Deck footings with a backhoe?

[CDN Farm Boy]

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 ;-)

 

[Egon]

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!

What; use a digging machine for digging? How unusual!
A BX would look good with an five foot auger pined onto it's three point.

 

[Chvypowa]

Update- I've been using the backhoe to set 10" sonotubes, its working great!

 

[Egon]

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