From: Bruce Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 20:11:23 PST
Here is a suggestion that might work. I thought about this the other day while
planning a project, but I haven't actualy tried it.
Get a 3/8" carbide drill that has a 4 foot shank, or weld some rod on to the
end of a normal size shank,
Then make multiple holes in the area where you are going to use the auger. Then
try using the auger. If that doesn't work, you might pour water into the holes
first and let it soak for a bit to get it soft. Depending on the soil
composition this might work against you, so experiment.
Good luck and let us know how it worked.
Another idea would be to get some plastic and make some small charges and push
it down a pilot hole to loosen everything up. Start REAL SMALL!
One more idea that might help. Get three poles and make a teepee type rig to
suspend the auger with block and tackle and help as a guide, Then get a 20' 2x
10, anchor one end solidly in all directions but one, but so that the other end
can go up and down,
attach the auger about one third from the other end. Attach weights to the
other end as you drill to help the auger dig in. Then apply the two gorillas
and see what happens.
Bruce MVPA 23824
"Paul A. Thomas" wrote:
> Sorry to go near off topic:
>
> I'm trying to finish the area I've dug out of my back yard hill to park my
> deuce. Doing it by shovel / wheelbarrow as the deuce is in the way of any
> equipment which might help ( not running or stopping yet) and $ is for the
> deuce, not for things I can do by myself :) .
> I was hoping to get the 3' tall retaining wall in b4 the rains hit but ran
> into a problem. I have a 5 hp hole digger with the normal Auger bits you
> get with it.. these bits apparently are intended for soil. I am working in
> a white chalky with red clay soil. Two 250 lb guys basically sitting /
> rocking the Auger for an hour managed to get 1.5 ft into the soil, two
> nights in a row: thus I'm at 3' on the first hole. (sigh)
>
> I've checked Grainger and a number of links on the web. It appears that
> bits intended for Clay soil do exist, however only for tractor mounted
> Augers or larger.
>
> Has anybody run into this problem and found a solution which allows you to
> do 10" or 12" holes 4' deep using a two man Auger?
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Paul
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