Post hole digger

[BIGNASTY]

Big, I had some extra holes laying in my shed thought I would send them out to you but when I went looking for them I could not find them so I guess thats out Now to the work at hand see if you can find a rental place that will rent you a skidsteer with the post hole attachment, I used to have a Danuser unit sold it when I bought my skidsteer and bought a hydrlic drive auger no more looking over my shoulder while drilling and can go deep with the holes 6-7 feet and reverse the bit if it sticks ( no more shear pins ) it use to take me an hour or more to dig one hole on the farm here 4 feet deep now 5 min same size hole

Beautiful place. Lot's of fencing opportunities there. Lot's.

In answer to your initial question, the power is not multiplied through the PTO.

I agree with all the posts on idling or just above idle on the drill down. If you are doing it around roots and stuff, be careful. It will thread in there and sometimes you have to dig the auger out by hand. Wouldn't a reverse cycle be nice on the PTO?

I have these you can borrow. Not mule powered, or gas, or diesel, just dummy powered.

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ALSAN
Trust me ive have all the post hole jokes written down from some of the people around here some are x rated so cant put that on site because IT WILL DISTURB SOME.

Alan R

I thank you for the info on my Ford tractor I didnt think that the PTO would be multiplied but not for sure. Thats my Sons place Alan In the summer im envious of him but this winter I would have to re-think that envy. We have black bears at our door and 1 grizz in going on 3 years. He on the other hand has grizz at his door and hopping it's a black bear when he goes out. Its a fantastic place




Blu
Those look very complicated to use being the expert on the use of those you can demonstrate the proper use I think we will have plenty for you to show us how.


We went down town and paid but not picked up a Danuser got one bigger than what was rated for the ford tractor but BIL has a BIGGER Tractor and who knows how long my 1953 Ford will last it runs great but like me its got to give out some time. Thanks for all the post's (not holes) on this it has helped a bunch.

 

[NIsaacs]

My BIL has a Danuser Hammer post driver that will drive railroad ties Can you imagine the power it takes to drive a 7"x9" square bottom post in the ground. He says the top of the post gets hot enough to smoke and that if he hits a rock and just keeps hammering it will break the tie, that crazy power!!



I am also in the market for an auger for a small Bobcat. The Bobcat brand seems to be the best, I just don't know what size model to get.



Nick

 

[Bill Stockard]

My BIL has a Danuser Hammer post driver that will drive railroad ties Can you imagine the power it takes to drive a 7"x9" square bottom post in the ground. He says the top of the post gets hot enough to smoke and that if he hits a rock and just keeps hammering it will break the tie, that crazy power!!



I am also in the market for an auger for a small Bobcat. The Bobcat brand seems to be the best, I just don't know what size model to get.



Nick

Yep, my brother inherited on of those from my father. We have driven thoushands of steel T-posts with it. on our fences we placed a 4" treated pine post every 5 steel T-posts to keep the fence straight. We drove the wood posts with the Daunuser driver and didn't go to the trouble of "sharpening" the bottom end of the post before driving in in the hard clay soil. The weight on the driver must weigh at least 400-lbs. and when raised to the top of its travel, it can create a log of driving force when it drops.



Bill

 

[SRay]

Here's an identicle post hole digger that BigNasty post from TSC for $2,000. Look at the price! From the same store!

Our post hole digger on our tractor that my father built.

There's the 6. 5", 10. 5" and 16. 5". Now observe closely, they're all about 6. 5ft long. Look at the 16. 5"..... 6. 5 ft long, and 1/2" thick everywhere. That's a 200lb beast that I've gotta attach to the digger. It doesn't go on sideways or... it goes on straight up and the end is a pto style quick connection which I gotta use my other hand for while holding the whole auger up.



I would rather make a proper 16. 5" auger than to always man handle that thing. But the weight drives it into the ground, which is nice.

Here's another machine my father built. It has a GM 1. 5 ton full floating rear end to drive the chain. He built every link, sprocket and frame himself at a near by machine shop that he rented to build.

The trencher in action in gravel



Other than the 2 augers, my father built these machines a long time ago when I was very young or before me.

 

[Bill Stockard]

The boom and chain on that trencher looks like a Bradco. I've sold several Bradco trenchers on I-H 544 and I-H 2500 hydrostatic drive industrial tractors. I've sold many more Auburn trenchers on I-H 340/2504/424/444/454/2400 gear drive and later I-H 2500 hydro industrial tractors. The Bradco will out dig an Auburn hard rocky ground, but much more expensive to maintain. The electric, gas, and telephone utility companies and the contractors who work for them were the usual buyers.

Bill

 

[SRay]

Bill: hmm interesting, the boom, drive sprocket and links itself are parts installed. I know that my dad made the sprocket on the bottom, teeth for chain and assembled everything to work together.

I'll look it up. I didn't know some companies made trenchers for tractors.

 

[Bill Stockard]

SRay, as far as I know both Bradco and Auburn are out of business and no longer building trenchers. I think Ditch Witch pretty well took over that market once they began building heavy duty trenchers with liquid cooled diesel engines with powertrains equal to industrial tractors. Also the introduction of versatile small track type backhoes, both foreign and domestic, available on the market has limited the trencher demand. I and our dealership got out of the trencher business and sold our long term rental and lease tractor mounted trenchers when I-H eliminated their industrial tractor and equipment line in the mid-80s and I-H sold what was left of their construction equipment business to Dresser Industries.

Bill

 

[BIGNASTY]

Ready DIG!!!!!!!!! This Danuser IS A POST HOLE DIGGING SOB!! I have put so many holes in the ground around OUR place that it looks like a hot LZ in Vietnam. Cut 14 pine trees in the pasture down and im NOW HAVING FUN WITH fertilizer and fuel oil in post holes around the stumps. Ya got to love MT I told the sheriff about what I was going to BLOW UP and the city and county ifwe needed any permits for buying fertilizer and fuel oil and some caps to set the firecrackers off they didn't even ask what for except if it was going to be on MY property :-laf. Next to the in-laws and then the Son's place (pictures above) where post hole opportunities ABOUND. Thanks for the info on all the FUN TOYS and the opportunity to release SOME BUILT UP TENSION WITH BIG FIRECRACKERS. Remember ALWAYS HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION WHEN PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKERS. The family said that this is a side to ME that they havent seen and not QUITE SURE THEY WANT TO :-laf Oo. :-laf

BIG

 

[BIGNASTY]

Just got off phone with FIL he was asking about the stump removal come to find out he had to have permit to purchase the caps and fertilizer in quantity.

 

[BSeyler]

Ready DIG!!!!!!!!! This Danuser IS A POST HOLE DIGGING SOB!! I have put so many holes in the ground around OUR place that it looks like a hot LZ in Vietnam. Cut 14 pine trees in the pasture down and im NOW HAVING FUN WITH fertilizer and fuel oil in post holes around the stumps. Ya got to love MT I told the sheriff about what I was going to BLOW UP and the city and county ifwe needed any permits for buying fertilizer and fuel oil and some caps to set the firecrackers off they didn't even ask what for except if it was going to be on MY property :-laf. Next to the in-laws and then the Son's place (pictures above) where post hole opportunities ABOUND. Thanks for the info on all the FUN TOYS and the opportunity to release SOME BUILT UP TENSION WITH BIG FIRECRACKERS. Remember ALWAYS HAVE ADULT SUPERVISION WHEN PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKERS. The family said that this is a side to ME that they havent seen and not QUITE SURE THEY WANT TO :-laf Oo. :-laf

BIG

Glad you're liking the Danuser! Now, you see what they're all about. Have fun blowin' stuff up! Brings back some memories of when I was about 20, working road const...
Bud

 

[BIGNASTY]

Took the Tractor and Danuser to Sons place yesterday and today is his turn to make a moon scape on the Pictures above LOT'S-O-POST HOLES to dig. This digger has more than paid for itself I think (in fun alone)

 

[BSeyler]

Which model did you end of buying?

 

[BIGNASTY]

We got the F8 the reason being is my 1953 Ford tractor is a good one and I can work on it with no problems figuring out how things work. But my BIL has a bigger tractor so with that in mind we opted for the bigger one. I dont plan on getting rid of my Ford I like old stuff but who know how long it will last working just about everyday on our place. BIL has attachments that he uses allot and so not to be taking the Post hole digger on and off we just left it on mine for now but can put it on his if need be.



http://www.danuser.com/attachments/auger-systems/pto/model-f8

 

[BSeyler]

That's what mine is. It's an older model without the "safety" PTO - I guess I just learned at an early age to keep my valuable parts away from spinning PTO shafts... I use a 53 horse tractor on it and don't miss digging by hand!

 

[dresslered]

If anyone knows of one for a 1946 Willys CJ2A, let me know.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Mr D

Didn't know that one could be installed on a jeep. My Dad had a jeep I was pretty young but love to ride in the woods in that jeep his was a Ford I guess Willys couldn't produce them in mass quantity during the war so Ford helped out the only difference was that all the parts had Ford cast into them

 

[dresslered]

Here's a Roper Post Hole Digger which I missed on eBay:

 

[BIGNASTY]

The Family would like to thank all on this Thread for the info on the post hole digger it has been a great investment for 4 farms/ranches. We all have used it and think that the little Ford tractor and Danuser work great. Son would REALLY like to thank you because if he had to dig 275 post holes by some other means it would have been next summer to get it done and they have at least that many more to go. But shopping for meat is no longer a store decision :-laf

 

[RRB]

3pt hitch post hole diggers are very difficult to get a hole that is perpendicular to the ground. Had one, made me angry & frustrated so I sold it. If you decide to continue this route, you'll need to get very good at adjusting the tractor position as the drill goes down perpendicularly or expect a lot of manual work after the hole is drilled. Also, most 3pt hitch tractors have no downward pressure. Therefore drilling is only accomplished based on implement weight which is not enough in hard packed or clay type soils. There are better options but none are cheap. The front loader/skid steer type post hole digger is amazing with someone spotting you. Drilling is accomplished with a hydraulic motor & you can get the hole positions near perfect. Not sure if your tractor has this capability (loader/hydraulic ports). A used digger is probably $1500 so I would buy one, drill all of your holes and sell it for what you paid for it. Worked for me.