eclipseman
5 year old buck +
All,
I'm getting ready to purchase a tractor posthole digger. We got quotes to have fence posts put up for our horse pasture and got quite the sticker shot...we were quoted $3500 dollars to put in 90 posts. The person would be using a posthole driver which is definitely good and provides rock solid ground for the post but dang that's a lot of cash for 90 posts. I see many posthole augers cost about 400-700$ and then posts would cost us about 9 dollars a post where I live so about 810$. Much easier pill to swallow but I do understand it is a lot of work. My question is, how the heck is the post hole auger going to dig a hole on uneven surfaces which would allow you to level your post? For example, my field is half on a hill. I understand the tractor allows the post auger to swing back and forth so then if the tractor is faced up hill, the auger will still want swing out a little due to gravity and keep it level but what happens when I go to do the part of the fence that is going parallel with the hill...for example the tractors left side is down hill and the right side is up hill? This means the auger will now be digging not level. I hope I am explaining this properly. Also, if we are putting in 4 and 5 inch round posts, what size hole should we be digging?
Thanks!
I'm getting ready to purchase a tractor posthole digger. We got quotes to have fence posts put up for our horse pasture and got quite the sticker shot...we were quoted $3500 dollars to put in 90 posts. The person would be using a posthole driver which is definitely good and provides rock solid ground for the post but dang that's a lot of cash for 90 posts. I see many posthole augers cost about 400-700$ and then posts would cost us about 9 dollars a post where I live so about 810$. Much easier pill to swallow but I do understand it is a lot of work. My question is, how the heck is the post hole auger going to dig a hole on uneven surfaces which would allow you to level your post? For example, my field is half on a hill. I understand the tractor allows the post auger to swing back and forth so then if the tractor is faced up hill, the auger will still want swing out a little due to gravity and keep it level but what happens when I go to do the part of the fence that is going parallel with the hill...for example the tractors left side is down hill and the right side is up hill? This means the auger will now be digging not level. I hope I am explaining this properly. Also, if we are putting in 4 and 5 inch round posts, what size hole should we be digging?
Thanks!