LINQ Shovel Mount

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This is a Shovel Mount I built for my 850.
 

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I have ran a variety of setups and this one best so far,every handle round,oval or square coated or uncounted has freezing issues when trying to extend them.This setup takes 2 seconds to remove and reattach no extending on handle needed.I still have a teaspoon shovel that’s on my back pack.
 

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I have ran a variety of setups and this one best so far,every handle round,oval or square coated or uncounted has freezing issues when trying to extend them.This setup takes 2 seconds to remove and reattach no extending on handle needed.I still have a teaspoon shovel that’s on my back pack.
I carry the same BCA shovel on my back that I have mounted on the box - with the slide style I find that I just have to twist the 2 halves in opposite direction and it always comes apart - with my setup in the picture it usually extends itself as I pull it out of the holders - ready to give it the gawd damn biscuits
 

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I carry the same BCA shovel on my back that I have mounted on the box - with the slide style I find that I just have to twist the 2 halves in opposite direction and it always comes apart - with my setup in the picture it usually extends itself as I pull it out of the holders - ready to give it the gawd damn biscuits


That’s good it works well,I was looking for the Largest Shovel available when I set this up 8 yrs ago for moving snow faster with it’s
11-3/4” x 12-1/2” deep dish blade.I believe your model is 9” x 11” ,my Shovel & Silky Saw are my best buddies sometimes lol!
 

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That’s good it works well,I was looking for the Largest Shovel available when I set this up 8 yrs ago for moving snow faster with it’s
11-3/4” x 12-1/2” deep dish blade.I believe your model is 9” x 11” ,my Shovel & Silky Saw are my best buddies sometimes lol!
I seen a few of these out there too - to each their own for sure
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This is a Shovel Mount I built for my 850.

How strong will that shovel be in hard snow after a avalanche ran threw.. had a guy with something similar this year that broke his after using it a few times he said.. broke the shaft in the middle
 

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How strong will that shovel be in hard snow after a avalanche ran threw.. had a guy with something similar this year that broke his after using it a few times he said.. broke the shaft in the middle
There was a good video online that I watched not long ago showing how weak those "D" handle shovels are - I personally think the BCA shovels that go into hoe mode are quality shovels and they can move alot of snow quickly - everytime I've been in hoe mode digging the dirty out - I always have had people comment on the amount of snow that has been evacuated
 

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I seen a few of these out there too - to each their own for sure//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210401/83246f136e56ccd9ead9741b242b50cf.jpg

Funny you posted that,attended a Avalanche Symposium in 1987 and one of the Guest Speakers mentioned a #8 Aluminum Grain Scoop.Him and his friend were back country skiing when the fellow speaking was buried face up in a slide.His friend skied with a Grain Scoop on his back and when he digging him out scooped a chunk of meat off the bridge of his nose.He laughed about it and never complained,he had pretty good scar to show.

How strong will that shovel be in hard snow after a avalanche ran threw.. had a guy with something similar this year that broke his after using it a few times he said.. broke the shaft in the middle

I guess nothing unbrakable,but I think a high percentage of the times if the Snow is Rock Hard your recovering a body not live rescue.I can attest to this first hand as I was caught in large slide west of the Columbia Ice Fields in 2008.It was 2:00 pm +10c NW Aspect,when I dug myself out approx 10 min had passed.I got on my sled and was climbing out of bowl over a 4’ deposit at toe of slide,I eased into expecting it to be firm
and was Very Soft.I was full throttle after that and I was running a 20”x174” track.
 
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