The Truth About Tactical Shovels! Cold Steel Special Forces vs German NATO Military Surplus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Someone finally needs to tell the truth. Maybe not me, but let's take a look at two very popular Tactical Shovels: The Cold Steel Special Forces Spetsnaz Shovel and the Bund German Nato tri fold, folding surplus shovel. Both are easy to buy on the internet and cheap- but how do they hold up. Can you camp with them, take them in the field, throw them, or if you have to... kill ??? Ok that's probably too far. In this shovel film, I put them to the test by digging useless holes, talk about ergonomics, and more. To support more shovel based content check out the shovels below. Thanks!
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And those five bitcoins are now worth over $300,000 as expensive shovel
It’s a good shovel William.
@@AdvancedKnifeBro worth every hundred thousand
my favorite use of bitcoins was the guy who spent like 50 on a pizza before they were worth anything.
7-10 ish years ago a gaming tournament paid out the following
1st - $150
2nd - $75
2 players tied for 3rd - 25 Bitcoin each
@@Born_Stellar It's a catch 22 though. Like he said, if he didn't make the purchase to buy pizza with the coins and other people don't actually use it as currency, then the coin won't have any value to begin with and it wouldn't have taken off to begin with. Also I strongly doubt that was all the coins he had. At the very start of Bitcoin mining, coins were very plentiful.
Hey, about 15 years ago at a pew pew show, I purchased a German Nato shovel. I went home and sharpened the edge, and have been much safer since. I carry it to bed, place it under the pillow, and sleep sounder. My wife thinks I am crazy for having a shovel under my pillow. Shows what she knows.
That is the ultimate death sender, clearly she won’t be ready when zombies show up. Loser.
I really “dig” your sleeping arrangement.
Still trying to figure out why you went for a shovel from the start but ok, still cool. I prefer a solid steel mini bat, I ground and polished myself from scrap metal. It's just a 2 foot long 1 and a half inch thick length of round steel bar with a wrapped handle shaped into it and some holes along its length to reduce weight and air resistance. Pretty hefty, good for tight spaces, and won't accidentally slice me in my sleep.
I think your wife is secretly jealous. For crying out loud all ready, get her a nice tactical shovel.
Maybe she keeps it under her pillow, maybe not.
Yeah. Have heard the story about johnny machete who was sleeping with machete every night?
I don't know about you guys, but when I look at a traditional shovel, I am always thinking it could be improved if the handle was shorter so I could bend over and use my back more when digging.
Rob, I have good news…. ….
Yeah, I got me one wit no handel. I attach it to my neck.
@@jaysgood10 neck shovels are essential edc items imho
You should see my Damascus one.
You could just buy a tactical shovel and use it to shorten the handle of your traditional shovel, but at that point there would be no need.
I served in the U.S. army as an infantryman, we were issued a folding shovel similar to the one in the video, we referred to it as an E tool, short for entrenching tool, one feature you may not be aware of, is when doing your business in nature, you dig the hole, fold the “blade” 90 deg. Tighten the collar, place the handle loop on the ground and sit (half way) on the back of the blade while completing the transaction, then use the folded shovel to cover your “tracks”
guess i should have read a few of the comments..... just posted the same thing! Marines know that trick too...
Cool tip.
Think of the things that surplus shovel has seen...
Yup.
It’s a great function for chopping up soul in the garden too. Have always had a thing for these shovels.
I found the solution to digging shit holes while camping. I grow Carolina reaper peppers (see my pic) And made beef jerky spiced with one pepper for a backpacking trip and that was enough apparently so that when I went #2 it would only come out as acid lava that could not be retained by a little hole but spread out over the wild like Jackson pollock paintings. Much easier than carrying a shovel.
Genius
Like a boss 👍🏼
Eat tomato when you havent eaten a couple days. Same effect
LMAO
Hmmm. The Truth behind Chernobyl finally is declassified...🤔😬😭
I work way out in the Arizona desert, and sometimes I work nights. It was one of these knights that I just couldn't help that I was feeling watched. I felt uneasy and my hairs were standing on end. I kept looking around but could not see anything (weak flashlight for up close inspection work). My coworker heads over to the area just beyond ours in a truck and radios back that there is a big mountain lion that was just off the side of the road 100 yards away. The only thing besides a pocket knife I had was the cold steel shovel. It aint much against a lion but holding that thing with me was the only comfort I had besides Jesus as I had to finish my work. I knew I at least had a small chance of catching it in the head if it charged me and that was enough to help me finish work. I pick cold steel and always will.
It would have been a fair fight.
Just got to make sure he doesn't come at you from the back. Shovel, knife, firearm, bazooka doesn't matter because it won't do much if you don't see it coming.
Glad you made it through the night!
@@btrswt35 Ya. God is good, had my head on a swivel.
@@nunninkav considering possible outcomes I would definitely want an extra edge against a mountain lion
I don't just"like" this sort of shovel-based content... I love it!
I know I’m diggin it!
Goon spoon operator was my first job. Love me a good shovel.
Just wanted to say I love your channel. Love the humor. I have however, actually had to use cutting tools to survive ( homeless in a small town ), and I gotta say, I wish I had some of the tools you've featured in the past, especially some of those flashlights! Anyway, please keep it up. You're hilarious.
My search has finally ended. I have found the ultimate "shovel based content" channel & I am satisfied. Might I add? ... I'm really digging this shovel based content. (sound of crickets) I'll show myself out.
While serving in the Bundeswehr, I used the trifolding shovel quite a bit. You should have mentioned, that the head can be fixed in two positions: as a shovel or a pickaxe, which is quite useful, when digging in heavy soil. Its a quite versatile and sturdy piece of equipment - digging, prying or splitting wood (with the tip of the shovel and a baton) works quite well, using it as an axe creates terrible handshock but is possible. The legend says, its an incredible weapon for hand-to-hand combat, but i cannot confirm that... They will take a lot of abuse, but are not indestructible, the weak spot are the four rivets, connecting the shovel blade to the hinge mechanism - mine broke at that point after prolonged use as a prybar and pickaxe ;)
Man munkelt in Mannschafter Kreisen von einem in Oliv Gekleideten grauhaarigen Gefreiten der irgendwann in den 80er Jahren in den Wäldern von Hammelburg oder in Bonnland vergessen wurde, dieser soll in Dunklen Nächten nur mit Klappspaten und BW Stumpf bewaffnet unachtsame Torposten und Alarmposten angreifen und dann Wieder im Wald Verschwinden. Ruft man in diesen Orten Ein lautstarkes „Horrido“ soll man wohl ab und zu ein Leises „Joho“ als Antwort zurück bekommen.
I guess it should live longer without the prybar abuse. The pickaxe is my favorite position. I also sit on it that way. Not the best stool but besser als nichts
The Cold Steel shovel has been my go to for years now, and with this and a good knife, I have never felt underequipped. I find the CS shovel to be a very capable shovel/hatchet/machete. I like to carry the shovel in hand when I hike, so I painted it orange, so that it looks like a tool and not a weapon when I encounter other people on the trail. EDIT: I've gotten a number of comments that suggest that people are interpreting what I said to mean that I think of the cold steel shovel as a weapon and I'm disguising it so people won't know that I'm carrying a weapon when I hike. That's not really what I meant. What I meant was, I think of it as a tool but scaredy-scat snowflakes sometimes see it as a weapon, especially when I encounter them in the woods. So that's why I painted it orange, so it would be less intimidating. ;)
Agreed!
"Cool"
How many weird looks did you get before your painted it orange? Be honest now.
@@atomicsmith happened more than once, which is why I painted it. I imagine it would be the same if I walked down a trail holding an axe, or a big knife.
@@Pharto_Stinkus I always assumed those were looks of admiration.
There's just not enough good quality small shovel content on TH-cam these days. Thanks for doing your part to address that travesty.
Ah yes, the tactical shovel. For all your tactical digging needs. Like when you're out in the park with your kids and suddenly you're beset by a band of hooligans in armoured half-tracks. Your average Joe might be caught short in such a situation, but not tactical EDC man. He has his tactical shovel and can whip up a defensive trench and foxhole network in just a few hours. He has his tactical altoids tin in which he keeps his tactical razor wire and tactical caltrops. His tactical EDC pouch contains tactical amphetamines to keep his mind sharp during these surprise tactical situations. On his tactical belt is a tactical fixed blade and a tactical multitool, and his tactical belt buckle is also a tactical knife. In just one afternoon he has tactically batoned enough logs to build a tactical blockhouse. Using his tactical keychain Swiss Army Knife and the tactical metalworking kit in his tactical backpack he has constructed a tactical .50 caliber M2 Browning machinegun nest. Tactically he routs the ruffians with precision tactical firepower and tactical combat manoeuvres he learned from his tactical tactics notebook. EDC man can rest safe knowing he has saved another day by the power of tactical carry gear.
This is genius.
Uh, if I may be nitpicky, it's tactiCOOL...this was written using my tacticool pen with glass breaker, phillips head screw driver, knife blade, and ferro rod striker combo. Oh and it has a pencil too.
Taccy
Tactical like incoming!
26(?) tacticals. More than those old cold steel commercials could manage.
If all you have is a shovel, everything looks like dirt.
:-D During my conscript time, we had a mixture of the two. Imagine the cold steel one but with the folding mechanism of the NATO one where the shovelhead and the handle are connected.
It's like a multitool compared to dedicated tools. -> better than nothing, but not even close to as good to use as dedicated tools for the job. So i didn't think many people would go so far and buy these items. (I man ok if you are offroading or camping and space is a real issue it makes some sense)
Even our NCO told us: "This little spade is to dig foxholes and trenches if you don't have any other tools, but more importantly, it's the best close quaters weapon you are issued. It has proven itself in two world wars." (To put that in context: we were issued a field knife...)
I have one of those older, wooden handled, folding head ones too. I like that it's longer than the Cold Steel, but I haven't used it in a very long time.
4:23 - Regarding using an ax to chop roots - I’ve done this for years with a double bit ax where I use one sharpened side for actual cutting of wood & the other much more bluntly sharpened side when swinging at or near the ground. I’ve always understood that to be the purpose of having the second bit but perhaps I’m an idiot which makes my father & grandfather both idiots since they’re the ones who taught me this.
Good video btw. Always enjoy your content.
I'm not calling you an idiot at all but I was always told (atleast in the olden days) thats one side of the double bit head was slightly thicker for splitting and the other was thinner for chopping. I dont know if thats true though!
I think it can be for either of what you've said.
There are no definitive answers, just other uses.
@@13irishsailors Seems reasonable as well. My family has done surveying in the Catskill mountains for generations and our primary uses for an ax were cutting traverse lines & posts as well as clearing a spot to either build a stone pile for a corner or drive in a metal rod.
Lot of root work calls for a pulaski axe.
I had an old Korean Shovel. Loved it, used it everywhere.
You’re an excellent writer. Love the humor. Thanks for making these videos.
Finally a shovel video!
Chasing that shovel video clout
That cold steel shovel came in really handy when my dog passed away in the winter. I was able to get through the top layer of frozen ground with it to bury her. Also helped at my old house when digging up a frozen well line. I've been happy with it.
Stil own my old nato shovel from my time in the Dutch army, great piece of kit.
Advanced shovel bro. I’m digging it!!”
But it could have used some batoning.
Agreed Sir.
I bought the cold steel one years ago and thought hey I might need it when I get stuck in the snow drifts I should drive around. Fast forward to camping weekend and we(few bored guys) decide hey let's try shovel throwing at dead trees. What fun we had and the handle stayed intact. 😊
I do somehow appreciate this well made, self loathing content. I've hated "tactical" shovels for many years now, despite having used many (albeit almost exclusively to dig holes for "sanitary purposes"). It seems we do agree on this lack of point. Fist bumps and stuff, Bro.
I use my CS shovel whilst metal detecting, as I oftentimes get stuck in thorny bullshit, helps to be able to cut yourself out.
I've also felled about 3 small trees with it. It's a pretty good tool.
Many years ago I had an Army shovel with a dual head on a long wooden handle. One side was a shovel, the other was a pick. It came with a nice heavy duty pouch to store the working end.
I've got the Cold Steel shovel and I can't recommend it enough. I've modded mine a little, stripped the wooden handle to bare wood and given it a few coatings of boiled linseed oil. I also purchased the cover and it comes with me on every outing.
What sorts of things do you use it for besides latrine digging?
I am going to work in the phrase "tactical gardening" every chance I get.
Chiming in before I watch the video...I bought the Cold Steel tactical shovel on a whim because...well, I forgot. It serves me well as a backup shovel (tactical) behind the rear seat of my truck. Just in case.
Need a shallow grave? Hell yeah. I don’t have the time for a deep one. Let’s go!!!
Thumbs up for the A-Sicks!!! Great video dude
Sharpened my CS shovel and made a pvc molded sheath for it. It's a great tool.
I once saw a very tough eastern European man with an unsharpened full length shovel swinging it like an axe and cutting roots. He also told me about a rooster that attacked his son so he ripped its head off. Good times...
Being a former United States Marine I can honestly say that the folding show does come in quite handy especially for let's say what we call pick digging where we turn the head of the shovel to where it looks like a letter l and it's tighten it down real tight and use it that way excellent as for being straight it does work very well however it does have a tendency of listening up over a period of time using it digging with it as in you would a regular shovel. Plus the twisting from side to side of the several blade does have a tendency depending on what model you have that blade of the shovel can bend. That being said it's an excellent tool except for the twisting of the blade from time to time or the mechanisms of where you tighten it down loosening up or bending. However you cannot throw it like you can Cold steel shovel you can't do that twisting a little bit from side to side even though with a cold steel shovel it's just one straight handle and doesn't give you the ability to be able to dig the way you can with the handle of the folding shovel. That being said if you're really going to go out in the woods and you're going to spend some time out there by both of these shovels they come incredibly handy and they will not let you down as long as you basically are not trying to seriously kill the shovel.
I have my US made Ames tri-fold from the Army in the 80's, I bought a Vietnam-era Ames that has a long handle with a folding head and pick (that thing is a BEAST), and I have several Cold Steel shovels including the Trench model. Oh, and also the new Gerber/Fiskars tri-fold. Hmmmmm you know, I may have a shovel problem...
This channel is pure genius.
some of your best work. however, no blue lines. i am happy to hear you have started to collect shovels! i have some recommendations for you...
Absolutely bro everyone should have one of these good job
I stay up at night wondering why this channel doesn't have several million subscribers.
Definitely the best shovel review
on this channel
No paper cut test
No food prep test
No fire-starting test
No batoning test
What sort of a review do you call this?
I have found good use for the Cold Steel dealing with a certain highly invasive small tree on my property. You really have to get in there and get them out at the roots so it helps a lot without potentially ruining other tools trying to use them for things they're not really designed for like going into the dirt.
Love the video as always.
I have had to deal with a similar problem and I have found pouring hot and I am talking just deep fried something cooking oil over the bit you've cut off at ground level fixes them right up and no chemicals needed also works on Ivy.
Here for the deadpan.
Keep it up.
Just found your channel. Your sense of humor is great. It's quiet, but still powerful.
By far my favorite shovel video on TH-cam!
I love you :)
Since you made a video about classic folders, how about classic/traditional and budget fixed knives ? Like Ahti, Mora, and Marttiini, (Yes I know I am a Scandi-tard come fite me!). That is if you have those or can even get them in the US for cheap.
TH-cam hates you. I love your content and try and watch every episode that you post. I thought you were on hiatus for the past few months. Nope, posting regularly. Just never in my feed.
I have posted more these last two months than I have in a long time. Please click that alert bell!
How have I not know about this channel? When I begin my presidential bid I'm gonna use this guy as my speech writer. He makes tactical pooping sound dangerous.
Like the review and your review style 😎 cheers from ireland 🇮🇪
The only Death Korp of Krieg veteran settles down and makes a yt channel
My old folding head entrenching tool works just fine. Gives me a pick too.
Ah man, tactical gardening!!
Cant wait for the weekend now!!
This brings back memories of boy scouts. Thank you. I appreciate it.
I have the Cold Steel trench shovel, it's longer reach makes it great for working on a campfire, to move logs and bury coals. It doesn't have a factory sheath, so I had one made by a leather crafter.
The bonus for the Cold Steel shovel is that if the handle breaks in the woods you can bootleg a new handle with a decently thick branch. I have both a folding and the Cold Steel one, my dad's idea of camping kinda had a hand in the purchase of both..my dad, back when he could go camping when I was a young lad and he wasn't a long haul trucker, never involved a payed for camp ground..he preferred to go onto a backroad near where his mother and father lived out in the boonies and then drive about twenty or so minutes up the dirt road from that, pull off to the side of the road, and then we all grab the camping gear and hike..oh..bout a mile or two deep into the woods to a creek where we'd set up camp. He likes traditional old school camping. I'm of the same mind..just with a cot to get me off the ground in my sleeping bag..so having two good small shovels that can take a beating come in handy.
+1
The humor sold me on this channel.
Subbed.
This "shovel based content" did get me to subscribe. What dry humor about a subject few care at all about. Perfect
I love the cold steel shovel, I have used it in the garden and carry one in the car because it’s useful and the police can’t say it’s a weapon. I was issued an entrenching tool in the army but its just good for making holes. Great video 😊
~Hey knife bro, you're not so advanced, I bet you don't open beers with a Kabar feeling like Rambo while doing it.~
Thanks for the review, despite the jokes you present the thing and test its performance in a clean and engaging manner.
I came for the shovels, i stayed for the dry humor.
Already 30 seconds in and talking about burying bodies 🤣 AHAHAHA
I keep a Cold Steel model behind the seat of my truck.
It served me well, when I ran into a snowdrift & got stuck.
Freezing weather.
Middle of nowhere.
Dug myself out.
Probably saved my life.
A good investment. 👍
From experience in the Army I can say I don't care for the tri fold. They're a pain to open and close sometimes and that aluminum handle can wear out and snap off on the triangle part fairly easy after a while, then whole thing is useless cause it won't be able to keep enough tension to keep the rest of the handle rigid. But we used and abused them pretty harshly as needed so take it how you like. Just my 2 cents.
I absolutely adore my trifold. It’s sharp, I got it from my old job cause it was “broken”. Just needed a little love and now it is smoooov.
I have not yet decided if I'm into shovel content but your jokes had me rolling with laughter!
I was watching this as I was about to get ready to go to bed and fall asleep which means I was already in a giggly mood...oh my abs hurt
I have the longer handled version of the cold steel. It's mounted to the roof rack of my Subaru so people know my lifestyle. The finish on the handle has not held up well to the elements in the 10 months it's been up there and I plan to refinish it with a better varnish. Other than that sweet shovel!
I thumbs-ed up at work, to soak in all the knife/shovel bro glory later. 😎
Advance Spetsnazs Bro
Pair one of thoes shovels with a dollica, and you have a winning combination.. 👍👍
Best damn "tactical" shovel video on YT.
I often cosplay as ‘The Shoveler’
Edit: this is top notch shovel content
Edit 2: did Lyn approve this video of his murder 🥩 shovel?
Mystery men reference!
@@AdvancedKnifeBro yes. like you, I am at the tail end of genX
love the shoveler's use of the spade.
I shovel. I shovel very well.
Yes but.... which one can move more dirt per shovelful?
If you’re looking to make more non-knoife content, would you consider some flavor of folding saw? Currently the most in-depth treatise on the subject is by The Reverend Doctor Colonel Nutnfancy Esquire III and it’s time a challenger gave us something more coherent and humorous than his ramblings
Try GideonsTactical. He does a lot of folding saw reviews and they're a bit more to the point and less rambly than Nutn.
Thanks for the laughs, I needed them. You just got a sub.
Never use your Klappspaten as a Hatched! I had to chop down a little tree in my servicetime and after around 13 strickes, the shovelblade stucked in the trunk but i still had the grip in my hand! Needles to say but dont ruin your shovel by missusing it! The Natoshovel can be used as Stuhl or as little stove, but dont overastemate it!
Ha ha best reply to this video yet!
@@AdvancedKnifeBro Ive nearly shit myself, but my seargent told me he had the same problem whit the shovel of my leftenend only 3 hours prior. Pretty major bruh moment.
I would read a 1,000 page book written in this vaguely satirical narrative. Bravo sir. You earned a subscription
The mid 00’s US Army issued tri-fold shovel (Gerber manufactured) would constantly work itself loose at the hinges and bust knuckles during use. I guess the German’s figured this out since your hands don’t look like they were caught in heavy machinery.
Nope this one is pretty solid. It doesn’t fold on its own.
They were made by Ames for decades, a well-respected American company which I'm sure either no longer exists or is made in China. I have my Ames from the mid-80's, but love the shit out of Cold Steel. I recently got the Gerber model but haven't used it much.
That's exactly my issue, thanks.
Dying laughing at your hilarious monolog. Instantly subscribed
My dad has the folding one in his car as long as I can remember, extremely helpful tool that did its job a lot of times.
one advantage the folding saw has is you can fold it into an "L" and it makes a nice seat while doing your business in the woods.
That’s why the CS is better. The end of the handle is rounded and bulged so you don’t have to crap, you just pack it and do it later, much like a muzzleloader.
The folding one is great for digging out vehicles.
The 90 degree turn in the folding shovel makes pretty good tool for hacking a snowy/icy road to place a mine in.
Funny this got recommended to me ima landscaper and me cold steel sf shovel one my favorite tools. Even got back up one but not needed it just can't break.
Love the humor thanks I own both...a WW2 foldable and just bought the cold steel....love the option of throwing it lol we throw hatchets and use blow guns for fun and manlyness we keep loosing knives the shovel is less dangerous for kids under 10 and easy to find in the woods keep up the good work will subscribe
As I'm old no I look at shovels as needing a longer handle to double as a walking stick .
I've still got my old army surplus single fold shovel from the 60s .
I take it the "pig blood" referred to Spetsnaz training. "Inside Spetsnaz" by William Burgess.
The "E" tool of death........
This video answered a question most men are simply too afraid to ask.
I've had my Cold Steel Shovel for so long I totally forgot it looked anything like that new!
I've had them both as well. But I had my Cold Steel "Zapirka" first about 12+ years ago and I still have it to this day. Can't remember who I gave the Trifold to.
The Zapirka has been blunted and sharpened so many times it's become noticeably smaller the wood is probably due to be replaced but it's not weak. The Gardner, my mother, neighbors, everyone asks to use it and they all ask where to get one.
No other options here to cast except for how much I love mine and it goes with me everywhere I can take it (Usually at least always in my car).
I bought a Boy Scouts shovel. It’s identical to the CS shovel except it wasn’t sharp. And had their emblem pressed into it with a light shiny metallic blue look to it. It’s sharp now and ODG.
The wooden handle one was used to astounding effect in Mister Inbetween. Made me wanna buy one.
Cold Steel Shovels! Simple, Effective, Awesome!
Damn, You tube killed you off my feed until now. That is some Missouri level baby back bullsheit! I dig what you are laying down in this vid!
"How do I stay Alpha with an intestinal parasite." OK, that got a sub. Oh, and this is why I went armor...mobile foxhole with no digging. :-)
I have one of the " surplus " folding shovels ,I keep it in my car during the winter ( just in case I get stuck ) never had to use it,but it doesn't take up much room in the trunk ,was cheap and is there if I ever need to use it.
First time viewer (I think), like the stile, subbing to see if it holds up, still want give a shit about shovels!:)
I’ve been doing this stuff for years- but I’m glad that I’m new to you!
Another really handy thing about the tri-fold, after you dig your cat hole, you can fold the top handle over, and it's pretty useful as a poopin stool!
Was issued and, later, purchased the NATO shovel. Purchased the “Spetznaz” shovel. Neither holds a candle to the WW I/WW II German style trench shovel (fixed square-tipped blade on a straight shaft handle with a palm swelling to hold onto). File sharpen the tip edge so the tool can cut roots or shave bark; file sharpen the side edges so you can chop wood, take down small trees, or dis-arm your foe. German trench raiders during WW I armed themselves with pistols, hand grenades, and their shovel properly sharpened. Oh, yes, the slightly rounded back of the blade allowed the subduing and taking of a prisoner without permanent damage. The only real advantages the NATO shovel has are compactness and the ability to right-angle the blade for “picking” a hole in frozen ground; otherwise, the spade handle is offset enough to make chopping awkward. The “Spetznaz” is similar to and prettier than the trench shovel, but less sturdily built.
From this video, I now believe you only go camping to poop
The American E-tool is a shovel that doubles as a hatchet. The Spetsnaz is a hatchet that doubles as a shovel, pretty much.
I had a 80s era folding Shovel. It was very well-made and sturdy. I ended up trading it for some other gear as a teenager. I bought another one a few years later and it, too, was well made and sturdy. My little sister has it in her truck now. I bought another one to put in my vehicle a few years ago and it is a cheap piece of junk. The shovel has a dent from digging in the caliche. The locking nut stripped after a few uses. I ended up tossing it in the dumpster. I found a small wood handled shovel at the hardware store. It doesn't fold but it is well made and was $12.