Rent vs buy

[atsah]

Fixed your post.

:laughing:

LOL...

 

[MossRoad]

Harbor Freight's is $214. I think I've seen it for less than that in an ad that I have at home. I'll check later this evening.

With that said... your soil is pretty soft, isn't it? I've got a hand operated post hole digger I use pretty often. I've seen them at Ace Hardware on the south side for less than $50. Burried a lot of pets with it, too. Goes through our sand and muck in a hurry.

Pay a kid $25 to dig your holes. :laughing:

Here it is. Price good through Oct. 31.

$179.99

 

[atsah]

Here it is. Price good through Oct. 31.

$179.99

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They can keep that thing...

 

[MossRoad]

I might buy it and put my ice auger bit on it! :laughing:

 

[Diggin It]

All joking aside, I wonder if there's any way to mount that to a SCUT or maybe a GT. Be kinda cool to attach it to a BH or FEL in place of the bucket if there was any way to do it safely. Sure would be nice instead of buying a $700 3PT PHD

 

[atsah]

I might buy it and put my ice auger bit on it! :laughing:

I watched Stan use one on mountain men in the ice, he was holding on for dear life and he is a strong guy.. But he gets his water from the river with it, hope it isn't leaking two stroke in his water.. It's a river so it would run down stream anyway to the next village..LOL

 

[MossRoad]

I watched Stan use one on mountain men in the ice, he was holding on for dear life and he is a strong guy.. But he gets his water from the river with it, hope it isn't leaking two stroke in his water.. It's a river so it would run down stream anyway to the next village..LOL

I have a gas powered ice auger, along with 4-5 others. If he was hanging on, then it was probably sharpened at a bad angle and made it bite too hard. It should shave the ice.

 

[atsah]

I have a gas powered ice auger, along with 4-5 others. If he was hanging on, then it was probably sharpened at a bad angle and made it bite too hard. It should shave the ice.

That was my guess, the thing was too sharp and taking too much of a bite..

 

[QRTRHRS]

While HF is a good option vs renting on some things, gas engines do not do that well with occasional use where they get put up "wet". That is the issue with my HF compactor that I bought maybe fifteen years ago. Where as the HF electric jack hammer I bought maybe close to 20 years ago to do an occasion fence post in rocky ground was still going strong. I sold it at the flea market this year. The weight along with a 3 foot point was getting to be too much for me.

 

[MossRoad]

That was my guess, the thing was too sharp and taking too much of a bite..

It's not that it's too sharp. It is the angle. The things are surgical sharp. Will slice you open like a razor blade. But if it's sharpened at the wrong angle, or the blades are tilted wrong, it can just drive down into the ice like a chipper instead of a shaver.

 

[atsah]

I see, No ice fishing for me, too cold.. I see ice shacks everywhere up here with smoke coming from a pipe, I like fish from the ocean, cheap up here.. Fresh haddock is $4.00 a pound most of the time..

 

[dragoneggs]

The problem with those handheld augers is the lack of leverage you can get on them. I hate those things... had to drill eighty posts for a perimeter fence around a property. I was about 25years old and that rental busted up both my buddy and me! Wrists and hips were sore for weeks!



If I ever have to do more than what my backhoe can reach, I will hire it out.

 

[dragoneggs]

Here it is. Price good through Oct. 31.

$179.99

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This weekend it is $169.99... still ain't gonna touch it but I could see it as very handy for ice fishing!

 

[kenmac]

Well, It has 677 reviews with 91% recommending it ! LOL

 

[dragoneggs]

Well, It has 677 reviews with 91% recommending it ! LOL

On the HF site? :laughing:

Find me an HF product that has less than 4 stars. Not saying this auger isn't but... just sayin'

 

[Diggin It]

All joking aside, I wonder if there's any way to mount that to a SCUT or maybe a GT. Be kinda cool to attach it to a BH or FEL in place of the bucket if there was any way to do it safely. Sure would be nice instead of buying a $700 3PT PHD

I think I could rig up a way to mount it securely, but I'm not sure I have enough finesse' with controls to put it down straight now without tilting it. Might not really matter if the hole was wallowed out a bit, but I wouldn't want to break or twist the auger.

 

[Diggin It]

On the HF site? :laughing:

Find me an HF product that has less than 4 stars. Not saying this auger isn't but... just sayin'

How's about a 2.9?

2 lbs. Marine Electric Winch


Course one complainer says he tried to pull a 3,300 pound boat with a 2,000 pound winch, so ....

 

[Richard]

I too am on the buy side.

Wife wanted to replace carpet in master bedroom with hardwood... so I bought a pneumatic nailer/stapler and of course, she went beserk...

She wanted me to rent it so we could "do it over the weekend"

I said that I was not going to have to bust my hiney to get it done "right now" and rush rush rush.... I wanted to do it more casual....so bought it.

I ended up putting it on Ebay and sold it for more than I paid for it.

She said she'd say no more about tools....

(which didn't last long of course but never the less, I was still vindicated)

 

[TheMan419]

So the math is a bit easier. Renting a one man PhD is $59 at the local shop. I have 2 projects for sure that Need done at different times. Can buy one w 8 inch auger for right at $209 plus tax at not harbor freight.

Thanks for helping me thing through this.

 

[kenmac]

bad part about buying is. I have finished my T post installation, and I'm now no longer in need of this $1000.00 hammer drill.