Lawn Garden Equipment – Lopping shears

LOPPING SHEARS

Lopping shears are designed to maintain all of your green garden and to be able to handle those detailed jobs best left to a good hand tool. They feature a good cutting action and non-stick carbon steel blade. Provides comfort with a good fiberglass handle with cushion grip. When working in your garden you will avoid hand and wrist fatigue with these better quality tools designed with your enjoyment in mind. Cut away dead or old growth with ease.

Features can include: Steel, Capacity: Cut Diameter 1-5/8 in. Wet and dry. The 17’ and 21” shears are both high quality mid-carbon steel blades. The shafts are both steel tube. Handles are covered in black rubber, can be wooden, and are both oval and round.

LOPPERS

Loppers are used to trim less than accessible branches and feature longer, telescopic reach.

The classic pruning loppers are still the two-arm pruning loppers. Almost all models now feature gear transmission in addition to the special buffers to protect the wrists. The transmission affords very powerful cutting power so that even thicker branches can be achieved with less effort.
For pruning shears are usually smaller and used with only one hand. They will be finer when used for bonsai or indoor gardens compared to those much sturdier and used to cut roses and more demanding growth.

Trimming shears are usually used with both hands and are designed for cutting and shaping hedges.

Lopping tools are for cutting larger branches on a bush or tree that don’t require a saw, generally smaller than 2 inches in diameter.

The Telescopic Lopper is the ideal garden tool to reach those troublesome branches just out of your natural reach.

Features: handles have comfortable, cushioned grips and will be easily extended for greater leverage and reach. Easily will cut branches up to 26mm diameter. With rubber buffers to prevent jarring.

RAKES

A sturdy rake is useful in clearing the garden of rocks and debris. It is also helpful in spreading mulches and smoothing seedbeds. The size of the rake right for you depends on your size and strength and your intended need for it. Choose according to weight as you will tire easily otherwise. Length should be well considered with the tip of the handle coming up to your ear when standing upright. A handle that is too short will make your work harder, causing excess bending and back strain.

Variety of good features include:

Landscape Rake, manual powered. It is light-weight and wide which makes it easier for spreading of topsoil for landscape grading.

York Rake, tow behind. A heavy-duty, steel tined rake, which attaches to a lawn or garden tractor for removing small rocks and stones, and finish grading of freshly landscaped areas.