Least Favorite Attachment for Compact Tractor
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- Опубликовано: 22 ноя 2018
- Homeowner asked Tractor Time with Tim to dig 51 post holes for his do it yourself fence project. Tim decides that the post hole digger is probably his least favorite attachment for the John Deere 1025R sub compact tractor.
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I've got a PHD from Everything Attachments that is designed for subcompact tractors that I used on my BX. Even with that, I run into issues similar to yours, especially digging in dry clay in the middle of summer. The subcompacts simply don't have enough 3 point lift capacity to overcome the auger sucking itself down. The majority of my holes have been with a 12" x 48" bit, which is a lot for the little tractor, but the 9" bit didn't seem to be much better.
pull the auger out most of the way to spin the dirt off about 4 or 5 times per hole. dont let it go all the way down with out pulling it out. thats what works best for me. when you go all the way down the dirt gets to be too heavy to pull it out then it starts screwing into the ground.
You are correct, just because an attachment will hook to the tractor doesnt mean it will work properly. Also when is the last time the frost got down anywhere close to 42 inches in central Indiana?
How tight was this guy. Wouldn't pay you to dig out the loose. Came out measuring to make sure you're doing the job right, while asking if he can borrow your post hole hand diggers. So he didn't have to buy any. 😒🙄
There really bad when your using them in the woods and tree roots I've had them grab a big root and go down and bury quick and lift tractor off the ground about two foot that will pucker your butt and you want to talk about a pain had to dig down 3 foot a hole big enough a man could get in to cut the root to get that auger out if it was not a brand new auger I would of screwed it down below ground level and it would of been it's grave lol
Fire Johnny. Sounds like your problems are created due to Tractor frame size and HP rating. Try spinning your auger a little faster to clean the hole out better. Your cuttings are staying below the surface for too long.
Thats a whole lot of holes.
I recently hand dug 64 post holes for 4"x4" fence posts with a basic, hand held post hole digger, a hand shovel, and my hands. Rocks and small boulders are always the issue. There is no escaping the need to use a small hand shovel and your hands when a rock stops the post hole digger. I'd still opt for a hand held unit over an auger that does not have a reverse gear - which no PTO offers. Tractors need a reverse gear on the PTO, if that is possible, to make an auger worth getting.
Wanna sell it ? 😬
You should get a post hole digger attachment for Casey
You should contact the company that makes those post hole diggers and see if they can figure out how to make it work for an I match hitch
You need to clean out the hole more often. For every 5-10" pull out the auger, that way you will never have more then 5-10" of dirt holding the auger down.
I live in Apple country. When I was a teen I use to help plant apple trees and we used a 12" auger on a Ford 3000. I was told when coming up out of the hole to rev it up to get it spinning, the dirt would fly off the auger instead of falling back down the hole... most times. :-)
Tim, Just ordered my 1025r. You’re videos helped me make an informed decision. Thank you. I can’t wait to get it.
From other videos I’m seen backing out every few inches would work better. It all looked good afterwards and it beats post hole diggers. I has a fence business back in the early 90s and I used a hand power auger, it would beat me to death. The one on the tractor is much better. Thanks Tim for sharing.
Tim Christi thanks for the information seeing this we will pas on the post hole digger to much for us thank you again
Tim,
Tim, my 22 month old son falls asleep watching your videos. Haha. Not that’s it’s a bad thing. I enjoy them. He loves my Johnny. Always says “Tractor”. He enjoys watching these videos before bed.
You done really good with all those holes I have a tax post hole digger on my jd4200 you take it easy never had a problem good luck
Hi , I too needed to dig a little further down. So I welded up an extension out of heavy pipe . It does wobble a bit ,but if the hole is an inch wider who cares. Also the extension makes a good place for a pipe wrench for backing out when it gets good and stuck. Good luck.