The roughneck long handled digging spade is a heavy duty contractors' tool designed for gardening, landscaping and building applications. Featuring a long fibreglass handle with contoured grip, this digging spade provides increased leverage and power, enabling users to maintain a more comfortable, upright working position during extended digging tasks. Manufactured from heavy duty carbon steel, the blade features a corrosion resistant tumble lacquered finish for long lasting durability on professional worksites. The blade incorporates treads that allow greater pressure to be applied with reduced risk of foot slippage, improving both safety and efficiency during ground penetration. The spade's power ring socket features a steel reinforced plug, creating a stronger connection between blade and handle that withstands the demanding conditions of professional use. This reinforced construction makes it particularly suitable for contractors working across landscaping projects, groundwork preparation and general construction excavation tasks. Features and benefits bull long fibreglass handle offers increased leverage and comfortable upright working position bull heavy duty carbon steel blade with corrosion resistant finish for durability bull integrated blade treads reduce foot slippage and improve digging efficiency bull power ring socket with steel reinforcement for enhanced blade to handle strength bull 1460mm overall length ideal for reduced bending operation specifications type digging spade head material carbon steel shaft material fibreglass blade width 200mm overall length 1460mm 57.1 2in