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russ57:
Digging holes, but my post hole digger can't quite lift dirt from the bottom. You pull the handles apart to grab a handful of dirt, but the  spread is too wide for the hole.

So, buy a cheap one, get out the oxy, and...
Now they open less, but can still grab from the bottom...



Russ

russ57:
The blue are the original fully open, the green are the new ones.

Not as good for digging but better for lifting.

Russ

awemawson:
I have a pair of those, and neither have the weight for proper digging, but are ok for cleaning up a hole bored with a hole borer.

I've borrowed 'proper' ones in the past where the 'spades' were made from a decent thickness of steel and with a lift and plunge action would even dig our heavy clay.

The only 'mod' that I made to mine was to drill a hole in one of the spades so that they could hang handles downwards from a nail.

Otherwise they fall on the floor like a drunken giraffe  :lol:

russ57:
This is what I use for the digging bit at the moment...
An aldi special, runs happily off my domestic air compressor.


Russ

russ57:
I also have a borrowed powered post hole borer, but it's a two man job, preferably two men not including me. I have rocky soil and when it grabs it can do one an injury.

Russ

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