I thought I was doing something wrong so came here looking for help. It's taking me over an hour to dig the holes with the auger even after adding water. South Carolina soil stinks.
I think you gotta soak the spot days before or have a skid steer with auger with downward pressure. I’ve had to stand on auger behind a tractor on a 3 point hitch for it to dig at all in our gulf coast Texas clay.
Them’s locust trees with them thorns on em boys. Diggin holes in that hard clay is what makes men out of boys. You just have to want to hard enough. Keep at it and don’t ever let anything beat you and you will be better for it in the end. I dug many a whole with a rock bar and a post hole digger. You can do it.
Live in western WA, had almost the exact same issue when building a fence. Ended up using a rotohammer with a long/thick bit to loosen up everything before using the auger.
I’m going to rent a post hole digger to loosen my soil. (The rototiller won’t break through it’s so hard. ) then I’m pouring compost and manure down there and pray for rain.
I just read a comment on another video that gave me what seems like a no brainier idea that slipped my mind when i was having this issue..... Use a 2 inch bit first to act as a pilot hole then step it up to the next size and so on.
@@trentenfly2331 honestly it was an idea I got from another person's comment and I haven't gotten to try it yet. When drilling into metal a pilot hole makes that easier so I'd imagine this would work kinda in the same way. I was going to try it but couldn't find a 2 inch bit locally. I will be doing this in the future though.
Just got done using an auger today in North Georgia, it was hell to even get down to 12 inches. Funny thing is when we did the water line with a trencher it cut right through. Maybe you fence guys should rent a trencher????
Had the same horrible experience the landscape designer never mentioned it was all cement clay under the green. Harbor freight augers and bits didn't do a thing to this soil ,wasted day. Wrong blades for dealing with cement clay the physics must be different than that for digging on soft soil or semi sandy soils
You say that, as you comment on a video of them doing manual labor. Just because you’re using and told us a Main, it’s not manual labor those things aren’t extremely easy to operate or carry around. Gets tiring quickly. And you’re so quick to judge them like what the fuck are you doing dude? you’re watching videos on TH-cam at least they were actually being productive.
Yeah, this dude doesn't know shit about clearing through cement clay. Otherwise, he would have said a solution. It's been over a year, and he still hasn't said shit about solving this problem. He only calls these kids losers to make himself forget he has a small weiner.
You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.
Amen brother! Had a contractor and builder, building houses next mine lie to me and cheat me out of a $700 deposit to build a fence. Takes a lot to turn the other cheek and not react with anger.
Earl, the Father's Name has meaning, it means "Self Existing One" and the letter " j " was the LAST letter added to the alphabet so that is CLEARLY not Father's name, jc is not the Son either... Lord means baal as well. Please study commands 3 and 4 to be approved, this is crucial. Please don't trust the Gregorian calendar for the ORDER of the TRUE weeks (the calendar before Gregorian day one was MONDAY) if you keep His Feasts so as not to be "cut off" you will NOT find them using the Gregorian calendar of confusion (the Feasts will be kept FOREVER, even in the Kingdom to come!) and as you should know, Passover Messiah kept and Pentecost was kept AFTER Messiah rose from the dead so Abba expects us to keep these Feasts (not wicked Christmas, Easter...all are satanic hellidays are not to be kept). Messiah told us himself to keep the Passover in remembrance of him. I pray you are doing all these things Earl.
I thought I was doing something wrong so came here looking for help. It's taking me over an hour to dig the holes with the auger even after adding water. South Carolina soil stinks.
I think you gotta soak the spot days before or have a skid steer with auger with downward pressure. I’ve had to stand on auger behind a tractor on a 3 point hitch for it to dig at all in our gulf coast Texas clay.
Them’s locust trees with them thorns on em boys. Diggin holes in that hard clay is what makes men out of boys. You just have to want to hard enough. Keep at it and don’t ever let anything beat you and you will be better for it in the end. I dug many a whole with a rock bar and a post hole digger. You can do it.
This has to be the most inspirational post hole digging comment ever written. Thanks for this!
@@heyitsal9742 "Shut up and do it" is inspirational?
@@CoCotheTurtle no.. no hablo ingles
@@heyitsal9742 Tan pendejo eres, pobre payasito.
Mesquite
these kind of soil is giving me trouble when I use my trenching machine. they're too sticky. clogging up the digging chain.
Live in western WA, had almost the exact same issue when building a fence. Ended up using a rotohammer with a long/thick bit to loosen up everything before using the auger.
I’m going to rent a post hole digger to loosen my soil. (The rototiller won’t break through it’s so hard. ) then I’m pouring compost and manure down there and pray for rain.
Damn. Here I was looking at buying one of these specifically to break this shit up
I just read a comment on another video that gave me what seems like a no brainier idea that slipped my mind when i was having this issue..... Use a 2 inch bit first to act as a pilot hole then step it up to the next size and so on.
Did you have success with this idea ?
@@trentenfly2331 honestly it was an idea I got from another person's comment and I haven't gotten to try it yet. When drilling into metal a pilot hole makes that easier so I'd imagine this would work kinda in the same way. I was going to try it but couldn't find a 2 inch bit locally. I will be doing this in the future though.
@@willhall7777 Knock knock... It's the future here. Did it work?
Just got done using an auger today in North Georgia, it was hell to even get down to 12 inches. Funny thing is when we did the water line with a trencher it cut right through. Maybe you fence guys should rent a trencher????
I did modify my auger bit with better results on hard clay. Did solder a few teeth on either side made out of an old file. But still tuff to drill.
Use dynamite
I just dug 16 holes for Arborvitae and complained that I had clay. I don't have clay.
Any teeth on that auger? 😮
Had the same horrible experience the landscape designer never mentioned it was all cement clay under the green. Harbor freight augers and bits didn't do a thing to this soil ,wasted day.
Wrong blades for dealing with cement clay the physics must be different than that for digging on soft soil or semi sandy soils
Add water bro 😂
Add water
Bingo!!!
WOW!...What did you end up using?
these guys definitely aren't manual labour types
They are wimps. 🤣🤣
You say that, as you comment on a video of them doing manual labor. Just because you’re using and told us a Main, it’s not manual labor those things aren’t extremely easy to operate or carry around. Gets tiring quickly. And you’re so quick to judge them like what the fuck are you doing dude? you’re watching videos on TH-cam at least they were actually being productive.
Yeah, this dude doesn't know shit about clearing through cement clay. Otherwise, he would have said a solution. It's been over a year, and he still hasn't said shit about solving this problem. He only calls these kids losers to make himself forget he has a small weiner.
Use water to soften.
That’s why I check the dirt/ground type before the bid
That was me today it took me an hour to dig and tamper put a 30” inch post hole 8” wide.
Terrible
Water it first
Buy a better auger bit blade
You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.
Wat?
What a f...k are you talking about? How this suppose to help auger to cut the clay?
Amen brother! Had a contractor and builder, building houses next mine lie to me and cheat me out of a $700 deposit to build a fence. Takes a lot to turn the other cheek and not react with anger.
Earl, the Father's Name has meaning, it means "Self Existing One" and the letter " j " was the LAST letter added to the alphabet so that is CLEARLY not Father's name, jc is not the Son either... Lord means baal as well. Please study commands 3 and 4 to be approved, this is crucial. Please don't trust the Gregorian calendar for the ORDER of the TRUE weeks (the calendar before Gregorian day one was MONDAY) if you keep His Feasts so as not to be "cut off" you will NOT find them using the Gregorian calendar of confusion (the Feasts will be kept FOREVER, even in the Kingdom to come!) and as you should know, Passover Messiah kept and Pentecost was kept AFTER Messiah rose from the dead so Abba expects us to keep these Feasts (not wicked Christmas, Easter...all are satanic hellidays are not to be kept). Messiah told us himself to keep the Passover in remembrance of him.
I pray you are doing all these things Earl.