ISO packable snow/ dirt shovel

Posted by volvodump@reddit | overlanding | View on Reddit | 4 comments

Looking for a basically the title. I want an interchangeable head that I can swap for dirt or snow.

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Kerensky97@reddit

Don't just get the folding shovels. They're not upto the task of moving earth on the scale needed for vehicles. I've been there and done that.

D ring half shovels are the sweet spot for me. And just a regular garden spade shovel does the job. I haven't seen any that swap heads with a snow shovel but I have had ones that swap with a square head spade and they suck. Having that slightly loose connection with the snapring pin holding the spade of the is such a weak point. Even though the amount ot play is small, any play is bad.

I think just having a solid single piece shovel will be better, even if it can't clear snow away as fast. Or if snow is really that common of a problem then bringing a dedi snow shovel would be a good idea.

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Reasonable-Teach7155@reddit

Accurate. Fighting feet of packed snow on your knees w an e-tool is bullshit. Never again.

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getinwegotbidnestodo@reddit

The Spetznaz shovel is the best to just throw and forget in the back of your rig.

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Turbulent_Ad_4579@reddit

Just get a military surplus funding shovel. The knockoff ones bend, get a real one.

I used mine in the mountains of Colorado and many other places. Goes through snow, ice, dirt, anything really. Anything extra is just unnecessary and overthinking it lol.

Or get a basic ass landscaping/gardening shovel. That's what most of the people in the mountains actually carry around here. If you get stuck a local will stop and whip out their garden shovel to help you, lmfao.

A snow shovel isn't actually that great at digging a vehicle out of snow, especially if shits packed in underneath the vehicle. Let's be real, if you ain't high centered you ain't stuck. You want a dirt shovel then.