Homemade auger question ????

[CADplans]

Average price around here on CL seems to be about $750.

Bruce

I got two that I would sell for $300,,, and $400,,,,,, Hmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,

I got a third I would sell for $550,,, it has never been in the dirt,, it is a NH,,,

 

[FarmWrench]

If fencing is the plan then I'd support a Build. Pole barns really should have a bigger hole. 6*6 post has a corner to corner dimension over 8". Even with a 12" auger there is very little room for having the hole off from the pole final location.

Hanson building has a guy who writes a blog and for "Rural Builder" magazine. (Pole barn Guru, Mike Momb.) He has extensive explanations on proper footing and the demand placed on the pole to soil. If you want to stuff a pole in the ground with maybe a bag of dry unmixed concrete under it, that is your prerogative.

There are many outfits that specialize in making the larger holes (including when massive rocks are encountered) for a very reasonable price.


I'm a farmer, many of these infrequently used tools are traded around amongst neighbors. It violates the suburban tractor owners unwritten code to not getting along with neighbours but find someone who has one and see what they need. Box blade? Dump wagon? 2yard scraper? Disk? Lawn aerator? Fertilizer spreader? (Sarcasm, wink, elbow in your side)

 

[franklin2]

If fencing is the plan then I'd support a Build. Pole barns really should have a bigger hole. 6*6 post has a corner to corner dimension over 8". Even with a 12" auger there is very little room for having the hole off from the pole final location.

Hanson building has a guy who writes a blog and for "Rural Builder" magazine. (Pole barn Guru, Mike Momb.) He has extensive explanations on proper footing and the demand placed on the pole to soil. If you want to stuff a pole in the ground with maybe a bag of dry unmixed concrete under it, that is your prerogative.

There are many outfits that specialize in making the larger holes (including when massive rocks are encountered) for a very reasonable price.


I'm a farmer, many of these infrequently used tools are traded around amongst neighbors. It violates the suburban tractor owners unwritten code to not getting along with neighbours but find someone who has one and see what they need. Box blade? Dump wagon? 2yard scraper? Disk? Lawn aerator? Fertilizer spreader? (Sarcasm, wink, elbow in your side)

I agree with the above. When I built my pole building I hired a guy with a skid steer and a post hole attachment. He had a 24 inch auger. I had 6x6 posts also. I thought 24 inches was overkill, but by the time he dug the holes which naturally drift a little bit, and after I took a couple hours bracing and getting the building square on the 4 corners, I was glad I had the larger holes. I had to move some of the posts off-center in the holes and even doing that, I still had plenty of room around the posts to have a nice thick wall of concrete around the posts.