Pavetech products?

[Wills gardens]

Any body know how to get some of there stuff over here? seems they only deal in the USA

Would like a set of these
http://www.pavetech.com/tools/stringalong.shtm

and also the base rake they have seems good unless there is summat similar available over here

[msh paving]

shipping to UK would be the hard bit, i buy stuff from USA through a friend or 2 i have so they mark the customs form to a lesser value so it stays in the limits

most big companys only what to ship to the lower 48 states,due to couriers and delivery,

might be worth a try to contact them and ask the question

MSH

[msh paving]

Just looked at the base rake,B+Q wharehouseused to stock them virtually the same,I have used similar but found a rake is just a good MSH

[lutonlagerlout]

i have a big concrete rake we use for the same thing,the string holder seems a little OTT to me,i just mark the height on the pin
as mark says customs can be a pain from the USA ,a lot of companies i have contacted wont ship outside the usa
LLL

[msh paving]

Just looked in detail at the site , just about all the tools can be bought from probst in UK MSH

[Wills gardens]

aha i shall go see whats about over here.

[seanandruby]

You would need some size tool bucket for all that lot :laugh:

[Wills gardens]

nice stuff on there, i can see the string alongs being helpful, espech as i dont have a laser yet (one day if i find something cheap and good)

[Bob_A]

Perhaps I'm missing something but isn't that stringalong just a collar and a thumbscrew and a lot of fuss about nothing?

[mickg]

yeah it is Bob, the video relating to the use of them is making a lot of fuss about nothing when all you need to do is learn how to pull a string line tight, wrap it round a steel road pin and pull a loop through the line to hold it in place

get some masking tape or insulation tape and wrap a piece under the line as a marker in case the line has to be removed

[lutonlagerlout]

I have just done that over my allotment sunday planting swedes,parsnips,and carrots
2 450mm lengths of rebar hammered in 350mm then string half-hitched and tightened over the 2 bars
this string is then left till the plants show therefore eliminating the very normal practise (for me anyway) of weeding your vegtables
LLL :laugh: