DB :>more than I am drilling holes with it:(  Tomorrow I am
DB :>going to dig a hole
DB :>by hand and time myself to see if the auger is really
DB :>saving any time.
 
MA> Hee!  @e bought one of those2-people, gas augers @hen @e @ere putting in
MA> our fencing.  @e used it about 3 times before it became obvious that
MA> hand-digging @as faster!  My poor husband hand-dug every single fence
MA>  post on ourproperty!  @e have 3-rail post and rail.  And @ood and 4x4
MA>  @ire for ourriding arena.  Gotta love this guy!  @e live in Mass...great
MA> topsoil for about 6 inches, then lots and lots of small rocks and sand
MA> belo@.  It's great for drainage, but lousy for digging!
 
     YES! I FEEL his pain! 
WE have 3 feet of top soil and then you hit ......hard pan:( The topsoil
can be anything from talcum powder dirt w/ Boulders to clay w/ Boulders.
I also run into BIG ROCKS, gravel, and tree roots. We are about 30 miles
from Mt Rainier in Washington and I think my horse pasture is an old
glacial rock bed. I was tamping the posts in with a steel bar. Then my
neighbor showed me how to water pack the dirt. It's alot easier and the
posts are just as tight. I only have 1000 more feet of posts to go and
I will be done with the hard part:)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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