Alan L.
Elite Member
We are trying to build a small dog pen which consists of about 25 posts and 150' of welded wire fencing. Got up early and went 28 miles to rent a one-man hole digger. In our damp heavy clay that came out of the bottom our our newly dug tank, it would dig only 6" and bog down. Did the 56 mile round trip again to trade for a two-man rig. This rig would just screw itself into the heavy clay and it didn't take long to figure out the two-men would be in the hospital by the time we got 25 of these dug.
I finally went to Tractor Supply and forked over $500 for their post hole digger - $369 for the gear box and $89 for the 6" auger, plug gear oil, etc and tax. By the time we got it assembled and on the tractor it was dark-thirty. We did however dig a hole with it on my 2710 and it worked great - no trouble pulling it out of the hole. A whole day wasted trying to say the money on a digger I will probably need anyway. Let it be a lesson.......
I finally went to Tractor Supply and forked over $500 for their post hole digger - $369 for the gear box and $89 for the 6" auger, plug gear oil, etc and tax. By the time we got it assembled and on the tractor it was dark-thirty. We did however dig a hole with it on my 2710 and it worked great - no trouble pulling it out of the hole. A whole day wasted trying to say the money on a digger I will probably need anyway. Let it be a lesson.......