CDN Farm Boy
Veteran Member
But really, sometimes the easiest answer is to just get out the hand tools and go at it.
Hand dig? Really? He has a backhoe. Doesn't get any easier than that unless he gets someone else to do it ;-)
But really, sometimes the easiest answer is to just get out the hand tools and go at it.
Apparently I'm in the minority, I'd go for the backhoe without question. I've lost count of how many sonotubes I've done over the years with a hoe...probably a couple hundred. So much so that if my choices were using an auger I had vs renting a backhoe (or mini-ex) I'd rent.
Now if you had a large auger on a skid steer or mini-ex, that would be I different story. In my mind, a PHD on the back of a tractor is all but useless once you've run one on either of the other 2 machines. The control and down pressure makes you wonder why you ever bothered to fight with a PHD on a 3pt hitch.
You bought the BX25 for a reason I presume. Why not use it for what it was meant for? Get out there and dig some holes!