JIM-GEM KBC Planting Bar | Heavy-Duty Alloy Steel Tree Planting Tool for Rocky, Difficult Soil | 39" Long | Blade 4 x 12 Inches | Durable | Reinforced Foot Step

Product arrived in great shape, packaged perfectly. Heavy Duty for sure, planting trees on Tuesday. USPS really dropped the ball on delivery, took them almost two weeks once they took custody off it. Had to travel two States 😞 Vendor reached out during this period and they were fantastic, offered refund or replacement. This product is a “TEN” I planted 50 seedling pines today in 3 hours by myself. If you look at the pictures you can see the rocky Missouri soil I was working in. Great Product, used a pick axe last year took two days for 30 trees. Amazing ThankYou

We hosted a tree planting workshop on our property, and the pros brought several of these planting tools for the participants to use. It worked well enough in our rocky soil that we decided to get one of our own. It's pretty heavy to carry around, but my 5'2" wife has managed to use it for planting a few dozen Ponderosa pine seedlings. We intend to plant a couple hundred more trees (a big chunk of our property was torched by a wildfire), so this tool will definitely be worth the investment. FWIW, the way the pros told us to use it was to drive it into the ground, pull it toward you to open a hole, drop in the seedling, drive the tool into the ground a few inches away from the seedling, and then lever the original hole closed.

The best planting bar I have ever used is one my grandfather had custom made. This isn't quite as good, but it's well-made and just the right weight. At 6'2", I wish they made a version with a handle just a couple of inches longer, but it still worked pretty well for me. The tool could be improved with a mitered connection from the shaft to the handle. The "pinch and weld" style connection seems sturdy enough, it just doesn't exactly scream "quality." The bottom end, with the step bar all one piece with the weighted spade part, is fantastic - no worries about bending there. I've only planted 40 seedlings so far, but I'm confident this bar will outlast me.

I bought two different sizes. I typically do not review products. Durability, function, etc would be a five star review from me. I dropped one star for packaging. The planters are heavy which helps get it into the soil. I only have one suggestion for the manufacturer. This is a forestery or green industry product. We do have some responsibility to be good stewards of our land and the earth. The packaging included one entire garbage bag full of foam shipping p nuts. Our trash can is full. The paint comes off as you plant. They are indestructible tools. The tools should be wrapped in paper or packed in individual smaller boxes. Awesome product! Environmentally terrible packaging and shipping. Something to think about.

Biggest piece of trash I’ve ever bought, weld broke within first 3 hours of use on the very first day! How can someone sell such a junk product? Literally blows my mind.. what a waste of money

Welded and made to last. Heavy duty. Should be just what I need to plant pines in rocky or hard mountain soil.

This tool will last a lifetime , solid heavy gauge steel . Heavy but is beneficial driving into the soil for planting transplants This is a tool I will pass down to my son Today I had the chance to use the tool planting 50 evergreen bare root seedlings in a shale / dirt field Had no problem driving the spade down into the soil to the required 10 inches needed moved the tool front and back to create the opening for the seedling it saved so much time planting each tree in less than 5 minutes Great investment

Makes short work of transplanting saplings