Bolt-on handle for scoop

[KinTN]

OK, I give up. for weeks I have hunted the internet for a simple vertical or near vertical clamp-on handle to try on my scoop but all I can find is some overly complicated monstrosity:

and an overpriced one for 29+ Euros + shipping:

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What I am looking for is a simple vertical clamp-on along the lines of the Italian device. Anyone know of anything similar on the north American market?

 

[GeorgeinSC]

I put a Stout's Back Saver Grip on my Scoop. Sometimes I remember to actually use it. It makes lifting a scoop full of wet sand much easier.

 

[Kellyco/Brad]

You may be in luck here, check this guy out. These are in route to us as we speak and will be sold here shortly.

http://www.kellycodetectors.com/products/digging/1560-robo/robohandle-ergonomic-tool

Here is a video on how it looks to use.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCzDm8IuB8

 

[Grubstake]

Yeh, go to Napa auto parts, go to the bicycle parts, they have just what you need in bicycle handle bars . Grubstake

 

[hershey1]

Go and get you a PVC T and glue a 6 inch piece to the side hole and put a PVC cap on it. Slide it onto your scoop ( making sure you got the right size) and either secure the handle with SS screws or just duct tape it where you want it. If you have a RTG scoop I have a couple of extras I made and will send you one. PM me. I will be coming to Johnson City in a few weeks to the VA Hospital and can meet you in route. HH

 

[KinTN]

Guys, thanks for all the ideas.

George, I have something like that on my big metal scoop now. Its off of a weedeater and certainly helps, but I think I prefer a straight stick feel (I have a straight wooden peg thru my fiberglass-handled nonmetal homemade scoop).

Brad, I think that young man has that device on upside down. I see where using the ATP he has to undermount it, but I cant imagine that having it undermounted on a scoop would be better/easier than mounting it on top of the scoop (the 'up' side).

Grubstake, I had been thinking along those lines as well. What we are talking about are called 'bar ends' for mountain bikes. The only ones I've seen online are 22mm+/- and I need one about 38mm. If the bar ends took 2 bolts instead of relying on just 1 and the bending of the metal (all of them that I have seen), I think I could make it work. I'll check out NAPA and some bike stores tho.

hershey1, that's a good idea. I like that kind of thinking (i'm a miser at heart). And thank you for the kind offer, but I'll give it a try and holler at you if I cant make if work. (its for some handle I got at HomeD anyway.)
Good Luck at the VA. (watch out for the check-in secretary with the cutest sundress you'll ever see- he doesn't shave his legs).

 

[Kellyco/Brad]

I saw that too, when it was brought in here, we put it on top. But I guess that would be another way to do it, sort of like a rifle type handle. Comfortable for some people.

 

[Mr. Carolina]

KinTN: Try Auxiliary drill handles . ( Google ) I think Bosch makes one for less than ten bucks shipping included.