On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:18:34 -0800 (PST), ransley
wrote:

On Feb 13, 3:02*pm, "Freckles" wrote:
This spring I'm going to start a project in my back yard and I will need to
dig about two dozen post holes. The holes will need to be about 8 inches in
diameter and 18 inches deep.

I have seen ads for a manual Post Hole Auger that seems like it would be a
lot easier to use than a post hole digger.

Has anyone ever used one of these augers and if so how would you rate them.

Thanks

Don

Just rent a gas powered auger for a day. It will be done in maybe 2
hours if no rocks are there, or dig for a week

There's a new (relatively) style one man powered auger that consists
of an engine on a wheeled dolly. There are long handles extending
from the dolly. The auger is driven hydraulically and hangs down from
the handles on a pivot. You position the auger, then lower the
handles to dig the hole. The weight of the dolly and engine take all
the torque so it doesn't rip your arms off like the one or two man
type with the engine mounted on top of the auger. I did all the holes
for my garden fence (about 20 8" holes 30" deep) in about three hours
and hardly broke a sweat. Would have gone faster, but I did hit a
few large rocks that had to be levered out.

HTH,

Paul F.