SHOVEL & TOOL HANDLE BROCHURE Contents 2 Richard Carter Ltd History 4 Shovel & Tool Handles Explained 6 Shovels 8 Contractors & Telecommunications Tools 28 Garden & Agriculture Tools 38 Handles 44 Striking Tools Jeremiah Carter established the Company in Highburton in 1740. Business flourished, and in 1850 Jeremiah's great, great grandson, Richard Carter, relocated the Company to Dene Works in Kirkburton, which was to become our home for the next 150 years. Soon after Richard Carter Ltd was incorporated in 1909, World War I broke out and demand for tools increased dramatically. Indeed, history repeated itself several years later when World War II placed even greater demand on our services. The 1970s saw the beginning of the decline of the Nationalised Coal and Steel Industries and this forced us to seek new markets. This was so successful that, despite many alterations to the Kirkburton premises during the 1980s, we outgrew Dene Works and in 1999 we moved again to Neiley Works in Honley. The new premises gave us the opportunity to embrace state of the art manufacturing techniques which, combined with our heritage, enabled us to innovate our product design and enhance quality. It has been three centuries since our founder, Jeremiah Carter, had the vision and courage to start his Company. The Carter family, are proud of the fact that we still own and run Richard Carter Ltd. We are prouder still of the people who work here and how far we have come together. Some may see tradition and innovation as unlikely bedfellows, but for us they are what we stand for. Richard Carter Managing Director SHOVEL & TOOL HANDLE BROCHURE THE ORIGINAL HAND TOOL MANUFACTURER SHOVELS With 275 years of manufacturing experience, Richard Carter Ltd has become synonymous with shovels of quality and strength, whilst offering customers value for money. ‘The Carter Shovel’ is available in a variety of styles and sizes, finished with handles which complement the tool, made from wood, metal, fibreglass or plastic. SHOVEL & TOOL HANDLES EXPLAINED 4 THE ORIGINAL HAND TOOL MANUFACTURER SHOVEL & TOOL HANDLE VARIETIES Richard Carter Ltd tools are manufactured in a wide variety of sizes, materials and types which should be specified at the time of ordering. Open Socket Solid Socket Open Socket Shovels are used for moving loose earth, sand, gravel and grain Solid socket tools have their blades and sockets hot, double roll formed from one etc. They are hot-pressed from pre-cut sheets of either hot rolled heavy gauge single piece of best quality steel. The socket is forged as an integral part of the Carbon Steel or Aluminium sheet. They are not primarily designed for digging blade (with NO welds) and this type of tool is readily identified by the fact that or levering. This type of shovel is easily identified as Open Socket by the fact the handle fits into a ‘blind’ socket – this is the most popular range. Solid socket that the end of the handle (normally wood) can be seen protruding through the tools are preferred for heavy shovelling out, or back-filling trenches, mixing bottom of the pressed socket. concrete, tarmac and ballast work. A range of handles are available in wood, steel, aluminium and fibreglass. Barrel Crutch Shaped Crutch T Polypropylene T-Grip Polypropylene YD Metal MYD Tubular All Steel MYD This is a plainer and This is a traditional This high impact, This ‘Y’ or ‘D’ shaped This metal YD grip This type of handle more economical type Ash T-Grip, having moulded polypropylene grip is moulded to is mainly used for is mainly used for of T-Grip. The handle a sculptured hilt, T-Grip is normally fitted comfortably fit the Contractors and Contractors and Heavy top is not as intricately ergonomically shaped to to lightweight tubular hand, from high Heavy Industrial Tools. Industrial Tools. We weld contoured as the fit the palm of the hand. products. Contoured impact polypropylene. Manufactured from a our steel handles into shaped grip, but being The grip and shaft are into a non-slip grip, it is Normally fitted to tough steel frame and the body of the shovel mortised, tenoned and mortised and tenoned easily kept clean and is wooden, aluminium or fitted with a robust socket for extra strength glued, it does possess and waterproof glued totally weatherproof. tubular shafts it is totally wooden hilt and rivetted and rigidity, producing all the same strength into place. A wooden weatherproof and easily to resist twisting. a very strong and robust characteristics. dowel then secures the kept clean. Extremely strong and tool for digging. grip firmly into place. can be fitted to wood, aluminium, steel or fibreglass shafts. Polyfibre Pro FibreMax Pro BS8020 Insulated Tubular Plain Grip Shaped Long Shafts The Polyfibre style of The fibreglass MYD Shocksafe handles This shaft is for heavy This handle is designed handle is designed to handle is designed provide full conformity to duty industrial work to give a longer reach offer the workman a for extremely heavy the exacting specifications for digging or lifting on a tool, so that the high degree of fibreglass duty industrial use. of BS8020. Double material out of trenches user does not have to strength along with the Chemically bonded into protection created by twin – giving a much bend. The wooden comfort of a profile solid socket tools, these layers of sealed polymer longer reach for the handle has a ‘waisted’ moulded PYD hand grip. shafts are over 30% sheathing moulded over more arduous tasks. diameter for easier The pultruded fibreglass stronger than ‘All Metal’ the rigid fibreglass core. Manufactured in steel manipulation and a core is coated with types. Fibreglass shafts Uniquely numbered and or fibreglass of ‘knobbed’ end. SHOVEL & TOOL HANDLES EXPLAINED an injection moulded have excellent structural individually certified increasing lengths. polypropylene sheathing properties and will not providing full traceability, creating strength and warp or rust in extreme guaranteeing full stability. weather conditions. conformity to live-cable 5 working specifications. THE ORIGINAL HAND TOOL MANUFACTURER OPEN SOCKET SHOVELS Our Open Socket Shovels are manufactured here in Yorkshire from best quality strip steels or Aluminium – either hot or cold pressed to a range of standard sizes. These shovels are used for a wide variety of lightweight general purpose work, from shovelling sand, gravel, earth and coal to shovelling snow and grain, suiting all users and applications. SQ MOUTH SIZES All our square mouth shovels are available in a full range of sizes. No.0 – 9"x11½" No.2 – 10"x12½" No.4 – 11"x13½" No.6 – 12"x14½" No.8 – 13"x15½" No.10 – 14"x16½" 02OSAT 08OSPY 2ROSAT 06ALAT No.2 OS Sq. Mouth No.8 OS Sq. Mouth No.2 OS Round Mouth No.6 OS Aluminium Sq. Mouth Sizes 28" Ash T 28" Ash PYD 28" Ash T 28" Ash T Product size: 10"x12½" Product size: 13"x15½" Product size: 10"x12½" Product size: 12"x14½" 13PSAT ALGSAT PLGSAY 8LOSAT 03RMAT 16PSAT Alum. Grain Scoop No.12 Poly. Grain Scoop 8" OS Loco Shovel No.3 Miners Round Mouth 13" Pointed Pit Pan 28" Ash T 28" Ash PYD 28" Ash T 24" Ash T 24" Ash T Product size: 12½"x15½" Product size: 14½"x18" Product size: 8"x15" Product size: 11½"x13½" Product sizes: 13"x13" SHOVELS 16"x16" 6 All items are examples within a range. The range of tools can be supplied in all styles of handle, wood, steel, fibreglass etc. Lengths of handle can be varied upon request. Please refer to our main Price List for further details. THE ORIGINAL HAND TOOL MANUFACTURER OPEN SOCKET SHOVELS Longer handled shovels designed to maximise reach and increase leverage, thus decreasing the risk of strain injury whilst shovelling. WCOSEP IROSAP54 ISOS30 60MCAT West Country Shovel Irish Round Mouth Shovel Treaded OS Irish Spade Machine Clearing Shovel 54" Econ Shaped 54" Ash Shaped 30" Ash T 60" Ash T Product size: 10"x10½" Product size: 9½"x14" Product size: 5½"x13" Product size: 12"x14½" SHOVELS All items are examples within a range. The range of tools can be supplied in all styles of handle, wood, steel, fibreglass etc. 7 Lengths of handle can be varied upon request. Please refer to our main Price List for further details. THE ORIGINAL HAND TOOL MANUFACTURER CONTRACTORS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOOLS Richard Carter Ltd offer a range of Solid Socket tools, forged from a single piece of best quality carbon steel (free from any welds), ensuring a durable tool without weakness. It is heat treated to produce a blade of supreme strength, whilst retaining flexibility to absorb the shock and stresses that come with arduous use. The range is complemented with handles available in a variety of lengths made from wood, tubular steel, fibreglass and plastic – a modern tool with a traditional feel. All Solid socket tools are load tested and will outperform the requirements of BS3388. CONTRACTORS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOOLS 8 THE ORIGINAL HAND TOOL MANUFACTURER ASH HANDLES Our range of Solid Socket tools are designed for strength and durability and will outperform the requirements of BS3388 under all tests. We manufacture our wooden handles from specially selected Ash and Hardwood timbers, tapered and deep fitted into the extra long socket to give optimum strength and durability. * * 2SSSAT 2TSSAT 2RSSAT 30SSAT TRSSAT No.2 S/S Sq. Mouth No.2 S/S Taper Mouth No.2 S/S Round Mouth No.000 S/S Sq. Mouth No.0 GPO Trenching 28" Ash 28" Ash T 28" Ash T 28" Ash T 28" Ash T Product size: 10"x12½" Product size: Product size: 10"x12½" Product size: 8"x10½" Product size: 7"x11" 10" to 8½"x12½" CLSSAT CGSSAT 16SSAT GENSSAT TSSSAT S/S Cable Layer S/S Clay Grafter 16" Newcastle Drainer Treaded General Service Treaded S/S Spade 28" Ash T 28" Ash T 28" Shaped Ash T 28" Shaped Ash T 28" Ash T Product size: 5½" to 4½x11" Product size: 6"x12" Product size: 7" to 4"x16" Product size: 8"x10½" Product size: 7½"x11½" CONTRACTORS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOOLS *Forward treads available on most shovels – fitted as optional extra.