1 man phd and auger from TSC
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wroughtn_harv
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wroughtn_harv
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B7510
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wroughtn_harv,
I gotta ask, what were you trying to fence in, or out?
THAT is one stout fence post!
Reminds me of the posts I set for a gate to the back yard. Somebody gave me a 14' 10x10 so it started out pretty stout. One post was part of the property line fence and the other one was tight to the stone foundation of the house and the post hole sort of undermined a concrete slab too. So I just filled the entire hole with concrete.
The next summer we sold the house and the first thing the new owner did was try and put his camper in the back yard. The gate was a couple of inches too narrow. Well, he didn't want to tear up the fence so he decided to pull the post next to the house. Took him the entire weekend before he gave up digging and cut it flush with the top of the concrete.
I would recommend a similar solution if anybody ever wants to pull THAT post of yours.
I gotta ask, what were you trying to fence in, or out?
THAT is one stout fence post!
Reminds me of the posts I set for a gate to the back yard. Somebody gave me a 14' 10x10 so it started out pretty stout. One post was part of the property line fence and the other one was tight to the stone foundation of the house and the post hole sort of undermined a concrete slab too. So I just filled the entire hole with concrete.
The next summer we sold the house and the first thing the new owner did was try and put his camper in the back yard. The gate was a couple of inches too narrow. Well, he didn't want to tear up the fence so he decided to pull the post next to the house. Took him the entire weekend before he gave up digging and cut it flush with the top of the concrete.
I would recommend a similar solution if anybody ever wants to pull THAT post of yours.
I've used them in the same sandy soil condtions, a bit South of you. Or, I should say, I rented them and my son-in-law used them; getting too much for an old man to wrestle with. Worked great from my point of view /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif. You get past the roots pretty fast, and there arre no rocks or clay. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif At around $85/day rental, that unit will pay for itself real fast, plus you could sell it when you're done.
wroughtn_harv
Super Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I gotta ask, what were you trying to fence in, or out?)</font>
That post is going to be the one that holds a gate that as close as I can figure will weigh about twelve hundred pounds.
I'm doing a thread on it down in "photos" under "the gate".
Every now and then I get the opportunity to work on interesting projects. This is one of them.
That post is going to be the one that holds a gate that as close as I can figure will weigh about twelve hundred pounds.
I'm doing a thread on it down in "photos" under "the gate".
Every now and then I get the opportunity to work on interesting projects. This is one of them.
Alan L.
Elite Member
Is that Iris?
wroughtn_harv
Super Member
Yup. That's Iris. She's this man's best friend on the job.
I was talking to a heavy equipment mechanic yesterday about working by ourselves. I told him my line was "it's either tools or fools, I'll choose tools." He agreed.
I was talking to a heavy equipment mechanic yesterday about working by ourselves. I told him my line was "it's either tools or fools, I'll choose tools." He agreed.
polecat
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i have the 2 man earthquaker and its adream ..have the 6 and ten in bits and the thinghas paid for itself many times over..the 2 man is actualleasier to handle with one person than the two as the wider handle stancegive you more leverage..kinda like haveing the cheater pipe on my big f3/4 in milwaulkee drill...if you dont have the handle on and the bit catches sumfns gonna break and you can bet it wont b the milwaulkee!! i've run the twoman quaker many times by myself and if the diggins good its a breeze...if your in rocky soil i stand 5'7" and you'ld better watch your ribs...but its still doable...i'd spring for the 2 man and git some brewskies and a bud 2 come over and help...the other half and i put in a new post jist the other day and her hangin on to the other end was a big help...weve got jist bout nothin but rocks here..it was a new mailbox post...ijf it kicks on u DONT TRY TO LET GO !!!
It'll nail u every time!!! know that when you seize up and u will that your ready and braced for it..ALL THE TIME!!! these quakers spin clockwise so if it catches be braced so as to absorb the thrust ..youll git it i promise..find someone at work or sumfn that needs a new fence and join sides ..a day at your place and a day at his..my fencin projects r coming up this nxt week to..wanna come to maine 4 a weekend..we can use my quaker and u dojnt have to buy one!!! the phd'r is correct way to enlarge holes 4 the corner posts too..last year had to carrry all fencin supplies in a wheelbarrow but this years tis aloader carryin my stuff hole to hole /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
TODD oh yeah what is tsc and can u git me a link to it pls
It'll nail u every time!!! know that when you seize up and u will that your ready and braced for it..ALL THE TIME!!! these quakers spin clockwise so if it catches be braced so as to absorb the thrust ..youll git it i promise..find someone at work or sumfn that needs a new fence and join sides ..a day at your place and a day at his..my fencin projects r coming up this nxt week to..wanna come to maine 4 a weekend..we can use my quaker and u dojnt have to buy one!!! the phd'r is correct way to enlarge holes 4 the corner posts too..last year had to carrry all fencin supplies in a wheelbarrow but this years tis aloader carryin my stuff hole to hole /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
TODD oh yeah what is tsc and can u git me a link to it pls
