Posthole Digger POST HOLE DIGGER **INPUT PLEASE**

[Anonymous Poster]

I am getting my Kubota B2910 within the next weeks. I am in need for a Post Hole Digger. Soil in the area is rocky and has a lot of shail. I have priced the Woods 1160 PHD for $875.00 with the heavy duty 12" Auger Bit. I have also priced a Befco for $900.00 with a 12" Auger Bit. I have also priced the Bush Hog 2102 for $975.00 with a 12" Auger Bit. I am not sure of all my options. I have heard about the Farm Center PHDs but I heard they wouldn't hold up in my soil. I am leaning towards the Woods. Will my tractor handle these PHDs? Anybody used any of these? Should they hold up under my soil conditions?

 

[cowboydoc]

What's your soil condition? How many posts are you planning to put in?

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Soil somewhat rocky and a lot of shail. My first job is to put in 200 post for a friend of mines vinyard.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hello, if you happen to be near me I would like to make an offer. I have a Befco Mole post digger with a nine inch Befco auger and also a Pengo Carbide point and cutting teeth auger bit made for HD road work. The flights on the auger I have are atleast twice as thick as the ones on other HD augers. I believe they are a full three eigths inch hardened steel. If you visit the Pengo site you will look for the aggressor bit. If you have tough soil conditions don't go with any auger thats not carbide. I did and boy was I sorry. This setup is a beast in poor conditions. I am going to sell the unit since I can no longer do my business due to an accident. If you are close let me know the unit has always been kept inside a shop so it is in great shape. Bigguy LEver39537@aol.com

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Hello--$695 should be about enough for a 40 HP rated PH digger with 9 and 12 inch augers--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment Co.

 

[19th_VA]

You can buy one directly from Green Mfg. Co. and have it shipped for about $65. You would have to assemble. The EM5000 digger, a good unit for a good price is $450. A 9" auger would be about $100 if you got a heavy duty one. Website: Green Mfg. Co.

 

[cowboydoc]

I'd definitely go with the heavier duty ones then with that kind of soil. The Woods is a good unit.

 

[tractorhal]

IIknowlesII, You want a post hole digger! Try belltechnet.com

 

[Anonymous Poster]

I have the smaller Woods 1120 for my BX and it's a good implement...other than the paint job. The larger one you're considering is pretty sturdy.

 

[OkieG]

Danuser is another reputable name in PHDs. Mine has worked flawlessly, but has only seen light duty.

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OkieG

 

[akman]

We have a B2910 with a Befco Mole PHD and a 12" and 6" auger. Our soil sounds similar to yours. The Befco is a heavy duty machine and we have already gotten our money's worth !

We installed over 90 posts last year (during hot dry summer !) for our deer fence.

You can see in the attachment that we are now in process of installing first two acres of our ten+ acre vineyard. Planted 70 end posts last weekend, with over 300 line posts to go in by next month.

Good luck.


Tony

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I dig holes for a living. Yesterday I dug one sixteen inches wide and seven plus feet deep for a gate post. I'll set it today along with about thirty other posts I dug holes for yesterday.

The first thing about post hole digging is there's no one magic bit for everything. My rock teeth ain't worth a flip in clay. And the teeth I use in the clay aren't capable in rock.

In clay the rock bit catches a root or just a layer under the cutting edge and the bit won't go down. It just sits there and spins.

In rock and shale it takes two things to successfully dig a post hole. The first is a blade that will cut rock. The second is crowd. Crowd is weight or down force.

There is a thread on this subject from last year. It has pictures and descriptions of augers and options. Don (centex) is one of the smartest guys here and he fought your battle with rock repeatedly and often.

click here for the discussion

 

[Taylortractornut]

Hey Harv i need to send you some pictures of the miniexcavatr ive been running for my uncl. He had a retaining wall on te lake that was put in 30 years ago with bad RR ties, he bough relay ties and We rented a bobcat bucket and auger but i told hime we d need the excavator to. I told him that the bobcat wouldnt be stable on the slopes and have a time digging the roads out on the bank. I went to work making a quick attach clamp one mount for the babcat auger. The didnt beleive it would dig the chert because when they built it the chert took 3 months to hand dig the the post holes. he was amazed that i could reach up high on te banks then dri,ll a 4 foot hole in 25 to 45 seconds. WHile i was up there several other fols stopped by wanting holes poked in the ground. Id like to buy a ppower head like yours one day but my neighbor has a wreck utility truck with one on it i may be able to get it right.
I made my first post hole digger when i was 16 dad brought a gear motor home from work and i mounted some bearings on a shaft and added reinforced combine auger to it. and a some handles and had a flip on switch for drilling a few holes near the shop. One day hit a root and the handles got away from me had and it was between me and the shop dor had to wait till it wound enough cord up to pull its own plug.