Fence posts. Prepping and hole auger

Highly recommend one of these type units if you are renting...I have used one and two man augers and they both can kick your azz. I rented one of these at home depot.

https://www.littlebeaver.com/produc...wXrdSJc_9ITGj5b0mEEgecVaz0ukp0fUaAkO3EALw_wcB

 

Weld up a truck Axel pumpkin to some angle for a homemade 3point and put a auger bit on it.

 

The local rental outfit has a couple of those type. I was wondering how easily they would get stuck. The ones they have here , have smallish tires. And it's a bunch of rigamaroll to attach it to a ball hitch.

 

Problem is I don't have any of that stuff. If I had a tractor and a welder and some old junk trucks around .

 

That's a REAL GOOD POINT . the rental outfit has a wheeled unit. Maybe I'll give that more thot.

 

That would be my solution I think. Might be way cheaper in the long run.

 

Agreed .
Ya, I wish they were nice big wheel barrow wheels and tires

 

110 posts? I’d look into a skid steer with augur attachment. That’s what I used for around half that number of holes for our fence. Granted I was going 12” wide and filling with concrete, but still... Made it a much easier job.

 

Never let it be said that I'm too smart to do things the hard way .
A big part of it is how much the rental would be.
If I combine it with when I have gravel delivered for the driveway. I could use the auger to drill holes then switch to the bucket to spread gravel.

 

Now that's a fence. 17,000....that'd make my stubborn bull think twice

 

The thing is. There's lots of people that make their fences so moose can step over them .
I've watched moose run over a cattle fence and never tap a wire. Several times. They don't even jump really. Then there are the buffalo /bison fences. 8' tall , 6" square grid heavy duty fence. Miles and miles of it around here. That keeps moose and bison in or out. But it's Real expensive. Lynx and fox go right thru it.
I want to be able to knock a moose or buffalo off its feet if possible. Same with bears.
And hopefully keep all the smaller predators out and our animals in. And do it on as low a budget as I can.
Anything that gets inside the fence will get blasted with a 458 or 6.5. Depending on what I have close at the time.

 

Thank the good Lord I don't have to build (or maintain) a fence that tall or tough!

 

That’s what I did. Spread fresh gravel in the parking area, graded part of the back yard, moved some bigger firewood rounds, helped the neighbor for a couple hours in his yard, and dug 56 or so 12” x 3’ holes. Two day rental with bucket and augur, delivered and picked up the rental place, cost a little under $600. Plus ~10 gallons of diesel minus $50 and a bottle of nice champagne the neighbors gave us for the help. Well worth it to me.

 

I put in a post / beam foundation with a friend and 2 man post hole digger years ago and it kicked both our arses. It was in the woods with lots of roots. Last weekend the neighbor and I put in 40 6 x 6 8' fence posts 3' deep using a pile driver on his skid steer. A friend of his had rented the pile driver ($150 for the weekend) and they did 60 4 x 4 posts at his place too. We're getting ready to get a couple steers for steaks...

After using that thing, we looked at each other and put a for sale sign on the 3 point hitch auger... WAY easier...



Sounds like an M60 machine gun brapping those posts in.

 

You were PileBuckin.
I've worked for and with Pilebucks . Not my most favorite job by any stretch.
But ! I do appreciate how fast and comparatively easy it is to do some things with a pile buck around.
The coast of Alaska was built with Pilebucks. Piers and docks. I could show you entire housing subdivisions that were entirely built with piledriven foundations.

Anyway, that would be a viable way to build a fence. But I doubt the ground will be totally thawed when I start fencing.

 

So, so far I've gone from a bit for my Hole Hog to $50. A day to around $400. A day.
You guys are very good at spending my money !

 

Borderline experts I'd say.Save your body or wallet, not both sadly.

 

This x 1000
I would upgrade to Compact Track Loader if your ground is soft. If I was 18 again I would dig all them by hand, I’m at a point in my life where I rent the equipment I need/want to get a job done as quickly as possible! I’d rather pay more and get done faster, I don’t have time to mess with breakdowns.