't see anything getting in my way thanks.
So far the metal handles are holding up
Was worried the metal handles wouldn't fit as snugly as wood, but they're perfect, and as lightweight as I hoped.
At first, I ordered a 30" broadfork with wooden handles, but those couldn't hold up to the work load. Since replacing them with steel handles, no soil can stop me!
My wooden handles broke so I decided to replace them with metal ones. The metal ones have a nice rounded plug on the top and smooth sides. I'm especially glad that replacements are even available. I've used my All Day broadfork for a few years, to loosen soil to plant a tree or shrub, as well as to loosen compacted soil and start a veggie garden. The 12"depth gives me options. I can go part of the depth and make two passes in my clay soil. It is so much more useful than any other tool for digging.
We love our broad fork. We wanted new metal handles and just replaced them.
One of the wood handles on our Treadlite broadfork broke after a couple years. Initially, we thought we’d use it primarily just to till the gardens but then used it to break ground for a large new garden so it got some very heavy use (and did an awesome job, by the way!) So we replaced the wood handles with a set of steel handles and expect the fork will last forever now.
I should have ordered these in the first place!
Fit perfect, light and strong. I put it to the test in hard, dry soil and clay...held up better than the hickory.
Strong and light! I broke my wood handles the first day of use, but these won't be breaking any time soon :-)
Steel handles are worth the upgrade. I love the wood handles, but these are GREAT! I can really get to work with the steel handles....
Preferring the feel of wood, I ordered my four tine broad fork with wood handles. I bought here because nobody else made one that looked like it could survive a single day in our part of Appalachia. Knowing that our "soil" is 40% rock, bound with clay, I should have known better. I have not broken the wooden handles but I have often backed off on them. Anybody who can break ground with a machine, no injuries, no assistance and no rock sledge might have options. For myself, I will wrap some friction tape on the steel and hang the wood up where I can admire it. One day I will combine the two into a wooden gripped steel pole with a reinforced core on the bottom foot. They will probably each weigh as much as the 20" broadfork. Which, by the way, is in perfect order other than ground off paint. It is a perfect tool for loosening the ground where 55 years of rock picking and mulch have given us half an acre of Lancaster here in Wyoming County.
We got the wooden handles on our 24” “Square Foot Gardner” and they worked well. But I broke one on about the 8th row. I think this was mostly my fault, and I shouldn’t have dug so deeply with the first attempt on that row. In compacted ground, it seems to work better if you go partially in the ground, loosen that then go deeper for a second loosening. (Our soil’was very wet and compacted too). Point is, I then ordered the metal poles to replace the wooden ones and installed them. THEY SEEM TO BE SO MUCH STRONGER!! There’s a reason that they guarantee them. I wish I’d have splurged for these up front. Instead I tried to save money and ended up spending more after all. (Incidentally, trying to get the wooden handles out of the Broadfork was VERY difficult. Another reason I’d recommend the metal poles from the start) All this to say, this tool is an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER for our no-till garden!! So much work done in relatively short time. What a great product!!
I had a great experience with the wooden handles, but one handle eventually broke, so I got the metal ones, and I have been very happy with them so far!
My soil was harder than I thought. Broke my original wooden handles in less than an hour. Bought the steel handles and haven't had a problem since. Word of advise, if you wonder if your soil might be hard then buy the steel handles.
Great upgrade
Steel handles much better than wood!
much better than the ash handles that i broke a few times, steel handles much better suited for heavy duty and diverse work. thank you
Way better then the wooden handles. The broadfork is s back in action and feels solid.
Metal handles are the way to go if you have heavy clay soil. They made using the fork so much easier.
The wood handles are very good, comfortable, stylish. The metal handles are absolutely bulletproof.