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Broadfork without removable spikes?

 
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Hi,
in the broadfork videos i see online, people show how the spikes can be removed and explain
how this eases work i really hard soil.

Now i found a manufacturer of broadforks in my country, however his product has fixed spikes.

Here is the link:
https://www.greentools.tech/gtt-story/

My soil i really hard and full of rocks, can this type of broadfork still work me,
or should i import one with removeable spikes?

Thanks in advance
 
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We have this one https://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/bed-preparation-tools/broadforks/johnnys-520-broadfork-9677.html  whose round tines bent a lot in our rocky clay soil. I think they were removable/replaceable but would have to look to be sure? We did a lot of banging them back in line.

We later bought this one https://meadowcreature.com/collections/broadforks that has tines similar to those in your link.  It worked much better in our then rocky soil....but we moved to some land that was a black clay that was impossible except at a vary narrow moisture level window and then had to stand on it and wiggle it a long long time with every bite. The tines are not removable but I can't see them breaking or bending although I suppose someone with more strength than I could do it

Our son borrowed the second one and worked a lot of not so rocky new garden area with it.

 
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I have the meadow creature fork. The times are not removable. It works great. It would be very, very hard to damage it. I would buy the fixed tine one you can get locally.
 
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My broadfork has fixed tines and works well. This is the one that I use: https://www.fdryan.com/store/p69/broadfork.html

The one in the link you posted has wooden handles. I'm not sure how that would go with heavy duty stuff - it would work fine for going over existing beds, but for using on compacted heavy soil or around lots of rocks it may not go as well as a full metal one.
 
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