Post hole borers - they bite
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OUCH!
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Just transplanted a couple of hundred yards of daffodils with the aid of one.
I was advised to lean over it if operating it on my own. I wore the front out of my shirt!! Thumbs ached like hell for the next couple of days. It took off a couple of times but I knew enough to let go. I have a layer of stone and gravel just before the optimum depth for daffs. The other option was the family bulb planter which is pre war at the very least.
Commiserations
I was advised to lean over it if operating it on my own. I wore the front out of my shirt!! Thumbs ached like hell for the next couple of days. It took off a couple of times but I knew enough to let go. I have a layer of stone and gravel just before the optimum depth for daffs. The other option was the family bulb planter which is pre war at the very least.
Commiserations
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These buggers have teeth! Despite being braced in case of a snag, this one got away from me last night and resulted in a bloody sore chest and a mild concussion when the auger hit a stone.
Hopefully my experience might save someone else some painful bruises
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Ferguson made a post hole borer for that very reason!
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In soft ground, most certainly. This b*stard has less than an hour on it and it's on Marketplace
This^, Got the same T shirt.
The Stihl one-man auger is twice the cost of the competition, BUT, it has a clutch lever that sits against your thigh/body in use. The moment the auger catches and the body starts to rotate, the clutch kicks in. I used to use one a lot, it never beat me up 
Nothing like a grey Fergi, two furrow ley plough, auger, circular saw, finger bar mower, you were the man.
Ooya that’s a sore one.
Not quite as bad but had one give me a belt when doing our fence some 27 years ago.
It caught clay in the ground that I hadn’t seen.
Not quite as bad but had one give me a belt when doing our fence some 27 years ago.
It caught clay in the ground that I hadn’t seen.
Yep. Bruising is coming out nicely now. Luckily my chest bore the brunt of it. I'm pretty sure it'd have resulted in a broken nose and cheekbone otherwise
Just looked more closely at the OP...
Top tip for anyone, it you're using an extension bar to get extra depth, put the auger in without the bar, then when you're at full auger depth stop, fit the bar, and start again. That way you're never trying to control it up by your face/chest.
Top tip for anyone, it you're using an extension bar to get extra depth, put the auger in without the bar, then when you're at full auger depth stop, fit the bar, and start again. That way you're never trying to control it up by your face/chest.
Lesson learned the hard way, that's for sure
A mates got one and he loves it for sorting his pheasant pens and various jobs round the estate. Must be kind ground
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