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[keith bellinger <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Gene GeRue wrote:

> Backhoe is my first choice. All second choices are real sad: picks,  
> shovels and several different wheelbarrows.
>  

For digging a post hole nothing beats a good post hole digger and 
digging spud. My digging spud is five-feet long with a chisel edge on 
one end a tamper on the other.

Picks come in many shapes and sizes and my favorite has a flat side on 
one end, is it called a maddox?

Other important homesteader hand tools: post maul and sledge hammer, ice 
scraper, forks of all shapes, pruning shears ...