Recommended
tools and equipment
Stout footwear/steel toecaps and sturdy waterproof outdoor clothing
are very important on all courses, both for safety and comfort in out changeable
weather
The tools listed below are used on the various DRST courses. Bring your own
if you have them, DRST has some that can loaned for the day and some can probably
be shared.
(Check out the gallery for photos of some of these tools)
Hedge
Steeping (Laying)
Billhook
Bowsaw
Felling Axe
Beetle
Leather gloves
Pruning saw
Digger/Two-bill shovel
Slasher
Rope and Loppers
Cleft
gate hurdles
Froe and mallet
Shave horse
Drawknife
Axe
Billhook
Twybil, chisel or knife
Hammer and nails
Mortice template
Pencil
Wattle
Hurdles
Bowsaw
Billhook
Mouldboard
Loppers
Mallet
Chopping block
Cob
walling
Shovel and Fork
Digger
Coppicing
Bowsaw
Billhook
Felling axe
Mallet
Digger
Cobblestoning
Digger
Shovel
Hammer
Trowel
Beetle
Kneeling pads
Stone
Walling, Stone Facing and Turf Hedging
Digger
Shovel
Crowbar
Gloves
Beetle
Hammer
Steel toecapped boots
Billhook
Bowsaw
Safety glasses/goggles