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Improving your post hole digger.

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Arnold

06-19-2000 23:24:34

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In trying to make holes on somewhat harder soil, what have you tried to improve the performance of the auger? I have tried a different tip which helped some, but I would still like to know if there is something else out there I should try.

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Arnold

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John

06-21-2000 08:54:52

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Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to Arnold, 06-19-2000 23:24:34

I have a Ford digger on an 8N working in clay. New cutting edges helped alot but not always. What I do is add a 5 to 8' bar to the back of the digger frame and either add some weights or have a person press down on it. Always keep an operator on the tractor with the second option. I have to be sure to control the depth feed rate once I get through the hard-pan. The thing can screw itself into the ground fast enough that the 3 point won't lift it out. If that happens then I shut the tractor off (hydraulics and engine)and have to back the auger out by applying a 24" pipe wrench to the PTO drive shaft. Hope that helps.

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hay

06-20-2000 08:56:33

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Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to Arnold, 06-19-2000 23:24:34

i hear ya about digging in hardpan. one trick i use is to dig a little and when it stops digging down withdraw the digger and fill the hole with water and let it soak a while. simple, but very effective.also you might check into a "fishtail" paddle bit for the bottom of the auger. it helps "bite"in the soil better. LOL

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Skippie

06-20-2000 07:20:05

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Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to Arnold, 06-19-2000 23:24:34

Check the Archive Articles one person posted info on putting a hydraulic cylinder on top of the post hole digger to create downward pressure. I am going to do that since I have to put in a bunch of post holes on a primarily gravel hill.
Good Luck!

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F14

06-20-2000 02:59:53

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Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to Arnold, 06-19-2000 23:24:34

I have made tips last a bit longer by running a bead of hardfacing on the cutting edge.

Only other thing I know of that helps is down-pressure. Unfortunately, I don't have that on my hitch, and a digger that mounts to a loader arm is WAY out of my price range.

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Kim Hartshorn

06-20-2000 06:50:53

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Re: Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to F14, 06-20-2000 02:59:53

I do not have a post hole digger...yet. But reading this thread and seeing a picture in the photo ads of a front plow operated via cable from the 3pt hitch makes me wonder if you could do something similar with the loader. Attach a cable to the boom of the posthole digger, run it under a block at the back and front of the tractor and attatch it...even just hook it to the loader. Up with the loader would equal down pressure on the auger. I would think that the biggest problem might be in applying too much pressure...maybe some kind of a spring in the system would make it a bit safer.

Good Luck

Kim Hartshorn from NY

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RWK in WI

06-20-2000 18:41:40

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Re: Re: Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to Kim Hartshorn, 06-20-2000 06:50:53

I have an inexpensive 12 volt ATV winch which I bolt to my swinging drawbar and run the cable through a pully attached to the top of the lift hook on the gear box of the digger and then hook the cable back to the swinging drawbar. Using the hand control I can apply down preasure and reverse the winch when I want to lift the digger. Don't laugh, it works.

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RWK in WI

06-20-2000 18:22:55

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Re: Re: Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to Kim Hartshorn, 06-20-2000 06:50:53

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F14...Hmmmmmm

06-20-2000 16:04:31

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Re: Re: Re: Improving your post hole digger. in reply to Kim Hartshorn, 06-20-2000 06:50:53

That's a heck of an idea. Might have to fool with that a bit and see if it works. Thanks!

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