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a little late on my comment but a magnet on s string will get the drain plug.

How much weight was on your trailer?

A battery operated auger? You must have the softest soil on the planet.Batteries are for regular use tools. How often do you use an auger? The TH-cam battery scam is strong with you.

Thanks for this video.

I know this is an old video but hopefully you're still responding to comments. May I ask why you didn't try "slant drilling", where you just angle the auger and drill into the earth diagonally? you could use a $10 extension bit to regain any reach lost to the angle. the weight of the auger will automatically make it bite into the earth and bring it up as you work the trench. this results in a cleanly excavated trench with no sections of earth between holes to dig out later. Just my thoughts, I haven't done this yet but am considering it after confirming in someone's youtube short that it works at least in some soil types.

Thanks for the video. Good job!

Sounds as if you need a minimum 96Ah LiFePO4 3x 48V 32 Ah. Add a 4th 32Ah batt if necessary for 128Ah.

any reason you didn't use the auger at an angle to connect the holes??--it works fine for this

The dude worked so hard, he sounded absolutely lifeless during the video narration. 😂

This should be the top of TH-cam. Cool live testing of how to understand the big picture

Might be a good solution for someplace you can't get a trencher, or a shorter distance, but my back aches enough just watching you.

You actually gave me a great idea while looking at trenchers here on TH-cam. I am installing an irrigation system and instead of using a mini-ex to dig sprinkler valve boxes I can use my 30" tree auger for the valve boxes instead of bringing a mini-ex in. Just saved me some work!! Love the internet! 😁

Thanks for posting this I was wondering if I can do this and that it was possible and it totally is!

Great info and part numbers. Just a note @ 11:42 of the video you can see a recessed 3/8 allen head plug in front of transmission you can remove it and drain from there as well to try and get as much old oil out as possible. Stay safe, and God bless

Great info on part numbers, drain plug locations, and socket sizes. I’m at 50 hours. Thanks for doing this video.

Oh my goodness - I have had a terrible solar install - the guy - Birks - left the conduit containing 3.3kW of power above ground (illegal - should be 60cm deep). I finally had the court case and am now waiting for the refund he has to pay me, and now I'm making what he did legally safe, and I have to trench 60cm deep for about 8-10m. I've been dreading it, thinking i would be digging it by hand, but I already have this tool! Thank you so much for this video - I'm going to do exactly what you did to dig the trench, then have the professionals come in and finish the job putting the conduit and cable where it legally should have been in the first place

That looks fun

Hello good afternoon, Pedro from Portugal thank you for your time and effort in editing this video, I bought this same tractor and change the hidraulyc /transmicion oil but but I have no idea here is the eye level. Are you able to guide me. Many thamks

Thank you for posting. I know it is not the right tool for the job but honestly... renting a trencher would cost a ton, be one time use (while fast) and then its gone back to wherever rented from. Knowing that an auger can have more than 1 purpose use is pretty freaking awesome if you ask me that and the fact that you have a tool for planting, putting in posts and all the other things for a little over what you would have paid for a trench digger rental.

My trencher would do this in 1H

It’s the wrong oil you need diesel oil not regular oil sir. Also Kubota oil is better for warranty

Just wanted to say thank you. Been putting this off, the only thing I am an expert at most days. Significantly more confidence now. Pain to make these videos and I really appreciate it.

I wonder if it would be possible to continue trenching with the tool, after digging all those holes with it, if it had an extra bit with serrated edges? Then, perhaps, as a special drill, it was possible to connect those holes, if the soil allows it.

Wow, in NY on-road diesel is 4.54

Good demonstration. That relief tool looks handy! Do you jiggle the loader valve with the tractor off just before disconnecting the hoses? I have yet to get brave enough to take mine off! 🤣

I notice your gst transmission has 2 hydraulic filters mine only has 1. But I don’t have the GST transmission on my l2850

Was watching a kubota engine oil change video, looked like a L2550 and his had 2 oil drain plugs. Being I’m pretty certain you said you did the oil change the day before on this video, do you remember if we have 2 drain plugs on the 2850?

So what is that you had to remove to get those filters off?? I am going to do mine soon.

Thanks for this video, I used it to change the drive belt on my SLTX 1054. Absolute mongrel of a job but made much easier by this video, cheers from Australia

So the hydraulic and transmission are a combined same oil used unit??

Bout to be buying a nice l2850 I’m not sure if it’s the same glide shift transmission or not. It has a 4 speed shifter up at the right hand area by the steering wheel. Hoping it’s the same so I can use this video. It’s a 1988 model.

Hello there from Perth Western Australia! What was the trench for?

Everything you don’t like is like that on all battery mowers. None of them will start with the handle pushed in. And if you don’t like one blade why didn’t you get the ryobi with 2 blades that con is on you.

I put that bitch on its side after I took off hood, deck and battery. Fortunately, I didn’t have to pull off motor mounts after I took off pto. My pulley slid off so I popped on belt, loosen pulleys as I weaved the belt through. I didn’t have to fight the back pulley. I had 3 little bolts on fan which the old belt busted off. I’m guessing my mower is a little younger. You probably know on the deck blade removal a pipe wrench wedged to wall and a wrench is easier but I’m guessing you didn’t want to walk back to find it. But I see you gotter done.

Thanks for sharing shortening the PTO shaft. Helps to see every step.

is the auger an electric one ?

My concern was going up an incline. On a flat plane with two passengers my cart will consume 150 to 180 on acceleration and settle around 50 continuously. I have a configurable bms and have it set to protect after 5 seconds at 300 amps. 400 amps will trigger it in 1.5 seconds. 500 amps instantly shuts it off. I’m running 16 lifepo4 40ah 10C continuous discharge cells. I get around 8-10 miles on a full charge. Some would argue that’s not enough. I find it to be plenty. The kicker is that I can charge the pack from 0% to full in about 90 minutes which is never really the case. I usually run the pack down to 40%-50% then charge it up to full which only takes a half hour or so. If I’m going on a long ride I bring my ecoflow and charge it in between stops.

Not a bad idea...well, from a redneck engineering point of view 🤣 I might have to try it. I wonder if an old sickle bar mower could be made to run vertically.

What battery did you buy? I have the same concerns.

Thank you for actually having a review where you used it! Virtually every review on here was no more than an unboxing with specs, which I really didn't need.

We bought one of these to dig holes for tree planting. The auger works great for this task. For trench digging I’m not so sure but the auger would better than just hand tools.

Thanks for the post and lessons learned. I had to do a 20' trench to connect to the septic pipe, did it by hand, took 10 hours spread over 5 days. In mechanics, you quickly learn the value of using the right tool... I'm not sure why it didn't carry over to trenching.

Dam, that RYOBI battery looks like it can take a beating !

Thanks for sharing what you learned!

Would of taken me 2 hours with my k8 mini-x

Dang, I rented a 4 inch by 24 inch deep trencher with tracks. Did 475 feet and it took right at 2 hours to complete. Price was 165 bucks for 4 hour rental.

WTF did you do? It would have been easier to just use a shovel. SMDH

Thank you for the video I needed it

Augur at an angle might have been a lttle better

Some ideas are better left on paper. Live and learn. At least you manned up and gave it a shot! Kudos