Who sells post holes?

Geo-TH,In · Sep 22, 2013

Neighbor borrowed my PHD. He called me and said the PHD wouldn't dig a hole. So I went to take a look. Removed the 12 inch augar and the head would lower all the way to the ground. His ground was so hard, like concrete. I took my little terramite, put all the weight of the front bucket on the PHD, moved it sideways while neighbor rocked the tractor back and forth. The hard pan was a good 24-30 inches. After that, it would go down on it's own. One time I had to fill the front bucket with dirt, 1/4 yard, to get enough weight push it down. Neighbor wanted to fence in a few acres of a corn field so his cows could feed on the corn stalks.

The augar is almost new. We have had less than 2 inches of rain in two months.

I tried digging holes with backhoe to plant a few apple trees. Lucky to get a foot deep hole.

Never seen clay so hard.

Where can we buy post holes?
George

Bob Bancroft · Sep 22, 2013

I'll sell some cheap. But you have to take care of the freight and take them full of water. We've had over 26" rain since late May. Latest flood was Saturday. Had water setting and running everywhere.

Bob 7337 · Sep 22, 2013

I dont sell post holes,but got good desl on cordless jumper cables. Freight reasonable

Tubacase47 · Sep 22, 2013

Humphrey Implement in Kiowa, Kansas. Bud bought a dry hole oil well 40 years ago and cut it up for post holes. (That was one of their radio ads.)

murn ga · Sep 22, 2013

The same place that you buy post hole drivers.

Wheat Farmer · Sep 22, 2013

I have as many as you want, BUT you will have to clean the rocks out of them.

louis112 · Sep 22, 2013

The same people who sale Pipe Stretchers, and Sky Hooks.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2013

Try a Well driller, They should have some laying around with a bow in them, They would be just what you need, Just cut the bowed spot out and your ready to go. I had a whole pile of them laying around here from drilling water wells, But someone must of stole them. Have looked and looked for them all over, Never have found them..

Bob · Sep 22, 2013

Surf on down to the "basement", there's couple of guys there who will sell you post holes, (good used, of course), and,if you're lucky, they may throw in a bit of sailboat fuel as a bonus!

TomgaI · Sep 22, 2013

The local well drillers can put you in touch with recent customers. Most times you can buy the dry wells cheap. If you find a deep one , you can get enough holes to build a long section of fence.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2013

I sell post holes. My question is, what does the center of the auger look like? If the center is worn, it's just like a dull drill bit, no amount of down pressure can compensate for a worn center.

Ellis Kinney · Sep 22, 2013

The best thing about selling post holes is the shipping is almost non-existent. Very light weight. Wait til wet weather. Ellis

Nebraska Cowman · Sep 22, 2013

I always dig extra in wet years but I never sell any. You never know when you might need them

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2013

Yeah, ellis, cheap shipping, but hard to strap down! Any that fall off become pot holes!

retired farmer · Sep 22, 2013

Has he ever heard of electric fence. That is all they use around here. Lot of vacant post holes around here for free. Just have to pick them up.

donjr · Sep 22, 2013

Guy a few miles from here sells prefabricated post holes. I think his number is 1-800- BR-549.....

DeltaRed · Sep 22, 2013

We have 'dehydrated post holes'.Just add water!We also have some 'dehydrated water' for sale.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2013

Dad told of digging with WD45 Allis one time and hit hard pan like that once, he said the gov kicked in and before he got it shut down the front yard was the back yard and the back was the front. RENE'

Geo-TH,In · Sep 22, 2013

I'll take a look at center. I used it this spring to plant garden. Dug 25 or so holes, no problem. I'll use a right angle grinder touch it up. The center of a 12 inch auger is relatively small. May touch up all the auger while I'm at it. Ground is so hard, all the weight of the backhoe on 3 tines lifted the rear of tractor off the ground without digging. Think my neighbor needs to find a good source of holes.

Neighbor is 78 years old and an electric fence isn't good enough for an old school boy.
Thanks,
George

Anonymous-0 · Sep 22, 2013

Looks like everyone has some to sell. I can never fine mine till it snows on them.

60 acre hillside · Sep 22, 2013

My cuzzin trained a groundhog to dig postholes but he turned out some pretty crooked ones. Trued to pull some of the bend out with s TRACTOR

504-1 · Sep 22, 2013

None for sale, but the Fast Hitch will send the auger down pretty good.

Dean · Sep 22, 2013

Believe it or not I saw a CL add for post holes once.

It said many sizes available. You pick up.

Dean

T in NE · Sep 22, 2013

We have an 8 or 9 inch hydraulic auger hanging on the loader on the 4020. Even with new cutting edges it will rock the tractor around and stall the orbital motor out. The lack of moisture makes things hard. A few times I have had to put the 4 inch bit on and pre-drill. But have to be very careful with it, it will stick in so good that it won't come out turning backwards.

JMS/.MN · Sep 22, 2013

I bought some from the land of almost right, but with such poor QC, most did not work- they had the hole on the wrong end. Couldn"t stick the post in!

da.bees · Sep 23, 2013

Easiest holes I ever dug was during the dust storm in 55. Me and my hired man built 3 miles of fence in one day. Wind layed during the night,the fence fell over and was covered beneath 2 feet of dust and 4 feet of tumble weeds when all of it settled out from the sky. Leason learned,don't build fence in West Texas on a windy day.

Dr. Walt · Sep 23, 2013

You might talk to Wily Coyote, I believe he gets his from ACME Hole Co. . They seem to work pretty well for everything EXCEPT catching Roadrunners.

Ultradog MN · Sep 23, 2013

No help for you George.
But it's threads like this that are why I like this board so much.

Vernon in Ks · Sep 23, 2013

I have 2800 ft of post hole here in Kansas I've been trying to sell with no takers. Soo if you want some I'll give you all you will move. :>)

Bspauld · Sep 23, 2013

I have several post holes out back, Just clean the dirt out of them and your good to go

bison · Sep 23, 2013

My neighbor has a couple hundred holes with the posts still in them to give away.

Drill a 2" hole and fill with water, leave it sit overnight,..drill to size the next day

hermit · Sep 23, 2013

It doesn't make much difference, wherever you find them, the quality won't be worth a darn. They are all made in China now like everything else. I don't know if American posts are compatible with Chinese holes or not.

Dr. Walt · Sep 24, 2013

hermit:

Years ago I stuck my American post in a Chinese hole and it was tight; very, very tight. They use a different kind of measuring system over there, I don't know if it's Metric or what?

Best to get an oversize hole, you can always back-fill around it.

Dr. Walt · Sep 30, 2013

Thems was METRIC holes, youse needs SAE holes.

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