Long handled shovel

I have the rack mountable version of this Rhino rack Pioneer bracket and can say they are the "ant's pants" for securing a shovel.

My previous brackets had a screw that bit into the wooden handle, whereas this type of clamp leaves the handle unscathed.

easy enough to make a set of shovel holders that mount to the roofrack. have a look at the pic in the Rhino link above...then just get some tubular steel, weld a flat bit of plate to the back of it to use to mount to the rack, drill a hole through the front side of the tube and weld a nut to that over the hole, now get a wing nut type bolt (i actually got a wing nut and an allen key headed bolt and screwed them together then welded in place to make the one bolt) and screw that through the welded nut, now paint it and job done. as Sand Man has mentioned, the bolt bites into the handle of the shovel and gouges it up, but that doesn't concern me at all.
or you can go to a 4wd shop and buy a plastic version of what i've just talked about making, which is the Rhino gear

Hi rumpig
Problem is, that not everybody have well equipped workshop like you and me, and not everybody have no how....
Yes, and the one above is lockable by real key!
Ciao Dana

I cut about 5cm off the handle so it could lie across the back floor. Now it's a not so long handled shovel but still works OK.

Hello Tony,
I couldn't see anywhere any mention of the type of car you have. I did notice you said you didn't have a roof rack (a point a few others seem to have missed).

Prior to getting a roof rack myself, I used to strap it to the rear door mounted spare wheel. Is that an option for you? It wouldn't take much to make up something semi-permanent too. A bit of tube with a nut welded onto it and a bolt with a "T" handle on it. Then some threaded rod with a washer or step that would replace one of your wheel nuts.
It would help to hold your spare on, then use the leverage from your shovel handle to unwind it if you needed your spare, and it would hold your shovel at other times.

Just an idea.

Fab.