Harbor Freight auger?

[Unruh]

https://t.harborfreight.com/lawn-garden/power-tools/gas-powered-earth-auger-63022.html

So I have a pretty big fence I need to put up. Anyone use this auger? I can rent one, but shoot for the price, I could get it for almost the same amount and keep it for later use.

 

[Zapp Branigan]

I have one, it digs holes. No complaints.

 

[Bighead38]

I rented one from Home Depot and almost broke my knee twice when it bound up and the top started to spin instead. Not sure if that is supposed to happen or not but be careful.

 

[Unruh]

I have one, it digs holes. No complaints.

Yeah, I'm thinking for the price, only like $60 more than renting one for a day, I could have my own.

 

[Mikeske]

I do not use those knee cap breakers I use what is in the attached picture to dig holes

 

[gmcromp]

See if this helps you

https://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27192&highlight=harbor

It rates a lot of IF equipment, I haven't looked to see if your post hole digger is in there.

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[Bluedodge]

Going into sandy / loamy soil? They work pretty darn good.
Going into gravelly soil? Meh - they work okay.
Going into soil with rocks? Any post hole digger is gonna have problems.

 

[Teenager with old tools]

Ours has a 5 horse Briggs engine and goes into hard soil kinda okay but feels underpowered not sure how easy your soil is to dig in

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[Unruh]

See if this helps you

https://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27192&highlight=harbor

It rates a lot of IF equipment, I haven't looked to see if your post hole digger is in there.

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I did skim through, but didn't see it mentioned anywhere. I'll check again.

 

[Unruh]

Going into sandy / loamy soil? They work pretty darn good.
Going into gravelly soil? Meh - they work okay.
Going into soil with rocks? Any post hole digger is gonna have problems.

Well...there's gonna be rocks. Before we bought the place, it was built in 1955, the property was leveled and they brought in a lot of fill dirt to help even it out. I have almost no top soil and lot's of rock. Part of the reason I want an auger, I don't wanna did in that stuff!

I'm planning on getting this fence done and bringing in a couple truck loads of top soil.

 

[vavet]

Never used one. My The nderstanding is that the 2 person models are easier because each person has a longer lever arm to counteract the torque. It makes sense to me,

 

[Fender1325]

If you have clay forget about it. Hire a crew with the big guns or get a dig stick and post hole digger and do it the old fashioned way.

My wife and I had to do this after the auger we rented wouldn't cut 2 inches down with all my weight on it. And it was a large one.

 

[dutchgray]

I do not use those knee cap breakers I use what is in the attached picture to dig holes

You can get hydraulic augers for digger arms, thats the way to go if you want neat round post holes, a lot easier on the body than hand held and really saves on concrete.

 

[Teenager with old tools]

Well...there's gonna be rocks. Before we bought the place, it was built in 1955, the property was leveled and they brought in a lot of fill dirt to help even it out. I have almost no top soil and lot's of rock. Part of the reason I want an auger, I don't wanna did in that stuff!

I'm planning on getting this fence done and bringing in a couple truck loads of top soil.

You may want a 5HP two person auger for that then.

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[Git]

I have a similar auger - made by 'Earthquake'. They sell the power head separately and then you can choose the auger you want to use with it. With a 6" auger it would be about $270 ish and works great

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CZ2YB6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Also - make sure you have a 'digging bar' when you hit the rocks. Something like this:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Atlas-70-in-Tamper-Head-Digging-Bar-GXB-441/202531238