buickanddeere
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Once you use a loader mounted hydraulic post hole digger. You will not want to go back to a Pto three point hitch post hole digger.
Wow..........Y'alls cedar is sure different than ours. Years ago, Dad andI helped my Uncle rebuild his catch pen. He told me the posts had been in the ground 30 years. We just moved them to make a bigger pen, turned them unside down and replanted them.
hugs, Brandi
Oh Wow. What about putting the post in concrete. That is what I have had to do here, bucause of all the clay drying out and shrinking. Then the post becomes loose.It is more the groundwater. I have a high-water table and often hit water at the bottom of the hole. The ground stays moist which is great for pasture but not so for wood. Where I have fence rails they are a hundred years old, but not anything in contact with the ground.
Oh Wow. What about putting the post in concrete. That is what I have had to do here, bucause of all the clay drying out and shrinking. Then the post becomes loose.
hugs, Brandi
Saw this mentioned somewhere , you'd get down pressure, be able to aim better I would think, ability to reach in better to somewhere.
My question is what drives it?? Hydraulics? How much is needed... seems to me this just might get stupid expensive...:confused2:
I don't know how to link to other threads. I have a thread or two started on here about this, and I'm sure there are a whole lot of others too. I had plans of building one of these, mainly for maneuverability. I have fairly decent soil as well, a 3 point will get the job done, its just a hassle to use in comparison. I recently came across a craigslist deal on a 3 point digger and box blade that I just couldn't pass up. So according to the wife, I have no need to buy the stuff to proceed with the hydraulic digger. In other words, it'll be delayed a little while. But if you'd like, I can post my ideas here and try to draw some really ugly sketches of what I had in mind. If your interested in trying to build one. I agree with you, they are incredibly expensive. Way beyond my budget. But as I recall, I was going to be able to build one for nearly what a 3 point Tractor Supply unit would cost new.
Kind of a mute point now as I picked up a tractor supply unit just yesterday... with my limited use I think it will do me fine. Thanks..