Anyone use a manual post hole auger?

[Big T]

Hey Ant Petrol Augers are ok on Farmland / Woodland areas . Although they are crap on dometic jobs as the tend to find gas pipes , water pipies and even cables ?

 

Yeah, thats what I thought! Never hurts to get a second opinion! Hows the chipper doing!?

[slim reaper]

I use one of these , it make a nice parallel hole up to four feet deep.

slim

[Big T]

Looks interesting! Did you get one in the UK?

[hedgesparrow]

Looks interesting! Did you get one in the UK?

 

+1 looks a good tool. and the spud bar. why is it the usa have these firms selling what you need. but UK job to find a firm like hoover. nich in the market

[White Noise]

Yeah, thats what I thought! Never hurts to get a second opinion! Hows the chipper doing!?

 

Ant it is due a medal after the work load it has completed of late . Thanks for the thought About time you posted some pics of your machine : ) If your after a petrol auger I may be able to direct you to a suitable seller of such goods . He did have a petrol Auger for sale 2 month ago will check to see if it is still available . Regards Paul.

[slim reaper]

Looks interesting! Did you get one in the UK?

I bought it brand new form a builder who bought a scaffold tower from me.

It was a real coincidence,I had been trying to locate one for a long time and when he opened the van to load the scaffold it was in the back so I made him an offer he could not refuse and was worth every penny

the spirit level in the pic is 4ft long

 

slim

[Gavint]

Yep, they're hard slugging. A better way with hand tools is to get both a clam shovel and a 5' long steel,pry bar. You start the hole with a spade, to about 1'deep, then drive the clam shovel down, lifting out bits of dirt. The bar is for bashing stones out to where they can be grabbed with the clam shovel. Also hard slugging, but way faster than with a hand auger. I found that in glacial till soil with lots of stones, it's the only way to do it, even better than with a tractor mounted post holer attachment.

 

The trick is to find the Zen of post hole digging... Ohmmmm.

[ScottF]

The Stihl one-man auger is great fun to use in rocky soil. The trick is to get the autostop/brake thing to catch before it throws you over a hedge. Hilarious.

[tommer9]

With an adapted frame, so that one of the operators can anchor a bar to the ground, and as long as you are ready for it to hit a stone, the stihl ones are excellent- used one for years with no problem.

[Treewolf]

I bought it brand new form a builder who bought a scaffold tower from me.

It was a real coincidence,I had been trying to locate one for a long time and when he opened the van to load the scaffold it was in the back so I made him an offer he could not refuse and was worth every penny

the spirit level in the pic is 4ft long

 

slim

 

Any chance of a photo of the digging head? I think I see how it works.