PHD or BH use for fence posts?

[grsthegreat]

i used to be able to set fence post by hand digging...many moons ago. if i had to do that again, id rather shoot myself.

I have a Speeco post hole digger i got 10 years ago or so. I just replaced the agar last month, and i purchased an hydraulic assist unit for it that has yet to be installed. Its a great tool, and my back thanks me for it everytime i have to drill a hole.

I do wish i could either strike oil or find a hidden stash of settlers buried $20 double eagles in every hole i drill.

Have you looked thry craigslist for a used one?

 

[grsthegreat]

too bad someone doesnt make one that can fit inplace of the BH bucket ..... like some stinging bug attachment.

Man that would be a sweet way to drill holes.

 

[Wacky]

too bad someone doesnt make one that can fit inplace of the BH bucket ..... like some stinging bug attachment.

Man that would be a sweet way to drill holes.

X2:thumbsup:

 

[Wacky]

i used to be able to set fence post by hand digging...many moons ago. if i had to do that again, id rather shoot myself.

I have a Speeco post hole digger i got 10 years ago or so. I just replaced the agar last month, and i purchased an hydraulic assist unit for it that has yet to be installed. Its a great tool, and my back thanks me for it everytime i have to drill a hole.

I do wish i could either strike oil or find a hidden stash of settlers buried $20 double eagles in every hole i drill.

Have you looked thry craigslist for a used one?

Yeah, none near me, but I will keep checking. I may have to dig the holes w/ the BH, refill, tap down, and let sit for a while and go back w/ the hand method before the ground hardens too much.:confused2:

 

[two_bit_score]

too bad someone doesnt make one that can fit inplace of the BH bucket ..... like some stinging bug attachment.

Man that would be a sweet way to drill holes.

I have one on my JD 110 TLB. Works great. It can also be mounted on the bucket with the proper mounting bracket. I don't think it would work on his SCUT though.

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[two_bit_score]

Yeah, none near me, but I will keep checking. I may have to dig the holes w/ the BH, refill, tap down, and let sit for a while and go back w/ the hand method before the ground hardens too much.:confused2:

Have you looked in to renting a skid steer with an auger for a weekend? Might be a little higher than $800 I don't know. But it would be the only way to go other than hiring someone to do it. If you are going to do it yourself why kill yourself doing it?

 

[Wacky]

Have you looked in to renting a skid steer with an auger for a weekend? Might be a little higher than $800 I don't know. But it would be the only way to go other than hiring someone to do it. If you are going to do it yourself why kill yourself doing it?

That is what they are going to use. I am still on the "fence" about hiring them. Just spending the $3000 for a fence to keep deer and such out is steep, but as long as it stays permanent I guess it is money well spent. Besides they do this for a living. I have never built one.

 

[dcyrilc]

88 posts, by hand, in clay would kill me, I thought I could save time and money (hospital bills:ashamed by using a BH.

No it won't. It will be a good work out though. Start slow and build up to several a day. Start out with digging one hole per day and setting the post the next. Initially, this will give you one post every other day, but it is amazing how fast you will get to the point of a complete post per day and several on each day of the weekeknd.:thumbsup: I'm doing the same with driven steel posts (16# sledge hammer) for 10,000 feet of 6ft comercial chainlink.:confused2:

 

[Wacky]

No it won't. It will be a good work out though. Start slow and build up to several a day. Start out with digging one hole per day and setting the post the next. Initially, this will give you one post every other day, but it is amazing how fast you will get to the point of a complete post per day and several on each day of the weekeknd.:thumbsup: I'm doing the same with driven steel posts (16# sledge hammer) for 10,000 feet of 6ft comercial chainlink.:confused2:

True. But lately with the pollen getting worse by the day, my asthma is getting the better of me. So, I may have to wait till after spring to do this or like you said a few a weekend. I am doing this at my mothers house, much more room than at my home. So the weekend is my only "real" free time.

 

[leonz]

I am looking to build a large "deer proof" garden and figured out that I will need to spend around $2000 for materials to make it permanent. I was going to hire the labor out, but for $800, I figure I could do it myself. I am thinking that I could dig the 10' 4X4 posts with my BH but I think the holes would be too big to hold the post, I was going to set them in concrete. Or should I buy a PHD for around 600?

About your fence:


You will be money and aggravation ahead by hiring a farm fencing contractor to come in and install a fence for you where they will set the corners then stretch the fencing with thier carrier and fence spool and then secure it to the fence posts they install.

It amounts to zero work for you and a per foot price for the job and it will be done and done forever. You will be able to have them install rolls of pasture fence with the various size gaps if desired or the 2 inch fence rolls in one pass and it will be done

You could have them install 10 foot T posts and the proper reinforced corners
and 2 rows of roll fencing for the ten foot height and you will always have a nice animal free garden.

You just have to plan on a much larger space for machinery use and a buffer strip along the fence line for rototiller to turn around.


You will find that the price will be economical versus your time and the purchase of brand new post hole digger that you may never use again.


The other option is long concrete fence posts and a backhoe and this will cost you more than having it installed by a pasture fence contractor setting posts at 4 foot distances.

The other thing is it takes a lot of work to set your corners properly as the corners, gate posts, and line fence anchorage are the only tension settting points.

You will also find that they will not spend a lot of time doing it as the they have the post drivers/hoes in one unit and a PTO powered fence stretcher, pneumatic nailers etc.