BX15 and a post hole digger?

ultrarunner · Mar 25, 2005

It is good to be back and thanks for the Poison Oak link!

Scrounger · Mar 25, 2005

Poison Oak bad. If I ever run into it again, its a can of gasoline and a match for me. I removed a bunch from a tree line and ended up on steroids for a few weeks. I was all FUBAR from it. Never even knew it was such poison to me. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Junkman · Mar 25, 2005

If you burn it, and inhale the smoke, you will get inflammation of the lungs, which is a lot worse than any poison ivy/oak/sumac than you will ever contract. Burning any of them just makes the oils airborne and more dangerous.

Tom_H · Mar 25, 2005

Junkman's right Matt. Not only could you make yourself very sick, it could kill people with asthma. Good for the lawyers, not so good for you. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

LBrown59 · Mar 26, 2005

have you ever tried to dig fence post holes with a hack hoe ? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif You could always get the adapter for the back hoe but then you would have to add the 2k for the hydraulics for the motor to run the post hole digger /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif 

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Or you could do what a local farmer here did for his cattle fence.
He simply attached the insulators for his electric fence to the top of the highway guard rail post and installed the wire on them.
One thing about his system is you don't nead a BH or a PHD.
It must have been a real time saver not having to dig or drill all them post holes. LOL

Needless to say the authorities must have made him remove the fence from the guard rail as it's not on it now.

Scrounger · Mar 26, 2005

i can imagine since that what happened to me but I didn't burn them. Alot of the vines were dead and dry so the dirt and dust got into my lungs and I waw a mess. Hence the steroids. I'll pay a kid to do it next time. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

LBrown59 · Mar 29, 2005

( ( This is getting close to the cost of the BX23 with a BH and the PHD has a more limited use than does a BH )
True but have you ever tried to dig fence post holes with a hack hoe ? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif You could always get the adapter for the back hoe but then you would have to add the 2k for the hydraulics for the motor to run the post hole digger /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

Yep 30 years setting up mobile homes.

The holes for pouring the pads for the post were always dug with a BH.

BRIGUY · Mar 30, 2005

Digging fence posts with the little back hoe on a BX-23 would work I guess, but there are problems. It's got to be a lot slower, and the hole would be much bigger requiring much more backfill (TIME AGAIN!!!!). Plus if you plan to fill the holes with concrete the BH hole is going to require much more than the PHD hole ($$$$!!!!)

Just going on what I have seen using the WorkSaver PHD on my BX-23, I would not be afraid of using A PHD on a 1500. I never take my BX off idle when using the PHD. The 1500 should have plenty of power.

LBrown59 · Mar 30, 2005

( Digging fence posts with the little back hoe on a BX-23 would work I guess, but there are problems. It's got to be a lot slower, and the hole would be much bigger requiring much more backfill (TIME AGAIN!!!!). Plus if you plan to fill the holes with concrete the BH hole is going to require much more than the PHD hole ($$$$!!!!)

Just going on what I have seen using the WorkSaver PHD on my BX-23, I would not be afraid of using A PHD on a 1500. I never take my BX off idle when using the PHD. The 1500 should have plenty of power. )

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It's got to be a lot slower, and
1* the hole would be much bigger requiring much more backfill (TIME AGAIN!!!!).
2*Plus if you plan to fill the holes with concrete the BH hole is going to require much more than the PHD.
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1*The pads for the piers had to be 16 to 24 inches square so that wasn't a problem also the piers were 16" Square so very little back fill is required.
2*The pads were 4 to 8 inches thick so again there was no excess concrete required.

A 6 to 9" PHD would not have done the job.

notamustang · Mar 30, 2005

Hey LBrown59 if you want to dig the 400 post holes I will have to dig with a backhoe and pay for the extra crete its all you baby /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif