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Posted by clare birch on March 25, 2010 at 5:55pm in Machinery
hi all - just a quick question - i am wanting to buy a number of better quality hand tools to get started with - i already have quite a lot of tools (o.k for my own garden) but over the last couple of weeks, while i have been putting my start up plans together, have realised that some of them will not up to the job! Any advise on where to buy good quality wholesale tools from? are there any reliable internet sites that anyonce else has used? What makes are you all opting for?thx guysclareb
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  • Sarah Russell March 25, 2010 at 6:23pm
    I cannot fault the Wolf garten range - they do a range where you buy one handle and then individual tools click onto that handle - that means in my car I have one long handle and about six different ends in a bucket rather than lots and lots of bulky items taking up space!
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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd March 25, 2010 at 6:26pm
    The best ever garden fork I ever purchased had a fibre glass shaft and feels "exactly right". I purchased it from B&Q but they stopped selling them a few years ago and have never restocked them. I have never found another one either.

    If you are not sure about which tools to get, buy cheap and if the ones you use all the time break, buy the best you can. Otherwise if you buy the best of everything you might find that you don't give some of the tools loads of use and could have saved your money!

    I know it doesn't really answer your question but I would recommend that you buy your tools where you can pick them up and see if they "feel right" as mail ordering items you haven't tried before can lead to disappointment.

    -Nick
  • alan mcmillan March 25, 2010 at 6:27pm
    I have a mixed bag dutch hoe and edger (wilkinson sword)..could have gone much cheaper..three pronged cultivator from dobbies..hedge shear, lopers, trowel, hand fork,short cultivator, weeding tools B&Q diffrent brands..long hedge shears and long lopers from lidl.
  • Classic Gardens March 25, 2010 at 6:33pm
    The wilkinson sword range is IMO the best out there.

    I would stay away from any b&q range as it won't last.
  • Dan Frazer Gardening March 25, 2010 at 7:25pm
    I'm happy with fiskars (wilkinsons sword) for spades, forks, rakes, shears, loppers. They have long comfy handles, good guarantees and cut nicely into the ground.

    Bahco pruning saws, felco secateurs (£35 posted on ebay), and I can fall back on B&Q for things like saws and the 4lb mallet.
  • Ruairidh MacDonald March 25, 2010 at 7:39pm
    Lbs are good for most hand tools. The tools that I use is a mixture of Bacho, Felco, Bulldog, Wilkinson sword and silky. Have had Spear & Jackson in the past and got a lot of breakages from.

    www.lbsbuyersguide.co.uk
  • Pip Howard March 25, 2010 at 7:52pm
    Find a decent agricultural or horticultural wholesaler - get all your equipment from the one place and haggle. You will find that significant discounts can be got. I always used to go to the same place, Truro Tractors, some of the discounts were silly and when my son was born I got a load of bruder toys for next to nothing from them.

    Felcos are a must, (not the loppers though - didn't like those).
  • alan mcmillan March 25, 2010 at 8:03pm
    Also very lightweight..ideal for a woman..they also come with a lifetime guarentee..each piece comes in at around £26 in store.. ie rake, edging iorn, hoes etc

    Dan Frazer Gardening said:
    I'm happy with fiskars (wilkinsons sword) for spades, forks, rakes, shears, loppers. They have long comfy handles, good guarantees and cut nicely into the ground.

    Bahco pruning saws, felco secateurs (£35 posted on ebay), and I can fall back on B&Q for things like saws and the 4lb mallet.
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