3-Point Hitch Easy way to store your Auger

[azkubotaguy]

Making changes from gannon to auger to brush hog is a pain in the rear. I finished doing a job digging a bunch of post holes and needed to put my gannon back on, so I go to take off my auger and thought of a great way to store it and make it easy to put it back on by myself, I will let the picture do the talking :laughing:

 

[MtnViewRanch]

If you don't mind the auger rusting in the ground and having to lift the hitch to get attached again, it's quick and easy that's for sure. I think that most people prefer to have them hanging some where.

 

[EddieWalker]

I did that when I first got my auger, but went to hanging it once I saw all the rust on it and figured that was a big part of why the cutting teeth got dull faster then I think they should have.



Eddie

 

[big bubba]

really, it's a great idea in spite of rust. hadn't thought of it. to me, the safest way to mount one is with 2 people. i don't have that luxury, but still hang mine in a tree & have a solo method of mounting that seems to work. but still like your idea if it doesn't sit too long.

 

[bumperm]

I like hanging better too, but if one wanted to store "sort of" in the ground, drive in 3 lengths of pipe, 120* apart, to hold the auger vertical and put a brick or board for the tip to sit on to keep it off the ground.

bumper

 

[travlitt]

This is what I built for my phd.
Back under....lift boom....connect phd boom to the swing boom....disconnect from tractor....swing boom under roof. It balances very well and 1 person can connect/disconnect in under 5 mins.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I did that when I first got my auger, but went to hanging it once I saw all the rust on it and figured that was a big part of why the cutting teeth got dull faster then I think they should have. <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/kubota-owning-operating/397118-easy-way-store-your-auger-post-hole-digger-stand-june"/> Eddie

Eddie;

Like your idea. Where did you get the turnbuckle with loop and hook?

Thanks!

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[EddieWalker]

I just picked it up at the hardware store. It doesn't really work very well because the hook on the turnbuckle doesn't fit into the piece of metal to hand the post hole digger from. I've added a short length of chain to that piece of metal and now it's perfect.

Eddie

 

[lostcreekranch]

Thanks Eddie;

At previous ranch I cemented two 4x4's in ground and had a removable 4x4 cross piece that set on top of the verticals in a couple of galvanized brackets. I could back in, raise the PHD, insert the horizontal piece, the lower the PHD. New PHD has smaller clearance between the boom and the drive shaft so, old idea no longer works.

Lots of great ideas here.

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[azkubotaguy]

I have a business so none of my implements sit too long, I don't have the luxury of someone always being available to help swap out things, so this was a quick idea. The nice part is it will attach quicker when I need it again.

 

[xtn]

I want to build a nice, custom storage rack for mine one of these days. But for now, I just hang it from a suitable tree branch with a tie-down strap.

xtn

 

[/pine]

I did that when I first got my auger, but went to hanging it once I saw all the rust on it and figured that was a big part of why the cutting teeth got dull faster then I think they should have.

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Eddie

Being aware of how well you construct everything...did you cannibalize one of your screen doors for that turnbuckle?

 

[don white]

That is a good system in the desert but not in my neck of the world. You pull that out of the ground here in Pa. and you will have a rusty mess.

 

[BeezFun]

I did the same thing and had to get my neighbor's tractor and chain it to the top of the auger to get it out while I lifted it with the 3pt. The soil around here is damp and heavy, it's like concrete after awhile. Also I can't turn the auger backward, so there's no way to unscrew it. If it were on a skid steer it would be easier.

 

[bumperm]

I did the same thing and had to get my neighbor's tractor and chain it to the top of the auger to get it out while I lifted it with the 3pt. The soil around here is damp and heavy, it's like concrete after awhile. Also I can't turn the auger backward, so there's no way to unscrew it. If it were on a skid steer it would be easier.

I heard about one guy who got his auger stuck that-a-way and never could get it out. That auger just kept working it's way deeper. Now the distance to the center of the earth is 3959 miles, and near's we can tell that dang auger is down there somewhere. You've been warned.

 

[Minotbob]

If you don't mind the auger rusting in the ground and having to lift the hitch to get attached again, it's quick and easy that's for sure. I think that most people prefer to have them hanging some where.

Doesn't look like there much water in them parts to rust much of anything.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Doesn't look like there much water in them parts to rust much of anything.

There's moisture every where, but as he said, he uses his stuff and lot, so it's not in the ground for long. I believe that there are better ways to store the PHD that have it in the open(not in the ground) and would be waaaaaay easier to hook up. He has to lift the hitch to get it up to the draft arms, that right there is enough reason to not store it in that manor IMO.

Just my :2cents:

 

[Ed of all trades]

Soon as I get my tractor - equipment shed built I am going to hang mine from a piece of barn door track. Roll it out away from the wall to hook up and back to the wall for storage.

 

[5030]

I put an eye bolt/screw in a tree limb (that was stout enough to hold the auger) and a short length of chain with a snap clevis. Beeen hanging it that way for 15 years now.... The limb has grown a bit grew over the eye screw, no biggie....

But then we have trees up here in Michigan.......

 

[countrybumpkin]

Soon as I get my tractor - equipment shed built I am going to hang mine from a piece of barn door track. Roll it out away from the wall to hook up and back to the wall for storage.

I like that idea too, may have to look into doing something like that myself.