I was trying to rototill sod to plant garlic this fall. I thought I was breaking up a parking lot. The Broadfork worked great. it detached the sod roots and broke up the soil that had a lot of clay. It is definitely on my must have tool list.

After reading the 1-2 star reviews, (after ordering), I was afraid I'd wasted my $$$. When the tool arrived I found the tines much thicker than I'd imagined from reading the reviews, and the handles appear to be solid wood covered with fiberglass though I didn't try to remove one of the grips to find out. With my two garden partners we tore through 3000 square feet of NEW ground in just a few hours after work over the course of three days. Now that the initial "tilling" of this patch is finished, next year's work will be even easier.

I've been wanting a broadfork for several seasons now, but have never wanted to spend the money. When my favorite garden fork broke, I just didn't have a choice but to buy one. The price and quality of the Bully Broadfork is excellent. I had absolutely no trouble attaching the handles, and happily spent the morning digging up everything in sight with very little effort, Even the clay and rocks we grow in Eastern P.A. seem to be workable with this tool after a good rainstorm.

I wanted to start no-till gardening and since I have a garden started already, I just needed to turn my soil over to incorporate the compost from last fall into the soil. I tried using a pitch fork but since I am not suppose to use my back a lot, I found out that this was not going to work. I finally decided to try the broadfork and I love it! I was able to go down 12" and mix the soil in from the top with very little effort. The extra bonus is getting the rocks out. Normally, I would have to get a shovel and dig around it (we have big rocks in our area) then coax it out. Not with the broadfork. To my surprise, I would step on the fork and push it down deep then just pull back on the fork and the rock was lifted out. Can't tell you how easy this was. How I wish I had this years before. It is well worth every dollar spent.

My father was an Ag. Teacher and a large portion of my boyhood was spent working in a very large vegetable garden alongside Little Trout River in upstate NY. I finally retired and have time to garden again but simply didn't want to mess around with a tractor or even a rototiller. We now live in North Carolina and bought a place on nearly three acres. The garden spot luckily has a fair amount of sand content along with some clay and a few rocks. I'd call my current gardening approach "low till" as I'm committed to organic soil building and try to disturb the soil ecosystem as little as possible. Our soil was so poor I could hardly find one earthworm the first year but the worms and yields are now bountiful. This tool is PERFECT for the low till, small scale gardener and is capable of way more than "aerating" beds. If quack grass was $$$, I'd be a millionaire but using this rugged broadfork perfectly uproots them and easily prepares a final seed bed 36" wide digging two side-by-side 20" swaths. I previously used a 6.5" wide garden fork and it was tedious to say the least! I wondered about spending over $100 for a cultivating tool but now realize this is the BEST investment that many home gardeners could ever make. This tool is way more versatile and useful than the short video hints at and installing the handles was struggle-free. USA quality in every respect and there's absolutely nothing wimpy about this BULLY TOOL. Lehman's shipped it free by Fed Ex within three days besides!

I agree with both Dan's louise's comment about the handles. While they didn't quite fit they are nigh indestructible. Recommend gloves when installing them to protect you from fiberglass shaved off in the process. I can see how lovely this tool must be for previously worked soils but in the hard clay and roots I had I mangled the tines in about 20'. I am going to try a blade style tined fork on my soils to open fresh ground. The square tines haven't broke nor the welds broken but I have lost the angles. Fortunately I will be able to get them rebent this spring when the weather warms up and I get access to my anvil again.

Attention needed to the diameter of the handles which did not fit the holes in the fork that were supposed to hold them. So we chiseled the handles down. We haven't gotten the fork into the dirt yet as time ran out working on the handles.

I have to assume the first reviewer is not personally using the tool. The handle is a hybrid of hardwood wrapped in fiberglass. I use my Bully Tools on our farm and can see they are engineered to solve the points of failure of other tools. I challenge the first reviewer to try to break the handles of the hybrid handles of Bully Tools.

This is a Walmart-quality tool. In other words, yes, it is half the price of a decent tool, but it won't last one hundredth as long. Fiberglass handles? Are you kidding me?

I just received this as a gift and I love it!! No gas and oil! Only change I would suggest is wooden handles.

It was very hard to get the feeling of trying to turn the broadfork after using a spading fork but after using the broadfork it was very easy after that and would recommend it for old ground.

Wonderful product for prepping the raised beds with minimal effort! Anxious to use this at drip lines of all fruit trees and 40 blueberry bushes when the weather permits. Already shared with gardening friends the advantages I realize with only a few hours work. Thanks!

I received my broadfork for christmas and I can honestly say after 40 years of gardening this tool is fantastic. I used to use a mantis tiller and this does a much better job without the hassle of another gas engine to run. I have a 36' green house and now I can maintain the beds without running a gas engine in the enclosure. It is really is a must for anyone who is serious about gardening. I am just beginning to find out all it's uses. It is well built and heavy, so lifting up will help build your upper body strength. Happy tilling, Ed From Oregon