Features of shovel mounts

If you often have to work with shovels and other equipment, you need to store them correctly. There are many shovels that can help out in different situations: dig a hole, cultivate the soil, remove snow. Therefore, it is important, if necessary, to go to the right place and not waste time looking.

In addition to searching costs, proper storage of tools affects tool life. Each material requires its own conditions. For example, moisture will seriously damage a wooden handle. Plastic, if handled carelessly, can break, and the metal blade for digging can become dull or get jagged. It should be borne in mind that an inventory thrown in a chaotic manner can cause injury. Therefore, all kinds of fasteners and devices for their placement are used. The placement of shovels should be appropriate:

• in a dry room;
• away from the aisles;
• using attachments that are comfortable, safe and fit at the correct height so that the instrument can be easily picked up and returned.

All fasteners for shovels can be roughly divided into two groups:

• wall-mounted;
• floor.

Varieties of wall mounts.

• Hooks. They can be different both in shape and length. Hooks are usually attached directly to a wall or to a metal bar. They can be arranged in rows or in a chaotic manner if the blades and cuttings of shovels are of different sizes. The hooks are positioned sideways to hold the cuttings. The vertical position of the hook is designed for tools with holes (for convenience, you can insert a cord into them and hang from it).
• Hangers or brackets usually designed for larger instruments with twin mounts. Their length reaches up to 30 cm. But one pair can fix several shovels at once. Moreover, the heaviest ones are better placed closer to the wall, and the lighter ones - at the edge.
• Holders - are complex systems with fasteners in the form of protrusions or rings. In them, tools can be placed both horizontally and vertically. The attachment of the shovel will be more reliable if it is fixed in several places, and not in one.

All of the above mounts can be found in stores with inventory or you can build them yourself. The easiest option is to buy suitable hooks (prefer metal ones). If desired, they can be welded to the metal base. The next way is to make cuts in the board. It is better if it is fixed at an angle to the wall so that the shovels do not slip.

Floor mounts for storing shovels.

• Corner.
• Mobile. More profitable is this option, which can be installed along the wall or in any other more convenient place. Or, even better, take it with you to your work site so you don't have to throw your shovel on the floor or the ground.

Any of the proposed options can be made by yourself: a stand from a box or a holder from a suitable pipe.A temporary option can be quite simple, you just need to take care of stability and convenience.

There are also more massive storage racks or cabinets. As a rule, they are universal or designed for a specific group of instruments. Thus, it is possible to re-equip a regular cabinet or pencil case using the ideas of the fixings mentioned above.

Shovels are often taken by themselves. But sometimes even a small, portable model barely fits in the trunk. And a large shovel will have to be placed in the cabin. This option is unsafe for the driver, leaves little room for passengers and can damage the passenger compartment. If the car is equipped with an expeditionary rack, the solution is simple: you need to place a shovel on it. And special mounts will help with this. You can find many models:

• made of metal;
• plastic;
• rubber;
• polyurethane.

Each has its own pros and cons. Metal ones have good strength indicators, but they are inconvenient to use in cold weather. Plastic is less durable. Rubber fixes better, is easily adjustable, but again, does not withstand strong temperature changes, it can burst. The most popular model is polyurethane. In terms of its properties, it is much superior to others. This is confirmed by numerous reviews of reliability and long-term use in various weather conditions.

In addition to the material, such fasteners differ:

• by the diameter of the handle (they, in addition to shovels, can be used to attach fishing rods, pipes, hoses - they will definitely come in handy on the farm);
• according to the maximum load (depending on the weight of the tool being fixed).

Two attachments are required to secure the shovel. Their cost varies from 300 to 1000 rubles apiece. There are dual mounts on sale, for example, for a shovel and an ax. Or wider, allowing you to fix two shovels at the same time.

Other options for storing shovels are described in detail in the video below.