Posted by IOWA NORTHEAST on February 24, 2011 at 14:33:20 from (206.72.18.89):
In Reply to: Re: post hole digger posted by Tom in TN on February 24, 2011 at 10:33:28:
Tom, If you take a chunk of steel, and bolt it to your auger about eight inches up, it will tear the soil to any width hole you need. Do not do this near the bottom, because your auger will drift out of the hole in looser soils.
We use a eight inch bit in a hand held, and we have hard clay soil in some spots. Any auger will dig if you sharpen the bit / cutting edge. I show some guys, the hand held will dig through a 7 x 9 oak RR tie if you give it lots of time.
If their is ANY flat surface on the bottom of your cutting edge, it will not dig. Always sharpen from the top side, and if it is dry, make it real sharp.
If you can take a butcher knife and cut the soil, a heavy post hole digger should never stop unless their is rocks, or frozen soil.
I have fixed alot of post hole diggers for farmers because they did not dig in hard dry soil. Many have sat for years in the corner of the machine shed, and can be purchased real cheap if you want to be dishonest.
One young man did not sharpen it, he rode it with a jacket on, while dad drove the tractor. Yea, you guessed it, he still has his left arm, but it is for looks only, and usualy it is under a long armed shirt.
If anyone ever gets caught with a dull blade, and only a few holes left, and you must apply down pressure........Stick a long crow bar, or shaft in the top, and lean on it way back away from the machine.
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