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Anyone know where to buy a mattock?

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  • 26-04-2011 4:53pm
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    macpatch
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭


    Hi there, I need to get rid of a small tree from out front garden and was wondering if anyone knows where I could buy a mattock? I've checked the usual places online (woodies etc) but they don't seem to have any. Thanks


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    johngalway
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    Builders providers / farm co-op. Woodies, B&Q etc are of limited value on this earth :D


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    B&Q usually stock mattocks. The local Co-Op or agri store would too.


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    lottpaul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭lottpaul


    Agree - best place will be a local Co-op, Hardware etc. The name "mattock" may be confusing too - - in some places I've heard them called "grubbers" or "graffauns" and the word mattock would be unknown.


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    Zuiderzee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 593 ✭✭✭Zuiderzee


    http://www.chillingtonhoes.com/

    List of stockists there. The heavy duty hoe I got from the range is one of the best investments I ever made, did my draining, spuds, garden, patio clearance and gravel spread - in the last 2 weeks!
    Highly recommended


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    macpatch
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭macpatch


    Great stuff, thanks for all the useful info everybody. Hopefully removing the tree will be as easy!


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    Swinefluproof
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭Swinefluproof


    Army surplus shop upstairs in Outlet Centre in Killarney have them for around €12-15 think they have a place in Midleton too


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    Gautama
    Registered Users Posts: 635 ✭✭✭Gautama


    I bought one in B&Q a couple of years ago. Good for breaking hard ground. However, when I removed a mid-sized leylandii from my back year last summer I needed a mini-digger. If you don't get the roots of the tree out there is a danger of honeyfungus.


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