Posthole Digger Used post hole diggers

[greg_g]

The most important part on an aug is the tips. .

I just bought a Work Force from TSC - my first PHD - so am an admitted novice. But the replaceable spiral tip on mine looks a helluva lot stouter than the replaceable cutting edges. I'm wondering if that rental place had a different kind of auger than I just bought?

//greg//

 

[mffarmall]

The tips needed to be replaced every other use for legal items. They also needed to put new chains on every time the saws went out. I treated them like drill bits. If it takes longer then you think it should then replace things and see. If it seems good then keep on going. It's only a hole in the ground. I think that the softer metals keep their sharpness better but for a shorter time. The harder ones get dull but last longer. It might have to do with the ground. We have blow sand. Used to be a sea when my mother in law was young.

 

[mffarmall]

But like I posted years ago. I learned on a Farmall Super MTA. There was only a few thousand made. It's like learning to shoot with a 44.

 

[john_bud]

W

And the most important thing is to stay out of the way of it when it's digging. Said to be the most dangerous tool used.

It is. A flapping pant cuff will get you spun into the auger so fast you won't even know it just ripped off your leg at the hip. Same with arms and heads. If it don't kill you out right, it will maim you for life. It's just a huge PTO shaft with no guard and no remorse!

jb