Looking for a pto driven post digger or are they a waste of time ?

sonnybill

I have winter planned putting in concrete stakes, 80hp tractor would the above machine be a good help. Could get a lad in with mini digger but have lots to do and would like to work away myself

Jb1989

sonnybill wrote: »

I have winter planned putting in concrete stakes, 80hp tractor would the above machine be a good help. Could get a lad in with mini digger but have lots to do and would like to work away myself

Petrol post auger perhaps?

emaherx

sonnybill wrote: »

I have winter planned putting in concrete stakes, 80hp tractor would the above machine be a good help. Could get a lad in with mini digger but have lots to do and would like to work away myself

Used one here for a while and thought it was a great job (was borrowed from the BIL). But it is a pig to take on and off tractor, you'd need to build a frame where you are going to keep it to make the job easier.

If you could get a hydraulic driven one with reverse option it would be ideal as I've heard of them getting stuck in stoney soil and needing to get dug out.

jd06

emaherx wrote: »

Used one here for a while and thought it was a great job (was borrowed from the BIL). But it is a pig to take on and off tractor, you'd need to build a frame where you are going to keep it to make the job easier.

If you could get a hydraulic driven one with reverse option it would be ideal as I've heard of them getting stuck in stoney soil and needing to get dug out.

Would u need concrete around the posts or just fill back in

emaherx

jd06 wrote: »

Would u need concrete around the posts or just fill back in

Really depends on the purpose of the post. Definitely concrete for gate posts or unbraced strainers.

sonnybill

Jb1989 wrote: »

Petrol post auger perhaps?

Are they any good ? Could you reverse those or just one way ?

Jb1989

Yea I've one for digging graves, just one way, but always easy to wriggle it out by hand.

Odelay

Jb1989 wrote: »

Yea I've one for digging graves, just one way, but always easy to wriggle it out by hand.

Graves with a post auger??

gctest50

Odelay wrote: »

Graves with a post auger??

Patent it quick, you could be on to something - space saving vertical graves

Say my name

Odelay wrote: »

Graves with a post auger??

The local undertaker here uses one as well.

It's a new phenomenon being buried standing up...;)

Seriously though.. they have a minidigger and a post auger.

Jb1989

Say my name wrote: »

Odelay wrote: »

Graves with a post auger??

The local undertaker here uses one as well.

It's a new phenomenon being buried standing up...;)

Seriously though.. they have a minidigger and a post auger.

Yea, petrol auger used in graves that we have no digger access.

gctest50

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