Silly question

[seanandruby]

Prompted by msh silly q, maybe a thread for all those questions we have all wanted to ask. Mine ....is it a scaffle' board, or plank ???

[Bob_A]

A silly question thread, a great idea!

Perhaps it's a regional thing but I reckon it's a board.

[Carberry]

No silly questions, only silly answer Daniel San.

[mickavalon]

It's a Board here as well.
Why are all our hand tools, like shovels etc made to be so feckin short, but most other countries go for length, which, in my opinion, all seem to long. Where's the middle ground ?? Surely someones worked out the perfect length.

[Pablo]

Board here to Mick the Irish long tail and spade are all a man could ever want and need.

[lutonlagerlout]

board in luton
but type 1 is still called MOT round here
by much about everyone
LLL

[seanandruby]

A plank is a piece of timber, flat, elongated and rectangular, with parallel faces, higher or longer than wide, used in the construction of ships, houses, bridges, etc...[1]

Usually from sawn timber, more than 38 mm thick, and generally wider than 63 mm. If the width is less than 63 mm and the thickness less than 38 mm is called board.

[mickavalon]

Pablo, we use a long handle shovel for mixing, shifting and spreading, but you can't dig with it, where would you get a long handled digging spade from?
It's still called MOT here as well, or hardcore, which it strictly isn't.
How do you define the difference between a Bough, Branch and Twig on a tree?
Why hasn't it stopped raining since they announced the Drought?
Why do the Yanks make such good Brickies trowels, yet hardly build in brick, hammers and saws yes, but trowels??

[local patios and driveway]

I still refer to type 1 as scalpings... I know it isnt but its a common term and theres no confusion

[Mikey_C]

where would you get a long handled digging spade from?

i think either draper or spear and jackson did a digging spade with a longer handle, being 6' plus i nearly considered it a good purchase, then i thought I just be better off doing less digging!!

[Mikey_C]

as seen here, knew I'd seen it somewhere just had to remember where

draper long hadled spade

[specialbranch]

When I used to do a lot of site turfing around Yorkshire and asked the site lads to borrow some planks or boards I got a blank look, they all went with Batons? I use a few merchants for my MOT and know what to ask for in each place. Hardcore, Crusherun, MOT, Limestone, and 40 to dust are all used round here to describe limestone Type 1.

[henpecked]

Prompted by msh silly q, maybe a thread for all those questions we have all wanted to ask. Mine ....is it a scaffle' board, or plank ???

Neither, scaffold baton down here in poshest Warwichshire

[seanandruby]

A baton is a thin stick, club, or a small baguette.

[r896neo]

MOT/ type 1 is always referred to as blinding here in northern ireland? where i am anyway