Posthole Digger Post hole digger

[COKID]

I just used my phd to sink a post and then I put a eye bolt at the top of the post with a short chain and use a clip.

 

[6011Artist]

In my tractor barn I made a swinging arm to sit my phd down in. My digger is the old style with a huge gearbox, probably 100 lb or more. I remove the bolt and drop the auger, stand it in a corner with the others. I then sit the shaft coming out of the gearbox in the piece of pipe cut to fit the bottom shaft on digger gearbox and relax the hydraulics. My digger is assembled with pins. So I pull the pin that drops the gearbox and unhook the PTO shaft and then swing it up against the wall and hang the PTO shaft on the wall using the hook mounted for just that. Remove the pin holding the boom pole to the yoke and the pin holding the other end where the top link normally fits, hang it on the wall. Then remove the yoke from the lower pins. Takes about 5 min to put on or take off of the tractor.

This swing arm I speak of was constructed with a 3" piece of pipe that matches the shaft on the phd, welded to a 2' length of 2x2 tubing with a hinge built from flatbar and a bolt connecting the two sides. I used two ears on the tubing and two identical ones welded to a piece of 3x3 angle-1/4 in thick. I bolted the angle to a post in my barn.

It fits snuggly against the wall, is out of the weather, off of the floor and easily hooked or unhooked in 5 min. Took about 45 min to build including flat black fast drying paint.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

Like said........ I have mine broken down into 4 parts, and hung on the back wall of the garage.....
I can handle each part individually a lot more easily than the whole unit.
Good luck

 

[whistlepig]

My Bush Hog post hole digger has the optional stand. I back up to it and slide three pins in. There is no lifting.

 

[NoTrespassing]

What do you all do with your post hole digger when it's not on your tractor?

It's leaning up against a tree near the tractor shed.

 

[almost13ranch]

In my tractor barn I made a swinging arm to sit my phd down in. My digger is the old style with a huge gearbox, probably 100 lb or more. I remove the bolt and drop the auger, stand it in a corner with the others. I then sit the shaft coming out of the gearbox in the piece of pipe cut to fit the bottom shaft on digger gearbox and relax the hydraulics. My digger is assembled with pins. So I pull the pin that drops the gearbox and unhook the PTO shaft and then swing it up against the wall and hang the PTO shaft on the wall using the hook mounted for just that. Remove the pin holding the boom pole to the yoke and the pin holding the other end where the top link normally fits, hang it on the wall. Then remove the yoke from the lower pins. Takes about 5 min to put on or take off of the tractor.

This swing arm I speak of was constructed with a 3" piece of pipe that matches the shaft on the phd, welded to a 2' length of 2x2 tubing with a hinge built from flatbar and a bolt connecting the two sides. I used two ears on the tubing and two identical ones welded to a piece of 3x3 angle-1/4 in thick. I bolted the angle to a post in my barn.

It fits snuggly against the wall, is out of the weather, off of the floor and easily hooked or unhooked in 5 min. Took about 45 min to build including flat black fast drying paint.

D you have a picture you could share?

 

[Baby Grand]

I bore a hole and then leave auger in the hole, set a pair of blocks under the 3pt pins and drive away.
That way I can back up to it and hitch it up without having to lift or move anything.
I can't take credit for this idea - someone posted this idea a few years ago and I just happened to remember it.

 

[droptop]

Just tear it down into 4 components when I take it off the tractor and put it on a pallet to be stored on shelving. It makes putting it on the tractor easy, put the yolk on the 3 pt arms, attach the boom to the top 3 pt pin and the yolk, hang the gearbox/pto on the boom and then install the auger. Makes a nice compact package for storage.

 

[6011Artist]

almost13, Ill take a few pics and post them tonight. Never posted pics but I think I can do it.

 

[michael.white]

I made a stand from leftover scraps + some nice casters:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/272898-post-hole-digger-stand.html

I've since made an improvement to it that I need to improve upon . I'll take some pictures next chance I get - I rolled it out of the way for now.