On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:19:00 -0600, Barbara Bailey wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 09:44:15 +0000 (UTC), "Norman Billingham"
wrote:
"R.H." wrote in message
m...
A few more photos have been posted:

http://puzzlephotos.blogspot.com/

Rob

#561 is a post-hole borer

Looks more like an earth anchor than a hole digger.

There isn't enough screw to carry the loose dirt out of the hole, but
the blades will cut their way into the ground and allow the hole to
close back around the shaft, making it difficult to pull it loose
without unscrewing it. The eye at the top of the shaft would allow a
rope or chain to be fastened there, tethering whatever is attached to
the other end of the rope.

Not to mention the stick that you use to twirl it. :-)

I've seen these used for mobile home tie-downs in tornado country,
which, of course, brings to mind an image of a trailer floor with
these four or five steel straps arched over it...

Cheers!
Rich