Strainrite Power Post Spade

A Spade Built for Post Holes, Not Garden Beds

A general-purpose shovel fights you in a post hole. It's too short to reach the bottom, and the shaft gives exactly when you're levering against packed ground. The Strainrite Power Post Fencing Spade is built for the one job, and two details do the work.

The blade is slightly cupped Bisalloy steel — cupped enough to lift dirt up and out of the hole, while still presenting a straight cutting edge for squaring the sides. And the shaft carries a high-tensile inner tube in its base, which is where a spade takes the load when you're prising rather than digging.

At 1800mm (71") total it's an extra-long straight shaft with no handle fitted, so you work a full-depth hole standing up instead of on your knees. Made in New Zealand.

Features

Cupped Bisalloy Steel Blade
Slightly cupped to lift dirt out of the hole, while keeping a straight cutting edge for squaring the sides.

High-Tensile Inner Tube in the Shaft Base
Reinforcement where the leverage load goes, in tough high-quality steel throughout.

1800mm (71") Extra-Long Straight Shaft
Reach the bottom of a full-depth post hole from a standing position. Supplied with no handle fitted — a straight shaft.

205mm (8") Blade
Full-width blade for moving spoil, not a trenching blade.

Made in New Zealand
Manufactured by Strainrite in NZ.

Specifications

• Brand: Strainrite
• Type: Power post fencing spade
• Total Length: 1800mm (71")
• Handle Length: 1595mm (63")
• Blade Width: 205mm (8")
• Blade: Slightly cupped Bisalloy steel, straight cutting edge
• Shaft: Extra long, straight, no handle fitted; high-tensile inner tube in base
• Construction: Tough high-quality steel
• Origin: Made in New Zealand
• Range: Post Hole Tools

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Cupped to lift, straight to cut, long enough to reach — the spade shaped for a post hole.