Auger extension?

[Strummer]

Anyone build a extension fit their auger ?

 

[jaxs]

Posthole digger auger? I built an extension and was easy enough but not very effective since it didn't clear the hole while digging and had to be assembled after original auger dug all the way in then disassembled on the way out. If I often needed several deep holes I'd build an extension that slides inside auger. It would require a dedicated auger or reconfiguring sleeve that fits gearbox shaft.

 

[Strummer]

Posthole digger auger? I built an extension and was easy enough but not very effective since it didn't clear the hole while digging and had to be assembled after original auger dug all the way in then disassembled on the way out. If I often needed several deep holes I'd build an extension that slides inside auger. It would require a dedicated auger or reconfiguring sleeve that fits gearbox shaft.

Yea for my post hole digger . I want to get down another 18 inches or more .

 

[Rustyiron]

Bobcat and others sell them for the hex and big round "pattern" for SS applications.

 

[Strummer]

Bobcat and others sell them for the hex and big round "pattern" for SS applications.

Mine is not a hex . Heck I don’t even know who made it . I got it in Mahindra package about 20 years ago. It’s a class 1 I do know that .

 

[Fallon]

Mine is not a hex . Heck I don’t even know who made it . I got it in Mahindra package about 20 years ago. It’s a class 1 I do know that .

2" round is the standard PTO PHD size. 2" hex is stronger (but more exensive) & used on hydraulic augers. There is also a big round standard 2 5/16" or something used by some hydraulic units, but not nearly as common as the hex.

 

[woody]

I was considering the same thing as I was supposed to put in a power pole but the job changed and I don't need it, but I may still build one incase I need it. Watching this thread for ideas

 

[Strummer]

I was considering the same thing as I was supposed to put in a power pole but the job changed and I don't need it, but I may still build one incase I need it. Watching this thread for ideas

I plan on building a pole barn . Shooting for to have my post at least 5ft in the ground . If it comes down to it my brother-in-law has 3 pole trucks . Just hard to get him out as busy as he stays .

 

[Strummer]

2" round is the standard PTO PHD size. 2" hex is stronger (but more exensive) & used on hydraulic augers. There is also a big round standard 2 5/16" or something used by some hydraulic units, but not nearly as common as the hex.

Pretty sure mine is 2 inch PHD

 

[EddieWalker]

I thought about doing that for my 3 point post hole digger, but the thought of taking it off and putting it back on while using it, and the auger in the hole and not being able to life it all the way out of the hole, just got too complicated for me. My place was to use the original auger that it came with, and cut it to fit the new auger.

If I absolutely had to drill a hole deeper then 3 feet, I would look into an hydraulic post hole digger that I could mount to my loader if I needed to do it more then once. Or hire it out.

 

[Fallon]

I've got a L4060. 40 engine HP, but only 12-15 HP avalible via hydraulics. Probably 33-35 PTO. You are pretty much always going to have more power on a PTO PHD, but you gain other stuff. I have the smallest Danhuser hydraulic PHD, sized for 9gpm or so & a 12" auger. I can pretty easily stall the auger in hard ground. I doubt it would run a 18" auger & definitely not a bigger one.

Over all the SSQA hydraulic auger is a lot easier to mount & dismount. Downpressure makes up for missing half the HP most of the time. I've never corkscrewed an auger on any machine, but it's nice to know I have reverse if I ever do. Reverse is handy for knocking dirt off the auger out of the hole. Top speed on the hydraulic auger is probably well under half what the 3pt PHD on my old 32hp tractor was. Never had that machine much above idle other than spinning dirt off. Need to boost up the RPMs to get some speed of the little hydraulic HP I have.

More on topic I have probably 4' or more of clearance below the auger mounted on the SSQA. Plenty of room for an extension if needed. As opposed to maybe 3" with my old 3pt on the old tractor