Fence posts. Prepping and hole auger

So. I gotta build a fence.
I have Fire killed white spruce fence posts that range from 3" to 6" diameter . My hope is to find a dirt auger bit that I can use with my Makita Hole Hog.
Anyone know where I can find auger bits .

 

I think I’ve seen bits at Home Depot. They sell Echo products. An ope dealer with a decent amount of inventory. I know Stihl makes hole diggers. Tractor Supply should have some different sizes. I’d think bit attachment is universal whether it’s pto driven or portable gas.

 

TSC sells augers and parts for augers...Not sure you have TSC in Alaska though!

 

I prefer a driven 3” post, due to all the tamping required to backfill. Iron bar to open the hole, and a sledge to drive it in. In my younger days. Really depends on the soil - a gravel would refill the hole more firmly that the silt-loam I grew up on.

 

They make an adapter to run a hand ice auger with a drill. Never tried it in dirt though.


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I would like to see the drill that you could dig a 12" diameter hole 4'-0" into the ground...

 

I ran a hand held auger when I was younger. It was gas powered and it looked like I was fighting a black belt in jujitsu. I lost.

 

Often wondered if you could mount one of those screw splitters to a hand auger and split wood,,,,,,,alive.

 

Ice augers are max 10” and they make them as small as 4” that I’ve seen. It’s the op looking for a way to drill holes with his Makita hole hog. I know my Milwaukee super hole hawg has a clutch to prevent the wrist twist when drilling large diameter holes. I think it’s rated for a 4.5” Forstner bit in wood.


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I have a 24" x 2 1/2" auger for my drill for drilling holes for tulip bulbs. It works OK, so long as you don't hit a rock or a root. Drains the battery amazingly fast, though. It might work for a pilot hole, and then you can follow it with something bigger. I think I've seen them up to 3" or so.

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Driving fence posts was part of growing up. White cedar , 6' long posts with 4 been cuts. Steel bar to punch in the hole. And when things were perfect, someone to drive the tractor and a hay wagon to stand on. No idea how many hundreds I've driven. But I do know that is how I learned how to swing a sledge equally well right or left handed. Use 1 arm until it was too tired. Switch hands and use the other one till it wouldn't work. Repeat.
I even came up with a 14 lb fence post maul head recently. BUT ! !
I ain't the man I used to be !
Hence the auger.

 

I was hoping to do up to a 6" around 2 ' deep.
I know my drill will run a 4 5/8" self feed bit thru dry oak. As long as I have something solid for the long aux. handle to push. I can't hold it.
This will be a 12 strand electric fence with 2 different zappers hooked to it. A mild one on the inside for 3 strands . And the hottest one I can get for the outside 9 strands . at least 17,000 volts .

 

Yes . Mine is the Makita version. But it doesn't have a clutch.

 

That ought to stop the escapees!

 

It’s the amps that kill you, not the volts.


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It will be on the outside of the posts. To stop moose and bears and other predators.
The inner 3 strands will be just enough to give our animals a sufficient zap to stay away from the real hot wires.

 

Yup. But the high volts sends a nice big blue arc. I've watched a 7' grizzly get knocked over by 17k volts. And that was the Last time it tried to get thru the fence @ the Glennallen Landfill. 5 generations of bears had grown up eating at that dump/landfill.
1 season having the electric fence around it and they all went away. It ran off somewhere around 30 different bears. They would show up in the spring . once the salmon started coming in they would all pretty much be on the river and criks. Then top off their tanks in the fall before going into hibernation.

 

So, I found out the local equipment outfit rents 2 man post hole augers. 50 bucks a day. With 1 bit. I wonder if I can drill 110 holes in a day. The smallest bit is a 6".
But they may be able to get a 1 man unit.

 

If it were me I'd try & get a second person & use the two man. I put 30 holes in with a one man & felt like I'd been beat by a pro fighter. Hit a stone & it yanks it right out of your hands or tears your shoulder. Which if I remember correctly you just had fixed. Very unpleasant machine to run if you have stones or gravel soil.