Comment by twarge

These shovels are marvels of mechanical disadvantage. When I had to manually plough a field, the Kodali-type shovel was a much better configuration than a normal shovel because your arms are around the shovel instead of at the far end of a stick.

https://www.ppguk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/PPG-UK-NMM-...

https://www.photosnepal.com/photo/a-kodali-blx54z6kz