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Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
Hi All,
My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
"Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk wrote in
: Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA Blueyonder, well ok a long time has passed. Trugs? what are they? Baz |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
On 08/04/2012 14:35, Baz wrote:
"Racquel .(y)uk wrote in : Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA Blueyonder, well ok a long time has passed. Trugs? what are they? Baz Baskets basically. Used for harvesting fruit and veg. I recommend the blue plastic ones sold at Pointe Verte here in France but may a little too far to travel. ;-) -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
"Baz" wrote in message ... "Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk wrote in : Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA Blueyonder, well ok a long time has passed. Trugs? what are they? Tool boxes for gardeners. Often shallow and streamlined and made of pretty woods etc.. You sometimes see them with collections of fruit and vegetables artfully displayed. Seee for instance http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/harv..._source=google At the moment I am using a folding shopping basket from Lidl with a canvas body and an aluminium frame. Oblong and deep rather than shield shaped and shallow but does the job. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
"Baz" wrote in message Trugs? what are they? No substitute for a plastic bucket. Janet |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
On 08/04/2012 16:11, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-04-08 13:28:28 +0100, "Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk said: Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA If you want something to carry tools around in, a bucket is best, imo or one of those large squashy ones sold in gcs and riding equipment places, because you can get a lot of weeds in those, too! If you want something decorative as well, a shallow wicker basket does the trick. I've also seen some which are longer (and shallow) which are used for cutting garden flowers. I use my trugs mainly for weeding, can get a lot more weeds into one than a bucket, also easier to put in larger weeds. They are also handy for harvesting an assortment of vegetables from the garden for a meal. -- David in Normandy. To e-mail you must include the password FROG on the subject line, or it will be automatically deleted by a filter and not reach my inbox. |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:09:58 +0200, David in Normandy
wrote: On 08/04/2012 14:35, Baz wrote: "Racquel .(y)uk wrote in : Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA Blueyonder, well ok a long time has passed. Trugs? what are they? Baz Baskets basically. Used for harvesting fruit and veg. I recommend the blue plastic ones sold at Pointe Verte here in France but may a little too far to travel. ;-) I have a green plastic one that came as a freebie with a short-lived gardening magazine many years ago. It outlived my "expensive" one despite being used more. I've also got a large green plastic tool caddy and a belt-on holder that takes three pairs of secateurs (useful for different jobs) plus a hand fork and spade and a ball of twine that came with the same mag. Maybe the quality of its freebies was the reason it failed as a mag. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the hardly damp east end of Swansea Bay. |
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If the latter, yes, it happens to me too. I just buy the cheapest I can find, and regard them as expendable. It helps if you always pick them up by both handles simultaneously rather than yank them up by one. |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
On Apr 8, 4:04*pm, Jake wrote:
On Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:09:58 +0200, David in Normandy wrote: On 08/04/2012 14:35, Baz wrote: "Racquel .(y)uk *wrote in : Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA Blueyonder, well ok a long time has passed. Trugs? what are they? Baz Baskets basically. Used for harvesting fruit and veg. I recommend the blue plastic ones sold at Pointe Verte here in France but may a little too far to travel. ;-) I have a green plastic one that came as a freebie with a short-lived gardening magazine many years ago. It outlived my "expensive" one despite being used more. I've also got a large green plastic tool caddy and a belt-on holder that takes three pairs of secateurs (useful for different jobs) plus a hand fork and spade and a ball of twine that came with the same mag. Maybe the quality of its freebies was the reason it failed as a mag. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the hardly damp east end of Swansea Bay.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I was brought up with "Trugs" when we lived in Hastings, we used then when we were cutting cucumbers as they held more and did no dammage to the fruit, but that was the proper "Trug" or "Sussex Trug" http://www.truggery.co.uk/whatisatrug.asp I now use several of the Plastic "bucket" thing that is called a trug by some http://www.harrodhorticultural.com/w...tub_trugs.html Good for carying anything from compost to water, and when filled with water great for washing the mud off my wellies. David @ the still dry end of Swansea Bay |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
"David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... "Baz" wrote in message ... "Racquel Darrian" .(y)uk wrote in : Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA Blueyonder, well ok a long time has passed. Trugs? what are they? Tool boxes for gardeners. Often shallow and streamlined and made of pretty woods etc.. You sometimes see them with collections of fruit and vegetables artfully displayed. Seee for instance http://www.capitalgardens.co.uk/harv..._source=google At the moment I am using a folding shopping basket from Lidl with a canvas body and an aluminium frame. Oblong and deep rather than shield shaped and shallow but does the job. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") You have to move on David. Tose trugs are things of the past. Trug nowadays is a name gived to something that has come into being since the wicker trugs and do a totally diferent job. That's language for you, folk can design a new bit of kit but can't generate a new name for it. Bill |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
You have to move on David. Tose trugs are *things of the past. * Trug
nowadays is a name gived to something that has come into being since the wicker trugs and do a totally diferent job. *That's language for you, folk can design a new bit of kit but can't generate a new name for it. Bill- What do you mean "Move on" Bill? The Sussex trug is alive and well and still has several makers, and the "Sussex trug " May have a split willow handle, though many were made with Hazel instead of willow. I know that the name is also applied to plastic "Buckets" just as the name clog is now used por plastic footware as well ad "Dutch" clogs made from all wood, or the "Northern" clog with leather uppers and wooden soles. It's not my fault that people are to lazt to think of a new name for things. David @ the wet end of Swansea Bay |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
"kay" wrote in message ... Racquel Darrian;955351 Wrote: Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA What do you mean by "trug"? Do you mean a flattish basket about 40cm long and about 20cm deep with a handle over the top, which is the original meaning of "trug". Or do you mean a deep softish plastic tub, usually in a bright colour, with a little handle at each side, which are now being called "trugs"? If the latter, yes, it happens to me too. I just buy the cheapest I can find, and regard them as expendable. It helps if you always pick them up by both handles simultaneously rather than yank them up by one. Are we talking muck buckets here? If so, calling them trugs seems an upwardly mobile marketing strategy which may sadly work. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") |
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What I'm talking about seem to be also called "tub trugs", and when I did a google image search, the first hit was for an american equestrian site - who was selling them for $32 which is a good deal more than I'd expect to pay!! Chulmleigh Hardware |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
"Dave Hill" wrote in message ... You have to move on David. Tose trugs are things of the past. Trug nowadays is a name gived to something that has come into being since the wicker trugs and do a totally diferent job. That's language for you, folk can design a new bit of kit but can't generate a new name for it. Bill- What do you mean "Move on" Bill? The Sussex trug is alive and well and still has several makers, and the "Sussex trug " May have a split willow handle, though many were made with Hazel instead of willow. I know that the name is also applied to plastic "Buckets" just as the name clog is now used por plastic footware as well ad "Dutch" clogs made from all wood, or the "Northern" clog with leather uppers and wooden soles. It's not my fault that people are to lazt to think of a new name for things. David @ the wet end of Swansea Bay Firstly Dave, you are not the ony David on this NG and it was another to which I replied. The other David only mentioned the wicker trugs implying a certain singularity of the meaning of the word "trug". Just for the record, I.'m absolutely positive you are faultless that people are too lazy to think of a new name Bill |
Trugs - The Strongest Ones?
"David WE Roberts" wrote in message ... "kay" wrote in message ... Racquel Darrian;955351 Wrote: Hi All, My handles of all my trugs eventually snap no matter how expensive they are. Can you recommend some that you have used that are really strong? TIA What do you mean by "trug"? Do you mean a flattish basket about 40cm long and about 20cm deep with a handle over the top, which is the original meaning of "trug". Or do you mean a deep softish plastic tub, usually in a bright colour, with a little handle at each side, which are now being called "trugs"? If the latter, yes, it happens to me too. I just buy the cheapest I can find, and regard them as expendable. It helps if you always pick them up by both handles simultaneously rather than yank them up by one. Are we talking muck buckets here? If so, calling them trugs seems an upwardly mobile marketing strategy which may sadly work. -- No plan survives contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(") For what it's worth, those little mechanically propelled trolleys used by hospital porters are also called trugs! Bill |
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