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Shovels Built for Tree Planting, Forestry & Arboriculture
Whether you're planting bare-root stock in a reforestation corridor, removing a root ball in a residential yard, or working a nursery row in clay-heavy soil — the shovel in your hand makes a real difference. The wrong tool tears roots, wears you out, and slows the whole operation down.
Metal Concepts builds American-made sharpshooter shovels and precision digging tools for tree planters, foresters, and arborists who need a hand digging tool that actually performs. Our Sharpshooter® is purpose-built for the narrow, controlled digging that tree
The Tools Tree Planters & Arborists Reach For
Sharpshooter Shovel
The Sharpshooter® was designed for narrow, deep digging — which makes it one of the best landscaping and tree planting shovels on the market. The blade drives cleanly into root zones and planting holes without disturbing surrounding soil. Lightweight enough for high-volume planting days. Tough enough to handle rocky, clay-heavy, or root-bound ground.
Dig Bar + Sharpshooter Combo
Rocky forest floors, compacted urban tree pits, and caliche-heavy soils don't yield easily. The dig bar breaks through the hard layer first — then the Sharpshooter finishes the job. Arborists and forestry crews working in difficult terrain rely on this combination every day.
D-Handle Sharpshooter Shovel | Metal Concepts
D-Handle Sharpshooter:
Tree work often happens in tight spaces — between surface roots, inside planting rings, or working around underground utilities in urban tree pits. The D-handle sharpshooter gives you the control to work precisely without damaging the root zone or the surrounding landscape.
Premium Chromoly Steel Construction
Strong enough to pry through root systems and handle the repeated impact of rocky soil.
Narrow, Penetrating Blade
Minimizes soil disruption around root balls and plant root zones — critical for transplanting and precision planting work.
Made in the USA
Built in Phoenix, AZ — no imports, no compromises.
Built for the Jobs Tree & Forestry Crews Do Every Day
Tree planters, arborists, and forestry professionals use the Sharpshooter® for:
- Bare-root and container tree planting
- Balled-and-burlapped tree installation
- Tree and shrub transplanting
- Root pruning and root ball access
- Stump removal hand digging
- Reforestation and native plant installation
- Urban tree pit preparation
- Nursery row digging and harvesting
- Trail and access trench work in forested terrain
Built to Last in the Field and the Forest
Hot-dip galvanized — the zinc bonds to the steel at the molecular level, protecting from rust and moisture from the inside out. These shovels handle wet forest floors, muddy nursery beds, and years of outdoor storage.
Made in Phoenix, AZ — 100% American-made. No imports.
Buy 2 or more and save 15% — ideal for planting crews and arborist teams.
What Field Professionals Are Saying
Professional forestry crews don’t buy one shovel—they buy solutions.
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Dig Bar Sharpshooter Shovel | Metal Concepts
Sharpshooter Shovel | Metal Concepts
D-Handle Sharpshooter Shovel | Metal Concepts
