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Paul Franklin wrote:


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.

Seems like a good thing to file away for the future. Do you have a link
to such a beast?