Snow Shovels

Shovels come in different sizes and with different blade tips. Small pointed spades are excellent for garden work when you need to dig holes for planting or move old plants from one flowerbed to another. A pointed spade can also be larger, in which case you can naturally move bigger plants as well. As the name suggests, a pointed spade has a sharp tip, so it’s easy to break the surface of a lawn or punch through icy snow. A sharp-tipped shovel is great for digging.

Keep a snow shovel in your car especially when there’s a risk you might get stuck in difficult spots on remote roads or forest roads. A snow shovel in the car helps you manage challenging terrain if you—or another driver—gets stuck in a high snowdrift or slides off the road toward a ditch.

Whether you’re driving or doing yard work, it’s worth choosing the shovel size according to its purpose. If you’re shoveling large amounts, it’s important that the shovel can hold a bigger load of snow or soil at once, so the work is as fast as possible. In a vegetable garden or flowerbeds, however, you need a smaller shovel for more precise work.

Many shovels are made from durable, strong reinforced plastic. Especially for shoveling lighter snow, a plastic shovel is the better choice. A light shovel makes it easier to throw snow farther away from walkways and yard paths. With a heavier shovel, the work would become too strenuous.

Snow shovels and snow pushers can also be used for other yard tasks, as long as you keep in mind that they don’t withstand heavy-duty work as well as a steel shovel or an aluminum shovel. A steel shovel in particular is heavier to handle, so when shoveling stones or wet clay, the work can feel heavy.

Whether it’s summer or winter, Kärkkäinen’s online store offers a versatile selection of tools, shovels, and snow pushers for keeping yards and terraces clean and for moving different types of materials.