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Post hole digger auger length

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Richard

02-09-2004 10:49:13




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How long should the auger be if you want to drill 2-3 foor post holes. Seems like you have to account for the distance og the hydraulic arms from the gound. Would a five foot do the trick???




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Bill Smith

02-09-2004 20:32:17




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 Re: Post hole digger auger length in reply to Richard, 02-09-2004 10:49:13  
Post hole diggers are designed in the way that when all the way lowered, the gear head is at ground level. Now then, with digger mounted on the tractor, raise it to fully raised. Now measure from the gear head to the ground. Take about 6 inches off and that is how long of auger you can put on the digger. You will have no problems only going 3 foot. Here is some advice. Unless you are sinking a load bearing post, dig the deepest hole you can dig with the digger (using the longest auger possible). Then when you pull the auger out of the ground and a bunch of dirt falls back in the whole, you don't have to clean the loose dirt out by hand if it is still a deep enough whole. If you dig a 3 foot hole and dirt falls back in, you have to clean it out by hand to end up having it 3 foot deep. But if you dig a 4 foot hole, and a foot of dirt falls back in, yep you guessed it, you still have a 3 foot hole and you can say the heck with it and you don't have to dig any dirt out by hand. But that won't work for a load bearing post because the post will settle on the losse dirt it is on top of. Here is another tip, when drilling in dry dirt after auger is all the way in ground, dump about 2 gallon of water in there with the auger and let it spin a few times. It will pull out the damp dirt and less dirt will fall back in hole that way. Just don't dump to much water in because then it will be like soup and will be worse yet then the dry crumbly dirt.

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RayP(MI)

02-09-2004 17:22:46




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 Re: Post hole digger auger length in reply to Richard, 02-09-2004 10:49:13  

Think mine's about 4' - short of going out and getting cold to measure! One of the problems you may run into is the vertical lift capacity of your tractor. You have to be able to lift the auger clear of the ground for transport, and then be able to lower it to the depth you need. I ran into trouble with mine, and had to modify the point where the wishbone attaches to the boom to get ground clearance. Now, I can easily drill to a depth of 3 1/2 feet or more. I don't know how you'll know short of putting unit on your tractor and trying it.

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Burlgoat

02-09-2004 17:12:15




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 Re: Post hole digger auger length in reply to Richard, 02-09-2004 10:49:13  
Richard
Paul is correct most are a standard length.Mine only drills 38 inches deep that's when the head hits the top of hole.



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Burlgoat

02-09-2004 17:10:50




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 Re: Post hole digger auger length in reply to Richard, 02-09-2004 10:49:13  
Richard
Paul is correct most are a standard length.Mine only drills 38 inches deep that's when the head hits the top of hole.



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paul

02-09-2004 11:55:54




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 Re: Post hole digger auger length in reply to Richard, 02-09-2004 10:49:13  
On a 3pt? they are pretty much standard length, don't know that you can order shorter ones or why you would want to? All the 3pt ones I've been around have special linkage so the gear head can touch the ground when all the way down. full use of the auger is possible, or you can stop sooner.

--->Paul



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