PHD hook up

[Arkie]

I attached my new PHD for the first time this afternoon,what a job! Can anyone give me advice on the best way to store this thing to where it is not such a pain to hook up to tractor?
I have been told to screw it into the ground a little to hold it up. I think that would encourage rust on the auger,wouldn't it?
Maybe it wouldn't rust enough to matter,but, it's new and i would like to take care of it. The wife doesn't let me buy new goodies very often. If anyone has a picture of a homemade support for a PHD, i would really like to see it. I could hang it from a tree limb but i have children around and i'm afraid it might fall.
Arkie

 

[rf33]

Some manufacturers of PHD's make optional stands which specifically fit their implements, and I have seen a few made of landscape timbers and one made of welded drilling pipe, but I unfortunately do not have any pictures of these. I have fabricating one on my to do list, but I still invite a friend over to help me wrestle the beast onto the TPH for now.

 

[Spencer]

Hi Arkie,
I got a new Bush Hog 2102 a couple of weeks ago. What an awkward attachment this thing is. My dealer already had my 9" auger hooked up to it when I picked it up. What I did is strap the auger to a tree with a good quality motorcycle tie down after I unloaded it from the trailer. I was quite surprised at how easy it was to hook up to the 3-point hitch this way.

So what kind did you get, and which auger(s) did you get for it?

Spence

 

[Arkie]

My PHD is a Bush Hog brand . They do sell a stand for it but it's $120.00 plus freight. I'm not sure it's worth it if i can build something cheaper. However, my backache thinks it would be./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Spencer]

So which model Bush Hog? I paid $875 for my model 2102 with a 9" double flight auger. I paid another $175 for a 12" double flight and $30 for the leveling handle, both are still on order.

Spence

 

[Arkie]

It's a 2101 model with a 9 inch auger,bear claw tip. It worked great. I never thought of strapping the auger up to the trunk of a tree. I'll have to try that next time. I only have the one size auger right now, I thought the 9 inch would be a good happy medium. Do you think the positioning handle is necessary,i don't have one but thought about getting one.

 

[dropbear]

Hi, here are a couple of ideas, <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.landpride.com/lp/products/pd15_specs.html>http://www.landpride.com/lp/products/pd15_specs.html</A>

I have attached a picture of a heavy duty one, it could be made with 3 legs and so on, depending on your PHD, good for ideas anyway.

 

[dropbear]

The Bush Hog web site has a good pic on the PHD page <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.bushhog.com/agtoc.html>http://www.bushhog.com/agtoc.html</A>

 

[dropbear]

A couple more pics I found in the TBN forum files.

 

[b249]

If you don't need something as cool as the portable stand in the pic, why don't you just sink a 4 x4 in to the ground and strap the phd to it? I think I'm going to do that when I get a phd.

b249