Looking for recommendations and advice for my first Post Hole Digger

[wooftank]

I would go cheapest

 

[MH8675309]

I have one of these county line augers and they work well. It cant be over emphasized about not going too deep without pulling it back out fairly often - so you dont get it buried / stuck. You wont need high RPM to do this either. My machine is pretty much at an idle when I use mine. Something else to think about is that once used for the job these augers can wind up sitting for extended amounts of time. Be sure every year to at least spray the inner shaft of the PTO - on the digger - with a good spray lube or even grease it. When these get stuck or frozen in place - getting them loose again can be hard on your religion

 

[rswyan]

Was thinking of getting one of these myself. What do you do if you get the augur stuck? Lots of shoveling?

Basically what CH4Ohio said but I would add that sometimes it is necessary to engage the PTO and let out the clutch a little, slipping it to turn the auger a little bit when trying to pull it out.

Have to be careful of not screwing it in further though.

Like I said previously most of the problems I've had sticking the auger has been with the smaller 6" auger.

Probably from not lifting it often enough to clear the spoil as I drill the hole.