Need Some Augurs to Tell Me about Augers for Cub Cadet

[Iron Cross Junction]

Just posted an intro.

I'm now here to annoy the old hands who have likely heard the same or similar question more than a few times before. [Yes, as noted below, did search first.]

Anyway, as mentioned in intro post, my (otherwise darling ) wife has a grand plan to put in forsythia along an extended fence line and other plants elsewhere on the place.

No big deal EXCEPT.

We basically live on rock. Can't imagine our folks ever eked out a living of any kind on this "ground." Hardscrabble indeed.

That led me to see if our Cub Cadet (2007 GT2550; c.515 hours) would handle an auger and if such existed.

When I say "rock," I don't mean solid granite like Stone Mountain, but aggregate that is hard to dig by hand, but crumbles easily enough when properly "persuaded." Well, until it doesn't and one encounters an invisible boulder.

In our case, we aren't talking about an English formal garden with exact spacing, so we'd just move the hole over a bit until the rock "disappeared."

Thought an auger -- if such existed and could be attached to our machine's PTO -- might do the trick.

After searching this forum, have become a bit depressed about that. See, e.g., http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-hole-digger-pto-vs.html?highlight=2550+auger.

Maybe I should just rent something or hire someone to knock this job out. Still, would prefer to have an auger I could attach when the Good Idea Fairy visits my sweetie.

Appreciate your time in any responses.

Thanks.

Bill

 

[jenkinsph]

Rent a skid steer with a planetary auger for drilling post holes or hire some one who has this set up.
To save time and money paint a bunch of gravel with bright colored paint and mark the spot for the holes with these painted rocks. Get all of these posts marked before you rent/hire the machine. Make sure you can get a machine to these locations.

Don't know of any good phd's that will work with your mower.

 

[aczlan]

Another option, our local rental yard has a walk behind skid steer (I think it's a Toro Dingo) which has a auger attachment for it. That should work very well for that size hole and it would be much more maneuverable than the tractor. I think it was around $160 to rent it for the day...

Aaron Z

 

[oldnslo]

4th of July is coming so have your own fire works show and blast some holes

Lived in an area where we had to blast to dig water lines just don't look up while the dust is coming down.

 

[jenkinsph]

Another option, our local rental yard has a walk behind skid steer (I think it's a Toro Dingo) which has a auger attachment for it. That should work very well for that size hole and it would be much more maneuverable than the tractor. I think it was around $160 to rent it for the day...

Aaron Z

That is the best option if a Dingo is available near you.

 

[Iron Cross Junction]

Well, I wrote a thanking reply last evening, but managed to send it into the netherworld somewhere.

Anyway, very much appreciate the responses.

I really like the explosives approach -- and, in Frederick County not sure anyone would notice -- but will look into the "hire a guy" options.

Thanks again for the welcome ... and "no flames for the new guy" responses.

Bill