That was a real steep learning curve!

Posted by gwstang on April 22, 2014 at 17:14:24 from (12.230.229.182):

Wifey talked me into getting a 3 point post hole digger. You know how that goes, she was just begging me to get one....lol, yeah right. Anyway, I snuck one into the barn while she was off doing girly stuff. You know how that goes too..."Yeah dear, I've had that for a good long while." Rub a little dirt on it and she will never know the difference. Well, I put it together and decided to give it a shot! Went to a secluded area on the other side of the front field where the garden is and lowered it down and it bites right on in. I raised and lowered it as some have written for instructions to help the newbies at this. Well, it started getting pretty deep and the 12" auger was going to town and then it happened! It grabbed a hold of something and went all the way in! I mean to the dang gear box! :shock: I undid the pto shaft and then kept pulling upward with the lift handle to get it loose and it would not budge. The old '52 8N just did not have enough upward lift to budge it. I finally went and got the post hole diggers...the old kind that use to build "character" as your father would say... and dug way down until I had enough of a side hole to release it. Of course you know who got home about that time and she says..."What is that?" Oh crap! Busted! :? "Uh, I found it on the side of the road?" Nah, I used that one last time. Uhm, "I borrowed it", "yeah, that's right, I borrowed it"! "From who", she says. Uhhhmmmm, oh hell, just tell her the truth already. :oops:

Any way, there is a right steep learning curve on these things. If it hadn't got so dang deep, I could have used a pipe to unscrew it, but it had sank all the way to the hilt. Whatever it grabbed would not let go.

Replies:

• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Bret4207 05:17:26 04/25/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! W_B 05:28:10 04/25/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Mark - IN. 17:18:00 04/23/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! gwstang 16:35:13 04/24/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! DoubleR 05:36:32 04/23/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Eldon (WA) 21:23:40 04/22/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! c-man 05:24:14 04/23/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! NCWayne 21:17:58 04/22/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! chucksoliver77 20:10:00 04/22/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! The tractor vet 20:00:24 04/22/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Paul from MI 19:00:23 04/22/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Lazy WP 05:50:55 04/23/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! aFORDable 18:41:58 04/22/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! gwstang 19:07:21 04/22/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! C. Amick 18:34:01 04/22/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! HenryO 19:20:18 04/22/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Davis SC 18:11:02 04/22/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! wisbaker 17:51:28 04/22/14 (6)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Areo 18:30:14 04/22/14 (1)
    • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! IH2444 18:36:43 04/22/14 (0)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! gwstang 18:00:25 04/22/14 (3)
    • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Janicholson 20:45:43 04/22/14 (0)
    • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Notjustair 19:28:38 04/22/14 (1)
      • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! mkirsch 05:29:14 04/25/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Adirondack case guy 17:32:30 04/22/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! gwstang 17:56:10 04/22/14 (0)
• Re: That was a real steep learning curve! Super Trucker 17:25:46 04/22/14 (1)
  • Re: That was a real steep learning curve! gwstang 17:53:15 04/22/14 (0)

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