Mick Oz
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2006
- Messages
- 136
- Location
- Townsville Queensland
- Tractor
- Ferguson TED20 TEF20 DongFeng ZB25
It's been a long while since I posted here but you know how it goes , I was busy.
I am getting ready to put in about a hundred mixed tees and plants and will be using my phd with a 6 inch auger to break into the hard dry clay.
After the wet season it usually works ok, but for the other 9/ 10 months of the year the auger goes in about 4 inches then just grinds round. So I have to add water and soak the hole for a day or so and that will get me down another few inches each time.
But when I put a 8 foot steel tube on the end of the PHD boom and i swing off that I can force the auger down to 3 feet or so in just 10 minutes.
Extra weight seems to be the answer for my need, but I only got the PHD this year and won't drill holes in it to add weight. Plus adding weight ontop of the boom seems a little dangerous on the rough ground I have to drive over.
Has anyone added extra weight on the lift arms at the base of the A frame supporting the PHD boom?
Seems like it should work, but I can't see where it has been done already.
Any thoughts?
Mick
I am getting ready to put in about a hundred mixed tees and plants and will be using my phd with a 6 inch auger to break into the hard dry clay.
After the wet season it usually works ok, but for the other 9/ 10 months of the year the auger goes in about 4 inches then just grinds round. So I have to add water and soak the hole for a day or so and that will get me down another few inches each time.
But when I put a 8 foot steel tube on the end of the PHD boom and i swing off that I can force the auger down to 3 feet or so in just 10 minutes.
Extra weight seems to be the answer for my need, but I only got the PHD this year and won't drill holes in it to add weight. Plus adding weight ontop of the boom seems a little dangerous on the rough ground I have to drive over.
Has anyone added extra weight on the lift arms at the base of the A frame supporting the PHD boom?
Seems like it should work, but I can't see where it has been done already.
Any thoughts?
Mick