so was the 300mm any good in your soil....Looked hard work....is it hard on the back? need to dig some deep holes for retaining wall posts in similar ground and would it be harder with extension shaft attached?
Well so far 13 x at over 600mm deep plus 4 400mm deep holes for tress have been bored with this 300mm auger. Currently awaiting delivery of new replacement blades as the original ones are beyond sharpening. Yes it has been hard and the back feels it (not that my back is in the best condition). Remember it's about 20Kg to lift with soil on the auger and that is half the strain. Re extension bar: personally I would only use it if digging deeper than 600mm. The hardest part is using the heavy pry-bar to jimmy rocks loose whenever you hit one. With 2 people it would be so much easier. I recommend finding a buddy and teaming up. For us we can't afford $500 for a machine, that money will come in handy later, so worth it for that saving. If I could afford to hire a machine just for digging the holes I would have. All the best with the retaining wall (I did 70m of that and it was easier than this as it was mostly clay then). P.S. I used the concrete sleepers and steel posts for our retaining wall and it looked a million bucks even 3 years later when we sold.
If you haven't seen this video, check it out. Will give you some idea on how hard it is to use 300mm auger in this rocky and clay mixed ground. ruclips.net/video/pGruru5LV60/видео.html
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so was the 300mm any good in your soil....Looked hard work....is it hard on the back? need to dig some deep holes for retaining wall posts in similar ground and would it be harder with extension shaft attached?
Well so far 13 x at over 600mm deep plus 4 400mm deep holes for tress have been bored with this 300mm auger. Currently awaiting delivery of new replacement blades as the original ones are beyond sharpening. Yes it has been hard and the back feels it (not that my back is in the best condition). Remember it's about 20Kg to lift with soil on the auger and that is half the strain. Re extension bar: personally I would only use it if digging deeper than 600mm. The hardest part is using the heavy pry-bar to jimmy rocks loose whenever you hit one. With 2 people it would be so much easier. I recommend finding a buddy and teaming up. For us we can't afford $500 for a machine, that money will come in handy later, so worth it for that saving. If I could afford to hire a machine just for digging the holes I would have.
All the best with the retaining wall (I did 70m of that and it was easier than this as it was mostly clay then).
P.S. I used the concrete sleepers and steel posts for our retaining wall and it looked a million bucks even 3 years later when we sold.
If you haven't seen this video, check it out. Will give you some idea on how hard it is to use 300mm auger in this rocky and clay mixed ground. ruclips.net/video/pGruru5LV60/видео.html
no wonder theres no bite , its gutless . 38cc lol get real.
Awesome right! Did everything I needed without trying to rip my arms off. Go the mighty 4 stroke post hole digger. Plus being 38cc it's frugal!