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Pro Tip: with a heavier tamper, the trick is that you stand upright, lift the tamper 3-6 inches and let it fall. You let the weight of the bar do the work. Standing upright will save your shoulders and back. But in then end, you will be putting enough posts to find out what is the most comfortable for you. Have fun!
Wait till you hit 70 like me. I noticed over the few years starting to slow down. End of the month I turn 71
Hardwork, it's not child's play building a farm. You must look after yourself when you young, in old age you will feel the ache and pains. I feel it at 80 years. Blessings
Mighty lucky to have army of unpaid consultants!
Hi, Evan! Now that I have watched all your videos, I am enjoying watching even more than before. There’s something about knowing the whole backstory that makes the current videos more meaningful. You’re not old yet. I am 78. I am almost old.
I LOVE YOU GUYS !!!
Great job mate and good video too all the best for the coming holidays mate hope you have a fantastic time.
Just another great video....take care and see again !!
A new is bit is the best idea, but a gradual pressure on the digger will help in difficult soils to speed up the process. It is not so much wieght issue as it is a steady downward pressure. Even a drill press needs pressure to go deeper through the material.
You can wield a bracket on the back of your auger to add 3 or 4 of those tractor suitcase weights. It will make digging much easier since tractor 3 point lift does not have hydraulic down pressure like a skid steer.
Was waiting for a caber toss from you.
You might consider using the 6" drill to drill the pilot hole and then following it up with the 9". When I have to drill in to aluminum with a 1/2" drill bit, I start with 1/4" then make my way up to 1/2".
Thanks Evan and Rebekah! Love your channel!
You need to weld a weight bar on the top of the auger so you can add weight. The 3 point will pick it up no problem but without down pressure you're going to continue fighting every hole.
I’d weld a flat plate to a 1” round stock bar with put two holes in the plate. I’d then attach that plate to the auger housing. You then push down on the bar while it is digging. This is normal in my neck of the woods. The ground is dry and hard.
Take your other tractor and press down with the loader bucket directly over the auger.
Adding weight is correct, you could even weld a couple of pieces of pipe onto your digger then use a cheater pipe to apply pressure gradually
It's not a weight issue. That bit is stuffed. Same as a hand drill bit, when its blunt you can push as hard as you want but it won't work.
100% agree not a weight issue. I had the same problem and replaced my cutting edges and pilot bit and augered holes this past August when we hadn’t got any rain for 6 weeks and it dug right down no problem. Also if you have the possibility of rocks in your soil lower the rpm’s on the tractor. I run my auger at about 1000
Great video. Work gets harder when you get older. No matter how hard you work during the warm months there's always something needed to be done when cold weather sets in.
Bought a new tip for my auger after 2 years of fighting it like you are here, now it bites and pulls down like I thought it ought to all along.
We live in Western Ky and the soil is very rocky in spots. We have been doing the same thing this year and I feel your pain. Thanks for another good video!
You're doing a great job. All the best 🇬🇧.
Building fence is work. No doubt about it. I'm going to be 70 in a few days and I'll admit I get tired more rapidly that I used to, but I still enjoy manual labor and feel a sense of accomplishment when the day is done. If you need a hand, let me know. We dylive that far apart!
A new set of cutters on the auger will make it work as it should, until then try pouring a bit of water in the hole as your drilling. Keep smilin
Your Round bail feeder is going to be like Farmer Tyler Ranch's round bail feeder
Hubby just said weld a bracket onto the top of your auger and put a cheater bar into it. I had to as his loving wife push down and keep the auger striaght. 😅 Without the bar in the hard clay it just sat there spinning. Built an arena with doing it this way. Love your channel!!
My clay never gets soft enough to drill. We start all our holes, throw a bucket of water in each and come back every few days until we get deep enough. My crow bar has a chisel on one end and a 3" round flat on the other for tamping.
I've thought about welding a pipe the diameter of an Olympic weight so i can hang extra weight to help it dig
Thanks for sharing your story Evan, you guys have a beautiful place and I’m impressed by the shop and the tools you have to do the jobs. You are going to have so much fun once you retire. You will look back and question yourself on how you were able to get so much done before you retired. I really enjoy watching all your projects. Both you and Rebecca have a slice of heaven.
Nice work Evan Rebecca looking good.
we used to dig thousands of holes when we grew tomatos , 1960s/1970s.
the old machine had a frame on the edge of it going all around the auger,
there was enough room for someone to safely sit on it while boring, and jump off when the hole was deep enough
sorry no photos of us doing that job
add some weight to the post hole digger. Weld on a pin to attach barbell weights to it ?
You're experiencing the main reason I invested in an auger for my front end loader. With the FEL auger you can add down pressure, unlike the 3 point auger. It's another expense but it's been worth it! If you do go that route, just make sure to get one that can be offset to the side so you can see it from the tractor seat.
You are definitely a very hard worker. Hope the muscles didn't hurt for too long. . Your techniques are improving radically and you really got a lot done. Congrats.
If you still have the old tractor and a second person, set the bucket of tractor #2 on the auger (lightly) and auger away. Doesn’t take much down pressure to work.
Maybe weld a half inch thick circular flat stock on the other end, about 1.5" to 2" bigger then the pipe.
Its good u read the comments n heed the well meant advice/tips. Not constructive criticism, u can ignore😅
Great job!!!
Helth and Happy holydays to You , your famely , And freinds
Thanks Evan
Awesome video hope you and Rebekah have a Merry Christmas
You need to weld 3in 1/2 in plate to the bottom it will work better and faster🍻
3in square plate or round center it and weld
In a pinch you can weld a bolt to the cutters and the starter bit
In the past I have used a LEVER chained above the auger get back about 8’ that’s lots of leverage. You will succeed!!
I was taught to put a couple of inches of rock in the bottom of the hole so the wooden post wouldn’t sit in water thus rotting out sooner…could be an “old farmers tale” I don’t know. 🤣🤷🏻♂️
God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸🇮🇱
Agree! We used to put what we called a “peb” (thick piece of flat rock found in various places on the island) in the bottom then the post and even some large rocks first in the hole then the mud back in.
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I used rocks to sturdy my gate posts then I put the dirt on there still straight after 20 years
Hey Evan, trust me you don’t want to know what 67 feels like! Thanks much for sharing your video!
Use a 2x4 and apply some down leverage on your auger. But getting new teeth for it will make it work better.
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Also, contact Shoup for cutting edge parts for your auger. You would be surprised at what they have for old outdated equipment
EVAN, GOOD SHOW. NICE WORK AS USUAL.
JudithB Looks good Evan!!! The cold takes a toll when working out side too. I use to set railroad ties on our fences for gates, and hand dug the holes, then got one end of the tie at the hole and then lifted it to slide in to the hole. Sort of like you do the electric poles with the tractor. I finally made it to 76, and still digging holes and setting tee posts tho!! If you measure from the tip of the post hole digger and down one of the handles to mark measurements you wont need the measuring tape every time you dig a hole!!
Nice job
Looking good. Do yourself a favor and dig the area out where the cattle will be standing and put 8-12" of 1" base rock (with all the fines) down. It will be a tremendous difference with feeding. We have cattle and base rock is about as good as concrete
Get new cutting edges for the auger. Also google “down pressure kit for post hole auger”. You have the means and know how to build one yourself for the auger.
Hi Evan - That is a fancy tamper that you have made there but it seems to work well, we also always used a wood 2x4 and a small sledgehammer to tamp but we did usually have wet soft ground, we cemented in the bottom of the big corner and gate posts to prevent them from lifting or leaning. You are also right that your post hole auger needs sharpened/repaired as it has no bite and doesn't want to dig.
No welding required for a tamper. In my 65 year lifetime a 6’ x 3/4” light weight conduit is the best tamper. Lighter, faster, better! Try it.
Nice
its a good warm up a cold day and will be impressed with the guns you build
Evan! Evan! Evan! If only you would buy the - spud bar - I have advocated to you before. The spud bar would have the chisel point the other end to loosen the - clay? - (even rocky ground) up a lot. Then you could go back with the tractor auger, or the post hole digger to remove the loosened material. Also the spud bar will serve as a sturdy lever if ever required. The tamping head of the spud bar has a larger diameter, to spread the impact over a larger area. In my opinion your "tamper" may tend to get stuck as you are working it. My Father used no mechanical tools, when he was fencing. The - spud bar - a post hole shovel, a 2 ft pinch bar(for tensioning wires), a few pairs/styles of fencing pliers and a claw hammer, was his kit. With that he could put in fences at twice the rate my Brothers and myself could manage.
You are a young pup yet. I be 72 this may, it just takes me a little longer to get things done
In hard soil bring in your big tractor use the loader down force to help push down the auger
Best kind of muscles are farm muscles... keep up the great work and posting your everyman vlogs. We appreciate your channel, just keep doing you. Happy Holidays!
Dont forget to put the hinges for the 18 ft gate on the OUTSIDE of the telephone pole gatepost, so it will swing 180 degrees. You did a fantastic job of clearing those fence lines!
WOW that's some HARD ground I feel your pain Evan!!! Can't wait till the next video!
Best tamper is a standard spud bar one end with the mushroom is the tamper When I was a kid and helped tamp fence posts in, i was required to tamp ALL the dirt into the hole. Needless to say posts did not move once tamped in place
Nice video
weld you a 3ft bar on the top of that auger just abovve the pin and when its just setting their spinning just pull down on it or lay across it for just a sec an they usually take right off no matter how hard the ground it makes it WAY Way Easier...I remember learning how to do that as a 10-12yo kid & done it all my life on the farm & it works good here in Rural Eastern Ky Mountain Dirt so i6t will work for you to ! its a Arm & back Saver .lol.
Hey Evan. Heat your tamping bar up about midway and put a slight bend in it and it will keep you from beating your knuckles up on post and also make it easier to tamp around your post on sides and back. Love your channel.
My father had a stomper that had a 2 inch round iron on one end and the same as you have on the other end. Therefor it fit each application.
If you have any sand around where you live fill the hole with water then put the sand and shake the post
Add gravel to the holes around the posts along with dirt. Really locks the posts in
Maybe start with the 6 inch auger, drill all your holes, then switch the larger auger. Just a thought. Pete does a lot of things his way and doesn't care what people are chirping at him. Do it the way you're comfortable with, and don't worry about the armchair farmers
Yes Pete has made it clear he doesn’t want any interaction with his viewers.
Deactivated comments lol. Also, switching bits like that can be dangerous. If it gets off center it can bind pretty bad. Almost like trying to drill lumber right on the edge with half the bit
Pete has a lot of experience, his own and his father's. Yes he experiments and does things, makes mistakes like every farmer.
I was wondering why not do the smaller 6 inch first, at least starting. Not sure what binding is.
But both of them are doing it and learning.
I love watching, a whole lot different.
Now I wish some of these would visit each other, but that is cuz I don't understand the work ethic and pride they all have. Farmer Tyler Ranch, all by himself. But if they wanted to friendly help, that is different.
I wonder how many guys starting up watch and totally get what they are going through. We have no real idea. Like his wife mowing the lawn for years. Didn't know that, just impressed me more.
Look into getting a hydraulic auger with skid steer setup for the big tractor. Guessing it would have enough GPM to run it and you’d have both down pressure and reversibility.
That's a good tamper and will let you set a much solider post every time. Glad the ground thawed for a little while so you could get some of the fencing in. Stay safe and keep up the good farm maintenance tool making and great videos. Fred.
Careful with one way pto auger. go up and down alot. Ive had one screw into the ground and it took a backhoe to get it out.
Like a helical anchor.
We have 40 head of black baldy cow all the post we sit we use sand and water fill it half fill of water start add sand and more water till it fill of sand with the water a hose work best really wash that sand in let it sit a day and it hard as a rock not more tamping
I have a tamper bar I bought from Harbor Freight and my arms feel like rubber after using that thing! But it works great for setting posts
Thank you for not pushing down on the top of the auger. A woman was at my farm this summer and we were telling stories. And she said every time her husband ran the auger she had to push down on the top of it to get it to dig. Gives me the willies just thinking about what is going to happen.
Great job looking great keep up the great work love your videos thank you
When the ground is hard it can be a pain getting your auger to dig. If your cutting teeth are getting dull, rather than trying to find new teeth maybe you can try sharpening them with a grinder or belt sander. Just a thought.
You are becoming a precision master fence builder Evan! Nice feeder design, like FTR’s but even better with a roof!
36 degrees here in Queensland, Australia...but that's 36 Celsius so about 98F
thx
Evan you might look into a gd used post pounder. The work it saves you and the time it would be worth it I think. They hold their value pretty gd so you can sell when done and probably not be out much.
I would weld teeth on the bottom blade of the auger to tear thru the hard ground, something like what is used for HDD reamer teeth.
We use a bucket of water in the hole with our small 2 man hand held auger and it works no matter what type of soil, adding dry cement dust when backfilling with the damp soil makes a good strong fix
Like you said evan, the steel tamper does a much better job tamping than your 2X2 stick. That means you get a more secure post with probably 1/4 of the lift and drops. So I'm going to suggest you are probably overdoing the tamping. Next time, monitor how many drops it really takes.
Suggestion about your hay feeder; If you're going to put up a roof, it might be a good idea to build a deck to keep the hay up off the ground and out of the mud. SHould have a lot less wastage with that easy addition.👍
If you pour some water in the holes after you get them started it will soften up and drill easier. Let the water sit a while to soak in .
Evan is familiar with that technique. He has used it before with some success.
When your useing the post hole digger an it hits hard drit take it out a pure a bucket of water in the hole an as that is sifting up the drit start drilling more holes after that go back to the one you put the water in
If your six inch auger works, why not drill a 6 inch hole, then go back with the 8? It'd be like a pilot hole, more trips but easier driving.
You are a farmer now get a digging iron. Check out a sale on a farm can probably pickup one cheap but get one You are in country with rocks and the pointed edge of the iron will help in remobinh them.
If you can put that one on the loader or get you one for loader you will want to dig post holes lol that’s how I am since I gat me a auger to go on the loader lol
Evan I had the same problem. You need a new stinger on your auger. About $40 at TSC
Evan, I feel your pain, post hole diggers will warm you up fast. I appreciate that you explain things so thoroughly.
You need a digging bar. Steel bar about 5' long with a flat tamper on one end and a heavy chisel on the other end.
You need to replace the point and the cutting teeth on the auger. You will be surprised at the difference it makes. Hopefully the auger bit is not worn to the bolt holes.
I feel your pain with the tamper. Many moons ago I bought an 8 ft long heavy tamper from a big box store. Chisel tip on one end, round tamper head on the other. I'd carry it from the shed to whatever job I was doing that day but it took all my energy just to drag it back.
I hope your gates don't pull those posts out of plumb. You will have a lot of leverage on the hinge side from the weight of the gate.
Fill the pipe with sand to give it more weight. Giving it more weight would help with the tamping of the dirt. Welding another piece of steel over the top will keep in the sand for you or you could leave it so you could better move it about.Putting the feeder in the fence was a nice idea.
Better still, buy a PROPER Spud Bar.
Spud Bar is now replaced by the term Fencing Bar. However they come in handy for so many other jobs.
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Attach a handle to the auger for leverage
Great video a lot of work but worth the extra time you put in to do it right. Great idea building hay feeder in and covering it over. Just an idea , you said your 6" auger drills better .Could you predrill and then move up to 9" bit ?