Thread: Post hole borer recommendations

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

A big post driver can drive a long pole if you dig the first bit. I have driven 14 foot posts in the past. If a contractor can knock them in I would do go that way. How high do you need the lean-to ?

Can drive even taller ones if you put the tractor on a truck deck - seen that done.

Originally Posted by Husky1600#2

Can drive even taller ones if you put the tractor on a truck deck - seen that done.

There's an easier way, drive a decent size (a wee bit bigger than you final post) 6-8' post first, pull it out once you get it 4' in (in really hard going pull it out after 2-3' - reduces the strain on the gear) and you've got a pilot hole. I can get 4.8M post in with my 3.6M Kinghitter using this approach, and it's safer, once the post is in its pilot hole it can't fall over and clobber someone.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

A big post driver can drive a long pole if you dig the first bit. I have driven 14 foot posts in the past. If a contractor can knock them in I would do go that way. How high do you need the lean-to ?

It'd need to be about 2.5m I guess. It's a mid size tractor and I don't want to be crouching down when I'm getting on and off it.

Originally Posted by 6x47

It'd need to be about 2.5m I guess. It's a mid size tractor and I don't want to be crouching down when I'm getting on and off it.

Piece of cake then with post driver. Deer strainers come in 3.6m and poles at 4.2 and more. We did a tin fence with lean-to shed twenty odd metres long with 3.5 m wide and 2.8 high forklift bays for pallet storage. Worked very well. Digging and concreting is a chore compared to getting them driven

The old "rule of thumb" for driven shed poles was 1.2M inbedment in good ground . . . .

Sounds a more desirable option then, at least for the poleshed

Originally Posted by 6x47

Sounds a more desirable option then, at least for the poleshed

I would hire one and try it out - that way you can assess how you handle it based on how many CC it is

I bought the single 200mm borer from the Tool Shed. I got it to do my fence so wasn’t looking for super quality. I have been extremely impressed to be honest. It was only a couple of hundred from memory. It’s now done my 50m of fence, my 50m2 deck and about 100m of fencing for mates. Still going strong. I don’t know how it would last over years, but certainly beats hiring one. I found it has plenty of grunt, if it hits a decent tree root you best be holding on strong!

Originally Posted by Delphus

I bought the single 200mm borer from the Tool Shed. I got it to do my fence so wasn’t looking for super quality. I have been extremely impressed to be honest. It was only a couple of hundred from memory. It’s now done my 50m of fence, my 50m2 deck and about 100m of fencing for mates. Still going strong. I don’t know how it would last over years, but certainly beats hiring one. I found it has plenty of grunt, if it hits a decent tree root you best be holding on strong!

good idea hiring these days not that cheap and there will be a warranty

Has anyone had any experience with any of the battery powered borers?

Originally Posted by 6x47

I've finally decided to get a post hole borer. We have a block of land that my son will soon be building on and besides general fencing and some tree plantings, I'm thinking of building a basic shelter for our old tractor. I guess I'd need at least a 200mm auger and possibly up to a 250.

I see many of these have only a ~40cc engine and look lightly built. Those bigger two-man units are possibly more what is needed here. What a people's experiences/recommendations?

just a thought we built a big set of circular cattle yards at a station I worked on could hold 500 cattle so instead of us drilling all the holes we got the power board in -marked out all the holes and only took them about 3 hours to drill all the holes we needed with a truck mounter borer normally used to drill power poles in- easy peasy