Man, the last 6 inches using the post hole digger are an absolute bear. I hit every rock and root, plus its particularly hot and humid here today

Time for a beer!

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Probably something about not getting any the night after using a post hole digger all day, because your back hurts too bad.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Don't you wish you had one of these?

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320

Now that's a post hole digger . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Ted Kennedy would like his corkscrew returned ASAP.

You need a San Angelo bar for pursuading obstructions at the bottom of the hole.

I personally feel that post hole diggers are the tool of the devil. But, some are better than others.

For example, this kind:


Is a lot easier to use in deep hole than this kind:


There's a layer of red clay 12" to 30" down in some the pastures at BHF...boring through it for a post is like trying to penetrate a layer of hard rubber. Armstrong-powered PHDs just bounce off it and the PTO-driven PHD's auger hits it and just slides around. Fortunately, there are hardly any rocks so most fence post installation is done with the tractor bucket.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

That's not a post hole digger, this, is a post hole digger:

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

use a power washer.....serious.

Welll, you do live in ROCKville MD! I'm guessin here, but there's a reason the town isn't West Bethesda or something.


I installed a split rail fence in my old yard years ago in the middle of August, ground drier and harder than concrete. After I got down maybe a foot, I just filled the hole with water and let it settle in and soften the dirt. No rocks and roots tho. Have one on me:

HA! Beat this!

Now that's a post hole digger!

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320

That thing would be a blast!

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Indeed I do. Unfortunately its not something I do for a living, so I just sweat it out when the occasional hole must be dug. I keep thinking someday I will have all these toys at my disposal, most likely when I no longer have a need for them.

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Thats one thing that I do have, but I have visions of being covered by mud back-spray. Really works, huh?

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Like a charm messy but gets the job done lickety split. Look at a strip mining operation.

Yep.

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL