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Chose a $40 hand auger over a gas powered one for post holes and boy was that a mistake
After 3 hours of sweating and only getting 2 holes dug 18 inches deep in clay soil I finally gave up and rented a power auger from Home Depot for $65 finishing the other 6 holes in under an hour has anyone else had better luck with hand tools for hard ground?
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chen.casey16d ago
Ha, dude I feel your pain. My back still hurts just reading this. I thought I was being tough and frugal buying a hand auger for a fence line. Five holes in, I was basically just making a mud puddle and crying into it. The rental place loves people like us.
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mia74816d ago
Oh absolutely, the rental place probably has a framed photo of me on their wall from when I rented that two-man gas auger for a day. I thought I was being smart too, trying to save money with a manual one for a few post holes. Three hours later I was seriously questioning every life choice that led me to that point. Now I just call a guy with a skid steer for anything more than a single hole. My back and my pride thank me every time.
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