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My dad's old posthole diggers vs the new ones I bought last month
Walked into the shop and grabbed his 1970s posthole diggers out of the corner. Handles all cracked. Blades bent. But they dug through clay like butter. My new $60 set from Lowe's just bounces off rocks and bends on the first root. Same basic design, but the steel quality is night and day. Has anyone else noticed newer tools just don't hold up like the old stuff?
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david_jones385mo ago
Holding on to 50 year old tools like they're sacred relics is just nostalgia talking. Steel hasn't changed that much in half a century, maybe your dad's set was just luckier with the ground it hit. Modern metallurgy is better across the board, you can't tell me something forged in the 70s is tougher than today's alloys. Plus those old handles cracked for a reason, maybe they weren't as tough as you remember. It sounds like you got a cheap set from a big box store, which is like blaming all new cars because a Kia broke down. Ever consider the rocks and roots you hit were just tougher than usual, and a new set from a proper supply house would handle them fine?
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the_anthony5mo ago
Stripped a bolt on my truck last week fixin' a fence, different topic, same frustration.
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