From: Dave Cole (DavidCole@tk7.net)
Date: Fri Nov 08 2002 - 21:29:04 PST
I've got seriously heavy clay around my place also. I convinced my wife that my M51 dump was a good idea when I used it to move the clay and dirt from my
front yard to the back when I dug a pond. She has never questioned it's place in the yard since. (Or she just gave up?)
I know exactly what you are talking about and the answer is: rent a small excavator and save your back. For about $300 you could move a large amount of
clay with a small excavator and be done with it. I recommend a Bobcat or Kubota diesel excavator. Worth every penny.
Dave
11/8/2002 8:42:31 PM, "Paul A. Thomas" <bluewhale@jaxkneppers.com> 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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