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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2024 06:08pm
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Stumbled across this article.
I’ve never heard of these before:
Fire Rakes---The Most Useful Outdoor Tool You Don't Own
“A fire rake is designed to be used as a forest fire fighting tool, but it does so much more! And is invaluable for maintaining nearly any type of acreage.”
https://rethinkrural.raydientplaces.com/blog/fire-rakes-the-most-useful-outdoor-tool- you-dont-own
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gcrank1
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2024 07:08pm
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Looks like it wont be wearing out anytime soon
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paulz
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2024 09:04pm
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Cowboy boot rack when not in use.
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ICC
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# Posted: 5 Nov 2024 10:59pm
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Perhaps some other wildfire fighting tools you never saw before...
The McLeod, my favorite; a rake and a hoe. The hoe side can be sharpened and can then chop thru roots and stuff. Also good for trail maintenance. I have one
The Pulaski, another one that I own
The Combi tool; I like the visual effect this one provides, but don't have one.
The McLeod and Pulaski are named after the USFS rangers who designed them in the early 1900's.
Council Tools has lots of excellent quality tools.
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paulz
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# Posted: 6 Nov 2024 08:32pm
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McCloud, Pulaski.. You know you were a famous firefighter when an implement is named after you. One other tool that resides in my old fire truck is the Halligan. Not so much for wildfires, though you could probably knock over a tree with it, solid iron. More for breaking open locked doors, opening windows etc.
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KinAlberta
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# Posted: 28 Nov 2024 05:45pm - Edited by: KinAlberta
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I have a couple long handled round-mouth (round point) shovels I’d used for shovelling gravel until the centre point wore away to become two points with a sharp arc in-between.
Those have become really great forest planting shovels because they now self-centre and cut roots rather than the roots “slicing”*/shoving the shovel to one or other side.
Last year I took a local forging course and made my own fire poker with a flattened and notched tip to better cut into and pull burning wood. I haven’t tried it out but it’s great fun trying to best the standard products.
* as in golf
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