My hat off too you Chris with all the work you do on your day job you don't leave much time to yourself in leisure after work always busy for yourself or friends I think you are a workaholic great to see in a young fellow.
Chris, your amazing with the touch and control you have with the equipment, it's like they're an extension of your hands and fingers! Great video, thanks!
I'm from central Texas . I'm a bit jealous of how easy it is for you to dig those holes. If I tried to sink in that pole barn, i'd have gone through 5 sheer pins, and spent 3 or 4 hours with a rock bar and a LOT of cussing. :-D
You need a "Fish Tale" on the tip of the auger , it guides the bit into the hole . You might try a choker between the forks about 2/3 way up the pole , drop it straight down into the hole . In Flagstaff , Northern AZ , the "rocks" are usually about the size of the tires on the tractor , You've got GOOD soil(clay) , here , if there's any moisture , the clay sticks in the bucket , and you've got to bang it out on one of those "tire sized" rocks . Really enjoy your videos , I retired from construction about 10yrs ago and do miss it .
Projects like this is why you never say no to helping friends with theirs. A few friends, a lot of beer, meat on the grill could have knocked this out quick.
Yes but you have to have the beer and meat other wise it's just a bunch of sober assholes cussing and yelling then asking for nails cuase they all got pissed and ended up dropping them because they where pissed which made it worse but then if you do have beer you'd end up with a lop sided barn because one is focused on the grill the other is handing up boards and nails and also cutting the boards which most likely will come out just alittle crocked
Well I learned a new one Chris I never knew that the back end of a shovel had more then one use. All I ever seen done with them is for a leaning post :)
Chris, you should use a wrecking bar to tamp that dirt/gravel down around each pole, not a shovel handle. Wrecking bar has a lot of weight behind it and will compact the material a lot tighter.
Thanks for the video. I put poles by using a 8" length of rope, make a noose around the pole about 2/3rds of the way up, attach other end with 2-3' of slack to the front end loader. That way you can place the pole in while it's off the ground and not drag a bunch of dirt in. You can find the sweet spot and hold it close to perp. Use a 6' stick with a nail in the end to slacken off the noose when your done. Cheers, Billy in Canada
excelent use of machines on hand for a one man job, loved how you slinged the post with the strap and was able to disconnect and continue setting the pole with out getting out of the seat. Great videos as always Chris.
You showed the project from the homeowner with some acreage perspective. Using the equipment most people would/ might have or rent. Unless a person is loaded , in the business, or in debt up to their necks; they probably won't have more than one tractor with all the latest high tech attachments.You showed what a pain in the ass post hole diggers can be. As a bonus you got the keyboard warriors fuming mad. Thanks for the video. This has been a steel toed flip flop production. 👍
Reminds me of a time when buddy asked me to come over and help him get a phone pole in the ground after a storm knocked the old one down. We fought that sucker for hours finally putting one end on a scaffolding he had and weaseling it into the hole.
You got some rocky clay there. Here in west TX I put my auger on the soil it go straight down with no veer, side to side. That pole barn construction will need some chipping bar work to get back on track.
West Texas has some hard ground, I have a Pengo rock bit on my auger it eats through the stuff we have out here like it sand. used to do the drill and soak method until I found the pengo addon
I hired a motor driven auger some years ago. It had handles for two people, but I thought I'd manage by myself. It went down less than a foot, hit rock, and threw me half way across my garden. I took it back to the hire shop, an bought a big crowbar and a post hole digger. It was no harder, and a site less dangerous. My neighbour told me later that my property was built over a stream bed, and the ground was full of rocks.
Enjoy watching you work. I'm trying to get my son to get into operating heavy machinery. Seems like it could be a enjoyable and fun job, pay could be nice as well. Thanks
Usually with your three point hitch mounted auger they will have an arm that reaches back to the operator to control the direction of the auger whether you have a barkston cab or not. Besides that keep on digging! 👍🤟
Not all of them most of them are supposed to be 2 man one on the tractor one guiding it and if your tractor doesn't have down pressure like alot of older tractors use a rock bar or a tamp bar (same thing lol) to guide it and hold it down
Next time you want some poles Chris let me know we can got to duke energy and get them just got to load them. I got all my line trucks parked there we can use. The one in Fuquay has a lot of nice newer poles they have in the scrap pole pile
I have one of thse "man killers" too. It is easier with two people .Helps you line up the hole. Mine has a longer auger point to help it get started. The big augers always tend to skip around a bit but the longer spike helps. Heck it is so dry here in Ga. I don't know if you could dig a hole at all.....
The way to stop the auger walking around in the hard pan at the surface is to weld a 1' spike on the end to spear the ground and guide it in. Just like on a wood spade bit. I had a manual auger and it did the damned same until I put a spike on. Just a thought, hope it helps. Best. Andrew
Good experience Chris that was awesome what you did, excellent work.. but it's like they say it's goes earlier and faster with levers or levres? Inerways as well as hydraulic machines...lol then what it takes to find the help nowadays to most people..
Build these for a living. Not like this though, and in steel toes. U need some batter boards, LVLs, GRK lags, potential rat wall. That’s day one. Love the show Chris. Keep it up.
JohnTMcCrakin would love to hear your take on how you’d go about a small project like this. Didn’t understand your abbreviations. Rat wall? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks
Technical Items oh boy. First thing is this isn’t for machines or equipment. It’s for cattle so I get what he’s doing. I build for shops and pole barns for equipment. Batter boards are for string lines to square up your post hole locations and posts once they are in. Posts would be square not round6X6 pressure treated like Chris said he wanted to use for the one but didn’t have it. Rat wall would be 2X6 pressure treated tougn and grove at the desired grade level for concrete or one board higher than grade so you can screw the steel or whatever you r enclosing it in at the bottom. As 2X4 every 24” on center (I.e. Perlins). For screwing siding steel on. LVL r structural grade beams. For this 2x8 or2x10 lvl material would be suitable. One running long way of the building on inside and outside of each three posts at the top. That’s for starters. GRK are screws that r the bees 🐝 neez for stuff like this. Again. This is a animal lean2. Not what I’m talking about. Hope this helps.
I fixed my POS auger that I fought for years. I went to Bobcat and got a new Auger. It has replaceable tip and cutters for different kinds of conditions. The rest of the digger was fine just the auger was made for sand. I was surprised the Bobcat auger wasnt that much money. Had ti build an adapter to fit the machine but that wasnt difficult.
A - You have several excavators. Why the auger?? B - You have a skid loader with front hydraulics - Hydraulic auger on the forks works much quicker, accurately and safer C - Last resort: Put the hydraulic auger on forks on tractor. A PTO auger is the most difficult, inefficient and dangerous method.
I think the holes got back filled every time you scrapped the side walls with the post. Maybe if you tied the poles to a chain on the backhoe and dropped the straight in, it would work better.
@@letsdig18 Not much of one. They also make auger bits with a fishtail tip thats about 6" long that make getting a hole started where you want it pretty easy.
I’ve never seen an auger wonder around like that 😂🤣😂 And I just put in almost a hundred pipe fence posts in concrete. The best way to store them is hanging from the roof of your building with a chain.
Hi Chris, The 3PL post hole bores are limited in what they can do. Without downward force or bolting on a couple of hundred pounds of weights, they are useless on hard ground. I was expecting to see an excavator with a boring head.
We use to but it rusted the shit out of it so not any more....we set 2 post and cut one of them shorter than the other put them in a straight line tie the auger to the tall post and set to mount for the 3 point on the shorter post which holds it off the ground making it use able for a quick hitch but it is a hell of alot easier
Yep, a bit different digging holes with that auger. lol we used.a bubble level to get the damn hole straight or perpendicular to the ground and gravity on a side hill. Maybe rename your pole barn a "lean too" lmao.
You know you're the shit when you build a pole barn in your dad outfit. (Sandals & Cargo Short's) 😂 That's what my daughters called that outfit 😂 😂. Yes my daughters are asses 😂 😂 but I love them
I guess Chris is at home and do his own thing, and some people do a whole lot worse. One of my favourites was the retired dentist who has since become president of the Menz Shed I belong to. He came over all Kiwi once, and was wandering around the workshop in bare feet. I kid you not. This was the wood shop, so not as bad as the metal shop, but the floor was still a hazard zone to bare flesh. Having told my wee tale, I'm inclined to agree with you. Hopping on and off the tractor and back-hoe and handling those big posts in flip-flops is not exactly smart.
Dammit Man !! Let "R Eat Son !!! lmao.....That first hloe took a Beatin" !!!!lololol... Chris , was that you I heard , yelling "Shit" !! from the inside...lolololol
Yep, after this the next attachment will be "The Brut Post Grabber", it works great on my tractor and I made a detachable jaw for pipe. Check it out on youtube.
Make a small hole first with a spade as a guide hole and slow your RPM down to start with. Also I take my auger to bits when I take it of the tractor it’s only 2 extra pins and the bolt for the auger .
Meanwhile up here in Canada we have to dig down to 48 inches depth (frost line). Even for a measly old deck! Wiggle Waggle those posts in to make em plum
The poles maybe a big larger diameter than the hole which is why the poles are hard to install into the full depth. Anyhow is only a cow barn not a palace. Good job Chris.
My hat off too you Chris with all the work you do on your day job you don't leave much time to yourself in leisure after work always busy for yourself or friends I think you are a workaholic great to see in a young fellow.
Chris, there should be a 6 to 8 inch point on your auger
Chris, your amazing with the touch and control you have with the equipment, it's like they're an extension of your hands and fingers! Great video, thanks!
I'm from central Texas . I'm a bit jealous of how easy it is for you to dig those holes. If I tried to sink in that pole barn, i'd have gone through 5 sheer pins, and spent 3 or 4 hours with a rock bar and a LOT of cussing. :-D
You need a "Fish Tale" on the tip of the auger , it guides the bit into the hole . You might try a choker between the forks about 2/3 way up the pole , drop it straight down into the hole . In Flagstaff , Northern AZ , the "rocks" are usually about the size of the tires on the tractor , You've got GOOD soil(clay) , here , if there's any moisture , the clay sticks in the bucket , and you've got to bang it out on one of those "tire sized" rocks . Really enjoy your videos , I retired from construction about 10yrs ago and do miss it .
Man you weren’t kiddin when you said “kinda close”...that auger made a hole somewhere in the Carolinas....!
3 point augers are such fine precision implements 😄
it's like I'm getting all this work done, but I don't have to do anything. very satisfying!!
Projects like this is why you never say no to helping friends with theirs.
A few friends, a lot of beer, meat on the grill could have knocked this out quick.
Yes but you have to have the beer and meat other wise it's just a bunch of sober assholes cussing and yelling then asking for nails cuase they all got pissed and ended up dropping them because they where pissed which made it worse but then if you do have beer you'd end up with a lop sided barn because one is focused on the grill the other is handing up boards and nails and also cutting the boards which most likely will come out just alittle crocked
Well I learned a new one Chris I never knew that the back end of a shovel had more then one use. All I ever seen done with them is for a leaning post :)
Chris, you should use a wrecking bar to tamp that dirt/gravel down around each pole, not a shovel handle. Wrecking bar has a lot of weight behind it and will compact the material a lot tighter.
Thanks for the video. I put poles by using a 8" length of rope, make a noose around the pole about 2/3rds of the way up, attach other end with 2-3' of slack to the front end loader. That way you can place the pole in while it's off the ground and not drag a bunch of dirt in. You can find the sweet spot and hold it close to perp. Use a 6' stick with a nail in the end to slacken off the noose when your done. Cheers, Billy in Canada
excelent use of machines on hand for a one man job, loved how you slinged the post with the strap and was able to disconnect and continue setting the pole with out getting out of the seat. Great videos as always Chris.
Isn't that auger missing the tip? Like a sharp spike that keeps it drilling straight
You showed the project from the homeowner with some acreage perspective. Using the equipment most people would/ might have or rent. Unless a person is loaded , in the business, or in debt up to their necks; they probably won't have more than one tractor with all the latest high tech attachments.You showed what a pain in the ass post hole diggers can be. As a bonus you got the keyboard warriors fuming mad. Thanks for the video. This has been a steel toed flip flop production. 👍
Keyboard warriors ! That's great ! Sounds like a good topic for the next Brandon and Jason show !
Tom Del Casale oh we love the keyboard warriors! Remember we are NOT professionals on the Brandon and Jason show 🤣
Yeah but You & Jason are the best !!!
And Junior and Mayor Mike too
Tom Del Casale lol well thanks man
Reminds me of a time when buddy asked me to come over and help him get a phone pole in the ground after a storm knocked the old one down. We fought that sucker for hours finally putting one end on a scaffolding he had and weaseling it into the hole.
You got some rocky clay there. Here in west TX I put my auger on the soil it go straight down with no veer, side to side. That pole barn construction will need some chipping bar work to get back on track.
A good laugh! Thanks for showing how I struggle With that thing
The over seeding in the pasture looks really good for the first season after you had it done !
West Texas has some hard ground, I have a Pengo rock bit on my auger it eats through the stuff we have out here like it sand. used to do the drill and soak method until I found the pengo addon
I hired a motor driven auger some years ago. It had handles for two people, but I thought I'd manage by myself. It went down less than a foot, hit rock, and threw me half way across my garden. I took it back to the hire shop, an bought a big crowbar and a post hole digger. It was no harder, and a site less dangerous. My neighbour told me later that my property was built over a stream bed, and the ground was full of rocks.
Enjoy watching you work. I'm trying to get my son to get into operating heavy machinery. Seems like it could be a enjoyable and fun job, pay could be nice as well. Thanks
Chris The music you play when you put the drone up showing the finished work is awesome I just wish I knew the name of the electric guitar song
The up/down control on that thing is a bit touchy I'd say.
One man crew, nicely done!
Thanks for the video.
Auger point is definitely too short and rpm’s are way to high when starting the hole
Are you sure he didn't need to just use a center punch before starting the auger? ;-)
I think it might be time for a new center bit on the auger
Usually with your three point hitch mounted auger they will have an arm that reaches back to the operator to control the direction of the auger whether you have a barkston cab or not. Besides that keep on digging! 👍🤟
Not all of them most of them are supposed to be 2 man one on the tractor one guiding it and if your tractor doesn't have down pressure like alot of older tractors use a rock bar or a tamp bar (same thing lol) to guide it and hold it down
Ya know all these people talking about your auger. OBVIOUSLY they've never used post hole diggers before.
No shit
CG Farmer 🤣 so true
I get what you're saying, but that auger does jump to full width too quickly.
hahahah "Piece of shit"... I was thinking the same thing when it wouldn't stay in the right spot.
Thanks for making this video. You should have used a chain and your backhoe bucket to set the poles to avoid putting extra dirt in the hole.
Yep, that looked about normal accuracy for an auger. Lol. Most of the time around here, the rocks snap so many shear pins I just use the back hoe!
Plumb it with a string bob. We set utility poles this way in the old days.
most entertaining Chris. but sometimes you gotta think outside the box , next time put the small taper end in the hole ! lol
Tractor supply sales a bit for that auger . Looks like a oversized screw but worked great in this Alabama dirt. Works good for any ground.
Next time you want some poles Chris let me know we can got to duke energy and get them just got to load them. I got all my line trucks parked there we can use. The one in Fuquay has a lot of nice newer poles they have in the scrap pole pile
I have one of thse "man killers" too. It is easier with two people .Helps you line up the hole. Mine has a longer auger point to help it get started. The big augers always tend to skip around a bit but the longer spike helps. Heck it is so dry here in Ga. I don't know if you could dig a hole at all.....
I was going to suggest using a lifting strop to set them using a Backhoe.
You got there in the end 👍🏼
The way to stop the auger walking around in the hard pan at the surface is to weld a 1' spike on the end to spear the ground and guide it in. Just like on a wood spade bit.
I had a manual auger and it did the damned same until I put a spike on. Just a thought, hope it helps. Best. Andrew
you can use the backhoe to stand the poles put a strap around the pole at 3/4s & set
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Good experience Chris that was awesome what you did, excellent work.. but it's like they say it's goes earlier and faster with levers or levres? Inerways as well as hydraulic machines...lol then what it takes to find the help nowadays to most people..
Can you do a video on how you were taught to dig around utility’s.
Would you use 8 or 12 posts for a 20x40?
Build these for a living. Not like this though, and in steel toes. U need some batter boards, LVLs, GRK lags, potential rat wall. That’s day one. Love the show Chris. Keep it up.
JohnTMcCrakin would love to hear your take on how you’d go about a small project like this. Didn’t understand your abbreviations. Rat wall? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks
Technical Items oh boy. First thing is this isn’t for machines or equipment. It’s for cattle so I get what he’s doing. I build for shops and pole barns for equipment. Batter boards are for string lines to square up your post hole locations and posts once they are in. Posts would be square not round6X6 pressure treated like Chris said he wanted to use for the one but didn’t have it. Rat wall would be 2X6 pressure treated tougn and grove at the desired grade level for concrete or one board higher than grade so you can screw the steel or whatever you r enclosing it in at the bottom. As 2X4 every 24” on center (I.e. Perlins). For screwing siding steel on. LVL r structural grade beams. For this 2x8 or2x10 lvl material would be suitable. One running long way of the building on inside and outside of each three posts at the top. That’s for starters. GRK are screws that r the bees 🐝 neez for stuff like this. Again. This is a animal lean2. Not what I’m talking about. Hope this helps.
JohnTMcCrakin yep you defiantly build them, old crew I was on did everything exactly how you’re saying. Recognized each part, miss that crew
Great results for a "one man show"!
I wish my soil was that easy. I would have gone through 8 sheer pins doing those holes.. LOL
Weekend Chris... working in flip flops
the flip flop farmer
He's doing a public safety message for OSHA ! Lol
Asian work boots! He will get mashed one day and have a change of heart.
I fixed my POS auger that I fought for years. I went to Bobcat and got a new Auger. It has replaceable tip and cutters for different kinds of conditions. The rest of the digger was fine just the auger was made for sand. I was surprised the Bobcat auger wasnt that much money. Had ti build an adapter to fit the machine but that wasnt difficult.
tractors really make life so mush easier, beats doing them by hand.
I am surprised you didn't "cup" them in the extended bucket and use that to wiggle them in.
I was thinking I didn't see the tapered point on your bit. Did it snap off or do you own a bit without one? Strange.
A - You have several excavators. Why the auger??
B - You have a skid loader with front hydraulics - Hydraulic auger on the forks works much quicker, accurately and safer
C - Last resort: Put the hydraulic auger on forks on tractor.
A PTO auger is the most difficult, inefficient and dangerous method.
Ahhh always the know it alls
Yep right time of year to set out the tornado bait.
Oh my word you’re killing me 😂😂
I think the holes got back filled every time you scrapped the side walls with the post. Maybe if you tied the poles to a chain on the backhoe and dropped the straight in, it would work better.
Need a point on that auger it will make it so much easier
There is one
@@letsdig18 Not much of one. They also make auger bits with a fishtail tip thats about 6" long that make getting a hole started where you want it pretty easy.
@@billquantrill4960 have you seen chrises auger in person?
@@williamuskoski1385 I've watched it dance all over the top of the ground instead of digging. Now find a better cause to white knight for dude.
@@billquantrill4960 its so satisfying pissing off all you keyboard warriors
Send some of that rain to west Georgia!!
Beats hand digging any day!
i love it when he is working on a job he wears safety boots on his farm he wears sandles
I’ve never seen an auger wonder around like that 😂🤣😂 And I just put in almost a hundred pipe fence posts in concrete. The best way to store them is hanging from the roof of your building with a chain.
Lol don’t those rocks just piss you off Chris!😆Up here in N E Pa all we’ve got is rocks and rattle snakes
When you watch that auger you start leaning in my stair to try and straighten it out ... lol
Nice Footwear for working around Power Equipment
Hi Chris,
The 3PL post hole bores are limited in what they can do. Without downward force or bolting on a couple of hundred pounds of weights, they are useless on hard ground.
I was expecting to see an excavator with a boring head.
Typical Auger put it dead on the spot and it moves.
Get it off the spot and it goes straight in.
Who needs concrete, just get some of Chris ' clay!
I never tried placing posts with forks... always used my bucket and a strap... gonna try the forks next time.
Log tongs make setting the posts really easy.
We leave ours in the ground makes it a lot easier to put on and off the tractor
We use to but it rusted the shit out of it so not any more....we set 2 post and cut one of them shorter than the other put them in a straight line tie the auger to the tall post and set to mount for the 3 point on the shorter post which holds it off the ground making it use able for a quick hitch but it is a hell of alot easier
That auger needs a longer spike welded on the end to hold it still at the start of a hole. The one on it is too short to hold it
It wants a long thin spike welded on as a guide to the main auger, Steve in Thailand
Yep, a bit different digging holes with that auger. lol we used.a bubble level to get the damn hole straight or perpendicular to the ground and gravity on a side hill. Maybe rename your pole barn a "lean too" lmao.
Chris...you measuring in chains..lol...some hard ass NC dirt.
Put a longer tip on the auger, it will stay where want it to instead of running all around the place.
You know you're the shit when you build a pole barn in your dad outfit. (Sandals & Cargo Short's) 😂 That's what my daughters called that outfit 😂 😂. Yes my daughters are asses 😂 😂 but I love them
Do you have to pull permits.
Juan Waller each state is different so don't know if it's required there or not, in Iowa if it's out in the country you don't need a building permit
Surprised you used the tractor and not the mini with the helatilt attachment to set the poles in the ground.
Maybe next time you could use your rotating cutter head and strap your poles to it. The one that can go from horizontal to vertical
Holy smokes Chris I can't believe we just witnessed you dig something with a manual shovel. I thought you only used machines. lol
Stand back & sight along a plumb bob string. Great for tapered poles.
Looks like nice safe foot gear there Johnson. An ya duzint hasta call me Johnson.
why couldnt u weld a 6or 7 inch spike on the bottom in the middle as a guide pin so it dont jump all over the place
Was so waiting for "right, that's it - where's the 240"
I see you have the latest designer Japanese safety boots on today. Lol 😆
I guess Chris is at home and do his own thing, and some people do a whole lot worse. One of my favourites was the retired dentist who has since become president of the Menz Shed I belong to. He came over all Kiwi once, and was wandering around the workshop in bare feet. I kid you not. This was the wood shop, so not as bad as the metal shop, but the floor was still a hazard zone to bare flesh. Having told my wee tale, I'm inclined to agree with you. Hopping on and off the tractor and back-hoe and handling those big posts in flip-flops is not exactly smart.
It's almost as rocky as in "Pet sematari" by King.
May not be right but I auger mine in the ground and unhook it. It is easier for me to hook up by myself. The cows will not care what they look like.
you got a permit for that?
Its nc and its not concreted in plus he has a volvo it will go away lol
Nice, cant wait for all of the future vids about this stuff.
6 inch triangle cross arrow metal point welded on to the tip of the digger will keep it centered a nice modification for the future.
Dammit Man !! Let "R Eat Son !!! lmao.....That first hloe took a Beatin" !!!!lololol... Chris , was that you I heard , yelling "Shit" !! from the inside...lolololol
Lmao! Yup pretty much the same as my experience with those things
Seems like the strap idea for setting the poles first would have saved some aggravation.
Yep, after this the next attachment will be "The Brut Post Grabber", it works great on my tractor and I made a detachable jaw for pipe. Check it out on youtube.
Make a small hole first with a spade as a guide hole and slow your RPM down to start with. Also I take my auger to bits when I take it of the tractor it’s only 2 extra pins and the bolt for the auger .
That is the funniest hole augering video ever nice job I guess
Do you have cows for milk or meat?
To get a Line Pole straight or Telephone pole as most call them use an Old Lineman trick use a plum bob.
Meanwhile up here in Canada we have to dig down to 48 inches depth (frost line). Even for a measly old deck! Wiggle Waggle those posts in to make em plum
Seems like it would have been easier to use the strap and backhoe to set all the posts in the holes.
The poles maybe a big larger diameter than the hole which is why the poles are hard to install into the full depth. Anyhow is only a cow barn not a palace. Good job Chris.
The cows will admire it as an palace anyway
After watching that Auger I suspect it was more like a 13'x29' trapazoid shed.