Posthole Digger Best PTO Post Hole Digger?

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Here is a Danuser that we are currently running on Ebay. Ken Sweet
Used Danuser 12 inch Post Hole Digger, CAN SHIP CHEAP | eBay

 

[Chilly807]

$250 is a very good price if you don't need to buy anything for it. The fact that it's apart (I assume you don't mean the gearbox is stripped down?) is simply the fact that any PHD is a pig to deal with when it's off the tractor. If it does need work then you have to factor in the price of parts. Bearings and seals are cheap for these, most any bearing supply store will have them on the shelf as a rule.


The Speeco augers I've seen I wasn't impressed with, it's one of the things that makes the Woods HD and Land Pride HD augers expensive. A decent new auger is about $200 or more, just the cutting teeth were $150 for my Kubota-branded auger (made by Auburn Consolidated Industries). I made some instead of buying them, cost was minimal doing it that way.

Check out the gearbox and PTO shaft, those are your two main cost items on any auger. If the boom is bent it can be reinforced if it isn't too bad.

Sean

 

[grsthegreat]

$250 is a very good price if you don't need to buy anything for it. The fact that it's apart (I assume you don't mean the gearbox is stripped down?) is simply the fact that any PHD is a pig to deal with when it's off the tractor. If it does need work then you have to factor in the price of parts. Bearings and seals are cheap for these, most any bearing supply store will have them on the shelf as a rule.


The Speeco augers I've seen I wasn't impressed with, it's one of the things that makes the Woods HD and Land Pride HD augers expensive. A decent new auger is about $200 or more, just the cutting teeth were $150 for my Kubota-branded auger (made by Auburn Consolidated Industries). I made some instead of buying them, cost was minimal doing it that way.

Check out the gearbox and PTO shaft, those are your two main cost items on any auger. If the boom is bent it can be reinforced if it isn't too bad.

Sean

just cause there expensive doesn't make them better :laughing: :laughing:

Ive dug 100's and 100's of holes in decomposed granite type soil with mine. I actually finally wore out the bottom 1/2 of the auger with this crappy soil i have. the Speeco has held up tremendously. Its built well and has a heavy gearbox. doesn't leak any oil even after 8 years =/- of work.

It can handle alot of different makes of augers. i can even use rock auger if i wanted to (and had $1,300 - $2,300 handy to buy the thing).

SO to each their own.

 

[Chilly807]

just cause there expensive doesn't make them better :laughing: :laughing:

Ive dug 100's and 100's of holes in decomposed granite type soil with mine. I actually finally wore out the bottom 1/2 of the auger with this crappy soil i have. the Speeco has held up tremendously. Its built well and has a heavy gearbox. doesn't leak any oil even after 8 years =/- of work.

It can handle alot of different makes of augers. i can even use rock auger if i wanted to (and had $1,300 - $2,300 handy to buy the thing).

SO to each their own.

Maybe I should re-phrase my post to reflect that the part I wasn't impressed with is the actual drill part of the auger, not the whole unit.

A decent quality auger (twisty part, now) is not made of 1/8 steel for the flights, and the bottom half is normally a double flute, not a single. The few Speeco augers I've seen were pretty lightly built, and most had the flutes deformed so badly from hitting rocks that they were nearly useless.

I looked at a couple of Land Pride replacement augers, much heavier material and high quality teeth, and the price certainly reflected the difference, nearly twice the cost. I think they were the heavy duty version, which again carries a premium price.

If you're shopping for a replacement auger, or even ordering a PHD new from the dealer, ask exactly what's available for augers. Woods has at least three different grades of auger that will fit the same PHD, Land Pride is the same. I expect Speeco has the same options. Most folks I know are too cheap to buy the good one in the first place, thinking they're only going to be drilling a few holes.

The next owner gets the cheap auger whether he realizes it or not. I didn't buy a used Speeco for that reason, the PHD itself wasn't in bad shape but the auger was beat.

Sean

 

[Timber]

Got to go with Landpride in this 1. It was my very 1st implement.

This is how I store it when not in use

 

[Ductape]

I just bought the Speeco from Tractor Supply about three weeks ago when they were on sale. $420 , plus about $130 for the auger bit.

$250 complete sounds good as long as it doesn't need repairs. I've had my eyes open for one on CL for a couple years....... can't find a used PHD for what I paid for my new one. I regret not buying the slightly used LP hydraulic unit I passed up for a grand a couple years ago.

 

[grsthegreat]

Maybe I should re-phrase my post to reflect that the part I wasn't impressed with is the actual drill part of the auger, not the whole unit.

A decent quality auger (twisty part, now) is not made of 1/8 steel for the flights, and the bottom half is normally a double flute, not a single. The few Speeco augers I've seen were pretty lightly built, and most had the flutes deformed so badly from hitting rocks that they were nearly useless.

I looked at a couple of Land Pride replacement augers, much heavier material and high quality teeth, and the price certainly reflected the difference, nearly twice the cost. I think they were the heavy duty version, which again carries a premium price.

If you're shopping for a replacement auger, or even ordering a PHD new from the dealer, ask exactly what's available for augers. Woods has at least three different grades of auger that will fit the same PHD, Land Pride is the same. I expect Speeco has the same options. Most folks I know are too cheap to buy the good one in the first place, thinking they're only going to be drilling a few holes.

The next owner gets the cheap auger whether he realizes it or not. I didn't buy a used Speeco for that reason, the PHD itself wasn't in bad shape but the auger was beat.

Sean

ok...now i have to defend my poor little Speeco post hole digger...shes all riled up.
hehe
i placed a metal thickness Guage on the metal and it reads at 0.166 inch..thats thicker then 1/8" (which would be 0.125). its actually 6 gage metal thickness. I also have double cutting edges and very strong teeth. i have attached some pics.

maybe its just the one you had looked at?? maybe my supply house sells a better version?? not sure. they do have different tooth styles available i know that. I can also use other brand augers if i wanted to.

I finally got the hydraulic assist unit installed, but im waiting for the tank dump valve to arrive from my Kioti dealer. So i wont be able to play with the thing for a few days yet.

 

[Ductape]

Hey, now I know why mine has that hole in it, and the tab with the hole in it........... :ashamed:

 

[JB4310]

I just bought the Speeco from Tractor Supply about three weeks ago when they were on sale. $420 , plus about $130 for the auger bit.

$250 complete sounds good as long as it doesn't need repairs. I've had my eyes open for one on CL for a couple years....... can't find a used PHD for what I paid for my new one. I regret not buying the slightly used LP hydraulic unit I passed up for a grand a couple years ago.

I made a mistake, 250. was for one I missed out on in CL. The guy said he had 10 calls and sold it to the first one to look at it.

This speeco, the guy wants 500. and when I offered him 250 he said he was insulted, and that he paid 1,300. w/o the 12" auger. I really have no immediate need for a PHD right now. may be doing some fencing in the future. I figure for around 200-300 I can't go wrong for used. otherwise I'll just rent one for the future project.

This speeco looks a little heavier than some others I've seen, but the gear box looks the same. If I tell him a brand new one is only $420. maybe he wont feel so insulted.

JB.

 

[JB4310]

$250 is a very good price if you don't need to buy anything for it. The fact that it's apart (I assume you don't mean the gearbox is stripped down?) is simply the fact that any PHD is a pig to deal with when it's off the tractor.
Check out the gearbox and PTO shaft, those are your two main cost items on any auger. If the boom is bent it can be reinforced if it isn't too bad.

Sean

I now believe that's why the PHD was in components on the floor, this is an older guy and was probably to help make it easier to handle.
The shaft looks fine, I did not inspect the gear box.

But unfortunately this was not for sale for $250. see above post.

JB