post hole auger
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dooleysm
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Farm auctions, classifieds, tractor dealers.
You're welcome to borrow mine.
You're welcome to borrow mine.
EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
Ebay has gotten pretty hard to find a deal on any more. Check it on a regular basis, but be sure you know what' its worth before you buy. Lots of cheapies and worn out stuff on there too.
I have a 12 inch bit on mine and would never get one smaller. You'd be suprised how hard it is to get the hole exactly where you want it and to keep it straight up and down. Buried rocks, roots and just diverent layers of dirt can affect which way it will go. Once it takes a turn, there's no undoing it.
The other thing to look for is what type of cutting edge it has. This is what your really paying for. I made the mistake of buying a cheap one and now I'm regretting it.
There are several brands out there with replacable cutter teeth that are either hardened steel, or carbide. The advantage is they actually work, unlike my sharpened steel bit that dulls out after a dozen holes in clay.
If you have a good cutting edge, you don't need extra weight or anything fance. Just let the bit do the work and it's easy living. With a bad or dull bit, your struggling for every inch of depth!!!! With sharp bit I can dig my holes in a minute or two, but when it's dull, it takes 30 minutes or longer to drill in the same material. The difference in huge.
Eddie
I have a 12 inch bit on mine and would never get one smaller. You'd be suprised how hard it is to get the hole exactly where you want it and to keep it straight up and down. Buried rocks, roots and just diverent layers of dirt can affect which way it will go. Once it takes a turn, there's no undoing it.
The other thing to look for is what type of cutting edge it has. This is what your really paying for. I made the mistake of buying a cheap one and now I'm regretting it.
There are several brands out there with replacable cutter teeth that are either hardened steel, or carbide. The advantage is they actually work, unlike my sharpened steel bit that dulls out after a dozen holes in clay.
If you have a good cutting edge, you don't need extra weight or anything fance. Just let the bit do the work and it's easy living. With a bad or dull bit, your struggling for every inch of depth!!!! With sharp bit I can dig my holes in a minute or two, but when it's dull, it takes 30 minutes or longer to drill in the same material. The difference in huge.
Eddie
I will second what EddieWalker said. Where I live it is farm land. I have not found a rock on the place yet. I just got through digging 46 holes for fence posts. While my auger is new and has drilled less than 100 holes, the bit/teeth are not all that good. At first the holes were taking over an hour to dig. I would literally get the auger started, leave it running and go inside and get a glass of Tea and and watch some tube and go back outside 30 minutes later and it would have went down a few inches. I then added 300lbs of weight to the auger and it drilled 90% of the holes in 2 minutes or less. The other 10% the ground was really hard and it took a lot longer. If you are going to be digging more than a few holes look into either adding weight, hydraulic downforce, or better bits.
Piedmont3
Silver Member
You might try a local rental shop, for used augers. The rental shop on my way home sells them and many other things after being rented for 2 years. Something about their accounting method and depreciation. You have to be careful but sometimes they have very lightly used stuff for reasonable prices.
RobertN
Super Member
This is the best tractor website around!
There is, however, another one which is pretty nice. YT Mag is the other good one, although it is geared towards older tractors. Go over there, and post in thier "classifieds" section...
There's a classified section here too; could try a "wanted" ad.
There is, however, another one which is pretty nice. YT Mag is the other good one, although it is geared towards older tractors. Go over there, and post in thier "classifieds" section...
There's a classified section here too; could try a "wanted" ad.
theboman
Veteran Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Ebay has gotten pretty hard to find a deal on any more. Check it on a regular basis, but be sure you know what' its worth before you buy. Lots of cheapies and worn out stuff on there too. )</font>
You got that right, it's an online store. I was checking out a Cosmo spreader and was checking on shipping and the exact spreader (I asked) is cheaper by buying thru the business web site than from Ebay.
You got that right, it's an online store. I was checking out a Cosmo spreader and was checking on shipping and the exact spreader (I asked) is cheaper by buying thru the business web site than from Ebay.
monkeymonk
Silver Member
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Bill_C
Gold Member
Regarding the YT site--sorry if this is a little off-topic:
While the site appears pretty useful, I must voice my displeasure with YT as a company; their customer service has been extremely disappointing. I cancelled an order with them over a month ago (before the order was shipped) and STILL have not yet been reimbursed on my credit card. I've called them weekly and I get the same answer: "no problem, we'll credit you this week"....Come on guys, this is no way to do business. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
While the site appears pretty useful, I must voice my displeasure with YT as a company; their customer service has been extremely disappointing. I cancelled an order with them over a month ago (before the order was shipped) and STILL have not yet been reimbursed on my credit card. I've called them weekly and I get the same answer: "no problem, we'll credit you this week"....Come on guys, this is no way to do business. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif
