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Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:26 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:34 pm
by 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 
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:38 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:43 pm
by 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
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:49 pm
by msh paving
Just looked in detail at the site , just about all the tools can be bought from probst in UK MSH
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:25 pm
by Wills gardens
aha i shall go see whats about over here.
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:29 pm
by seanandruby
You would need some size tool bucket for all that lot :laugh:
Posted: Sun Apr 25, 2010 7:41 pm
by 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)
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:48 pm
by 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?
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:41 pm
by 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
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:43 pm
by 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: