On Fri, 4 Apr 2008 19:56:01 -0400, "Chas Hurst"
wrote:




I've used my shop vac to clean out trenches for water pipe, and to remove
the loose soil at the bottom of an augered hole. Works quite well.

I used mine to clean out footing holes (had to be 5 ft, and my post
hole digger was not up to bringing the dirt up that high... Mostly
sandy soil however, and was a lot of work regardless. Didn't take long
to fill that sucker up!