Posthole Digger Leinbach Post Hole Digger

[Anonymous Poster]

I have been hearing good things about the Leinbach Post Hole Digger. I need something that is somewhat heavy duty because I need to dig 200 post holes 12" wide and 18"deep. I would need something with a 12" Auger. Is this a good choice for somewhat rocky soil? Will this work well on my Kubota B2910? What kind of price would I be looking at?

 

[fenneran]

I bought mine last fall with a 9" auger and have dug probably 80 holes so far. No losses yet, not even one shear pin! My soil is clay with some rock. I paid about $150 for mine if I recall. Hope that helps.
-Frank

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Where did you get it that cheap??

 

[JohnMiller3]

<font color="blue"> I paid about $150 for mine </font>

WOW!

If you truly paid that for a Leinbach post hole digger... that's unbelievable! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Average price will be ~~ $400-500. with 9" auger and will work well with the Kubota B series...

I would equate the Leinbach line along with the KingKutter implements... Outstanding value, good quality, & Lots of bang for the almighty dollar...! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[herbenus]

I had one but sold it after I had my trees and fence. I had 6, 9 and 12" augers. It worked great. Broke one shear pin when I hit a buried stump. I would advise getting spare shear pins right away. They seem to break at the worst times.

 

[fenneran]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Where did you get it that cheap?? )</font>
Just a local guy that sells implements. It's kind of a funny story really. I was calling around to different dealers to get prices and they were all quoting me the $300-400 range. Then one of the guys says: "hold on, I think I might be able to do something." After about 3 minutes he comes back on the line and says he has a Leinbach digger for $225 (or thereabout). This seemed to be the best deal, but he said it would take him a couple of days to get it in the shop. I told him I would think about it. I then find this guy's add in the local "bargin shopper" type of classified paper. I call and he has the Leinback for about $150 (it might have been $175) and had them in stock and I could come get it right now if I liked. Well, I had some digging to do, so off I went. While talking to him, he mentions that these things must be getting popular because I am the second one to call today about them. Turns out that the other guy, during the three-minute pause, was calling this fellow to get a price. Oooops, I unwittingly cut out the middle-man. now, he is the first one I call to get prices!
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-Frank

 

[kensfarm]

I'm on my 4rth season of digging post holes and putting up fencing.. I'll second the vote for extra shear pins. Tree roots and large rocks are the biggest culprits.. doesn't matter if your post hole digger is HD or not.. a rock twice the size of your fist will prevent the auger from digging down.. and make you get off the tractor and dig it out w/ a crowbar. Unless you're using concrete to set your posts.. I'd suggest you go down at least 2 feet.. I usually go down to 3 feet or more.. but I'm using 8ft railroad ties as posts.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I just used mine for the first time last week. I dug 50 four foot holes, but no rocks, in one day. It is the greatest thing since sliced bread. That job would have taken me 3 or 4 days doing the old style way. They do not make a machine that can't be broken. Rocks will do it. Shear pins help.

 

[fenneran]

Re: Leinbach Post Hole Digger (eating crow)

Fellas,

I owe you a huge aplogy. Maybe my brain has gone into neutral, but I found my records for the purchase and boy was I off. No wonder you all were amazed. It was actually $350. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I have no idea where I got it in my head that I only paid $150. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gifsheesh /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif So, for all of you in the area that PM'd me asking for his number, I can still send it, but it sure isn't the great deal I made it out to be. I'll slink down in a hole now. Someone push some dirt over, will ya?

-Frank

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Re: Leinbach Post Hole Digger (eating crow)

Maybe you told the CFO you only paid $150 /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Don't worry, we'll never tell... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[jasonf]

Re: Leinbach Post Hole Digger (eating crow)

I would but my backhoe is still under a tarp with 1 foot of snow on it /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif, and I no longer do anything by hand..... /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[GlennT]

I've had my Leinbach Model 7300 PHD with a 9 inch auger for several months and am very happy with it. I run my little JD Model 670 at 1500 RPM and am able to dig down through our caliche quite nicely. I have broken several shear pins because there are many rocks of various sizes--some big-- in the soil and I have to stop and break them up with a chisel bar and remove the pieces with a clamshell digger and a posthole spade. I do want to tell you about one incident. I was digging down through clay and it was a big damp. I try to be careful about raising the auger and clearing the hole often, but I got a bit careless as I was finishing the hole at about 40 inches down. The auger would not raise; in fact, it wanted to keep going down and when I stopped it, it wouldn't turn again. After trying a long bar, a farmer's jack, etc. I finally had to bite the bullet and dig another hole alongside the auger in order to free it. Boy, that's an afternoon I don't want to repeat soon. I can tell you that I sure am careful now when I get down that deep.

 

[Rick Jay]

I almost had the same happen to me. We have a clay based soil with lots of rocks. One time, when it was still damp, I noticed a similar problem raising the auger. I "think" what was happening is that when the auger was retracting from the hole, a suction was formed at the bottom of the hole pulling down on the auger. Sounds a bit strange, but I did hear a bit of a "sucking sound" when I slowly raised the auger up. It didn't want to raise quickly.

One technique I've heard if the bit gets stuck is to disconnect the bit from the head and use a very large pipe wrench to reverse the bit. If you're really careful, you might be able to do it with the pto off (disconnected is safer) and use the wrench to reverse the bit while someone else raises the 3 pt. hitch.

That is one major benefit of the hydraulic diggers - REVERSE !

~Rick