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PufPuf23

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22. You used a hoedad alternately called a hoedag

Reply to panader0 (Reply #5)

Sat May 9, 2020, 01:12 AM

May 2020

for tree planting, not a Pulaski.

A Pulaski is a fire tool with a pick on one side and a axe blade on the other.

A hoedad is like a very long bladed hoe (they come in different sizes) that is hit into the ground and rocked to make a hole for planting bare root or container seedlings.

Hoedad

Pulaski

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As a former Forestry Dept. fire-fighter, this scares the shit out of me. [View all] SinisterPants May 2020 OP

Welcome to DU, and thank you for your most enlightening post. niyad May 2020 #1

I live in Washington State and I hadn't even thought about this one. Haggis for Breakfast May 2020 #2

I'm a firefighter sweetapogee May 2020 #3

Maybe I'm behind the times, or maybe it is different in the east... SinisterPants May 2020 #4

Never worked on a fire crew but I spent quite a while in the Oregon woods panader0 May 2020 #5

You used a hoedad alternately called a hoedag PufPuf23 May 2020 #22

Interesting back story about Ed Pulaski - He was a hero before he designed the Pulaski Brother Buzz May 2020 #27

Cool. I did not know that history. Thanks. nt PufPuf23 May 2020 #28

K&R Thanks for posting, and welcome to DU. alwaysinasnit May 2020 #6

I'm truly grateful for your service. Devilsun May 2020 #7

TY all for the welcomes... SinisterPants May 2020 #8

I live in hurricane alley... Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #9

Just thinking about shelters for those forced to evacuate gives me a headache. Grammy23 May 2020 #21

Based on the last few months, I truly doubt it. Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #26

I have been worried about this. LisaM May 2020 #10

I use to be a Fire Camp Slug mchill May 2020 #11

We love you folks DENVERPOPS May 2020 #12

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Out here on the California Coast, we know firefighters are our lifeline Hekate May 2020 #13

Kick and rec!..n/t bluecollar2 May 2020 #15

"we" really need to start isolating groups of key people. uncle ray May 2020 #16

that's a good point... SinisterPants May 2020 #18

As a Montanan...wild land firefighters are heroes to me. MontanaMama May 2020 #17

Your dad might have driven me... SinisterPants May 2020 #19

He very well might have! MontanaMama May 2020 #20

No way to know, but I choose to believe... SinisterPants May 2020 #23

You are correct SinsterPants in that firefighters live/work in crowded, stressful, and not PufPuf23 May 2020 #24

Recommended. Baked Potato May 2020 #25