Truper 33116 Tru Pro General Purpose Shovel with D-Handle, 36-Inch

Bought this because I was tired of bending or breaking the cheap plastic or metal shovels available in my local stores. We get a lot of heavy, wet snow here, and it often freezes into an intractable icy mess. This solid steel blade cuts through, and the short handle makes it easy to lift a lot of dense snow at once. It is, however, a pretty heavy shovel because of how large the blade is and how solidly built it is. Probably not well suited to taller people, or anyone who has trouble lifting quite a bit of weight.

Tough shovel, wide head, low profile scoop, built heavy like a tank. I think the people who want this shovel are like farmers who NEVER complain about really tuff work and want something well made and durable.Took several weeks to receive even with Amazon Prime, shipped by Amazon.The heavy, thick blade makes it durable and good for chopping ice and scraping lumps. The width is good for scooping but, is too wide for digging through packed down, trampled snow. The wider a head the less pressure to scrape and dig in with so you have to chop it loose, first.Again, this shove is a good shovel and will last many years BUT honestly, it would lose in a long race with a lighter shovel and a dedicated ice chipper/scraper.It is heavy enough that for most people, long, continuous jobs will give you a hell of a work out and tire you fast and you'll look just like city workers you make fun of taking many breaks. Think of when you used a 16+ lb sledge hammer and you took breaks every 5 minutes (even small breaks) of intense hammering. That is how I was when I used this shovel to help a friend make a path for his forklift (no tire chains) on a lot of packed snow and thickly iced asphalt. In comparisson, I shoveled heavy, icy snow for 6-8 hrs straight for 5 days with lighter shovels.A good average scraping shovel might be a long handle 11" wide x 11" square nose steel shovel, but I can't find one that size. A standard square nose is 11x9".

Long handle is 60 inches, with the proper angle for moving sand, gravel, and some organic materials. Larger volume than digging shovels but not as large as a grain scoop. Easy motions possible for large volumes of material. I like it for preparing planting mix. Wet sand might build some muscles, i.e. baselayers for brick pathways. A gauge of steel appropriate to materials transfer, not to be confused with digging. Some steel flex in the neck, but riveted and a good steel collar will give me something to watch over the years. Made in Mexico, the quality ash handle could have been inserted in the neck a half inch more (I might add a second through rivet, since the separate stout collar appears to be fixed in place and limited by the diameter of the handle, and is not designed for adjustments.) There was not a cushioned section on the handle, as in the description, and none is needed. I do not earn a living with this shovel, and I am not familiar with the No. 1 Blade or the the No. 3 Blade, if they exist. If you mix soils, or work on a slab or flat area moving uniform materials this is a good bet. Works well with a broom for cleanup, welcome with the long handle.

Just kidding about the review. The shovel I purchased recently, will replace a coal shovel, used mainly for snow removal in the last twenty-five years, also used in year's past, to move dirt, and garden soil, vast quantities of garden mulch, and other uses in the garden. This shovel certainly looks, and feels, like its predecessor, and I hope I have the years left in me, that it has in itsbalance, heft, and smoothness of handle. I couldn't be more pleased with the TRUPER 33112 Tru Pro Coal Shovel, and with HORIZON DISTRIBUTION, for providing same. Thanks as always to Amazon for making all this happen. PS - I'm not missing the snow at all...icq3

Shovel blade is great! Able to pick up big hunks of wet snow with ease and break through hardened snow like no plastic or aluminum shovel could. Only weirdness is the handle which is split at the very end by the shovel blade. It looks like it was deliberately sawn a little groove like you would normally put a wedge in to make the fit tight. Not needed in this application so I suspect the handle was actually designed for something else. Remains to be seen if that groove will start splitting out over time and I have to replace the handle. Still. Way sturdier than any plastic or aluminum snow shovel and exactly what I need up in the mountains in the winter.

I use these for the business that I’m part of, we do demolition and these are perfect to scoop up tile, thinset, and any other kind of trash. I highly recommend these shovels, I love them!

It does the job

I am a professional leather crafter, I spend a great deal of money on ( mainly ) US made tools, because their quality is directly related to my making a superior product for my customers.I try and keep that philosophy towards all products I purchase.I threw out the last plastic Chinese garbage shovel 7 years ago when I found a great steel push shovel on Amazon. I found that I really need an old- school coal shovel to break up the underlying ice after our last major storm.I did not hesitate to look up this Truper shovel and ordered it. Upon delivery, one look and I knew it was the type of tool this country should be selling and producing. Happy camper- this thing is a beast.Enjoy, yipeokia 1 ( Bonfe Leather )