I bought a one man auger to be able to dig some holes for a fence I'm putting up. However, in RI, rocks and tree roots are everywhere. Is there a type of auger head that will cut through tree roots? The auger is useless if I can only go down 6" and slam into roots.

Turbocharge it.

1) Dig till ya can't
2) Pull the auger out
3) throw TNT into the hole
4) GOTO 1

;)

the only augers i've come in contact with on a weekly basis are the ones on a zamboni

David Ortiz kinda looks like an Ogre Kev.

LOL....our health and safety nazis would put you out of a job fast

for a job like this where are many borings to be advanced(?), I would just hire a conventional truck mounted hollow stem auger rig for a day, they could zip these borings in like butter

Unfortunately, that's not feasible with the way the trees are in my yard... Truck couldn't get around them.

I'm buying a BFA: Big Fuckin' Axe. When I get to a root, I'll chop it out with the axe, then go back to digging.

i'm only going 2 feet to put the posts in for my 6ft fence. would he really need 3-4?

When we do fences, we to them at 3 feet.

Don't forget to call diggers hotline, though.

my dad has an auger for his Deere. I put up a 4 foot fence using 8ft posts, 2-3 feet in the ground

Single Man augers are worthless.

You need at least a two man auger or rent a Bobcat mounted auger FTW.

I still like my idea :)

Single Man augers are worthless.

You need at least a two man auger or rent a Bobcat mounted auger FTW.

When I'm not hitting roots, it is awesome.

I'm putting up one 4' fence and one 5' fence. I'm only planning on going down 3'.

Single man work until you need to get work done.

haha i remember one of my first jobs was manning a post hole digger, After sticking the post in (below 44 inches), without mixing, they had me pour the water in first and then half of the cement bag. What a ratty outfit.

Single man work until you need to get work done.
Exactly :bigthumb:

Finished the new 4' fence today. I got the holes as deep as I could, and where I couldn't get them deep enough, I just poured in concrete. I have a little bit of finish work to do tomorrow night, then it's on to the big ass 5' fence. That one will be a bitch and a half, especially since it's far away from the house.

In Arizona, you’ll likely find block walls versus fences. We have block walls put up at $17 a linear foot.

In Soviet Russia, car drives you!

drunk?

Buzzed; yes.

I have to get up in 6 hours.

Yeah; just about the same here. I had Thursday and Friday off from work. It always sucks coming back from a long weekend.

I have tomorrow off!

In Arizona, you’ll likely find block walls versus fences. We have block walls put up at $17 a linear foot.

Then I saved an assload of money doing this myself. The big fence is going to be 144 feet.

Here's the new fence!

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jesus christ you kicked ass. Thats a nice job :)

jesus christ you kicked ass. Thats a nice job :)

Thanks. I'm very proud of it, it turned out far better than I thought it would.

I doubt it's that much, perhaps a grand...I just pay someone to do stuff like this anymore because my weekend time is too short

A grand, cause we can all toss a grand around! Chump change right! I respect him more for not just saving money, but taking care of things by himself. That is the way it should be and bet if he needed help, I bet his friends would be right there pitching in a hand.

I doubt it (about friends pitching in), the sense of community is lost for those who are outside of a church, and even for many in a church these days



I disagree. I don't belong to any church in particular. But I have voluntered in places from Oklahoma to Mississippi. My friends in Georgia pride themselves on helping our friends out. There are many non-denominational churches who prides themselves on helping people out.

I doubt it (about friends pitching in), the sense of community is lost for those who are outside of a church, and even for many in a church these days

Actually, I just had about 10 people over last night to help me with a tree I needed to drop without taking out a shed. Not a single one of them go to church.

as far as installing fence yourself, you can find a a couple of hard working hispanics off Craigslist who will work for $20-$30 an hour and do a better job at stuff like this than anyone on this forum ever could...kevin isn't any carpenter, lol

I've noticed: You're an argumentative jerk just to be an argumentative jerk. Have you ever seen a psychologist? I think you might be borderline or bipolar. You could use some meds.

Oh, and yeah, that's what I want to do: Hire some strange immigrants off of Craigslist to come to my secluded house in the woods so they can scope the place out. Thanks, but no thanks.

I suppose you could re-roof your own house, too, but why would you?

My point of view is, if anyone can do something, I can learn to do it myself. Talk all the nonsense about my carpentry skills you want, but bottom line: The fence is up, it looks good, it is completely functional, and does what I want it to do. Therefore, it's a success.

I doubt it (about friends pitching in), the sense of community is lost for those who are outside of a church, and even for many in a church these days

as far as installing fence yourself, you can find a a couple of hard working hispanics off Craigslist who will work for $20-$30 an hour and do a better job at stuff like this than anyone on this forum ever could...kevin isn't any carpenter, lol

I suppose you could re-roof your own house, too, but why would you?

lol

Kevin, how nice of a fence do you want? Me and my dad can be there in 24 hours, rent a two man auger, and get a couple cases of good beer, I've not had Yuengling yet.

I'm building a 32 x 40 pen for the goats, chickens and ducks (and in the future, maybe a horse or two). It needs to be 5' high. I've already bought all the materials (same stuff as the other fence). The only big problem is that the ground is very uneven, rocky, and has a shit load of pine roots.

Plus, the area I'm building in had to be cleared of trees first. Here's what it looks like as of this morning, which is after about 12 trees have been cleared from the area, not counting mountain laurel and all that. This is the view from my upstairs bathroom. You can see the current, 100% ghetto goat pen my GFs ex put up. He basically did it as cheap and shitty as he could, because he's like that. The shed needs to be moved back about 30 feet into where the new pen will be... My buddy has a trailer with a winch on it, we're going to winch it onto his trailer then lower it in the new spot. The ghetto pen will be yanked down and taken to the dump, the stumps will be ground down, the ground will be leveled, then it will all be nice grass for the kids to play in.

And here's the yard after burning the shit out of what was cut down.

Rented a backhoe for the day today. My backyard looks like a warzone now.

I dug up about 80% rocks, 17% roots and 3% dirt. It's unbelievable rocky here.

I doubt it (about friends pitching in), the sense of community is lost for those who are outside of a church, and even for many in a church these days

as far as installing fence yourself, you can find a a couple of hard working hispanics off Craigslist who will work for $20-$30 an hour and do a better job at stuff like this than anyone on this forum ever could...kevin isn't any carpenter, lol

I suppose you could re-roof your own house, too, but why would you?

Seriously...I saved myself at least 4 grand by doing my roof myself. I get a lot more out of seeing something I accomplished. In saving that 4 grand I have probably made another 2 investing it. Plus I get the some return value on my house, sort of a no brainer.

Paying people 20-30 bucks an hour for manually labor?? Sounds like a rip off to me, but then again this is WI. And why do you have to be racist about it. I'll come down and work for 25 bucks doing manual labor.

Why are you so negative...

Good work Kevin....looks like you and the animals will be enjoying it the rest of the summer.

No rotted wood, house is a normal L shaped ranch house....I was quoted by 2 different companies for 6k and I did it for right around 2.

I guess it is not the same for me because I have 4 and 5 day weekends

nothing "negative" about it...my weekend time is too precious to blow doing shit work like roofing, I make enough money to pay someone else

have at it...life is short

And I take pride in doing things myself. It's nice to look out at that fence and say, "Hey, I built that."

Just as I take pride in the stuff I do the cars, building a fort/tree house for my kids, whatever. I enjoy doing stuff like this.

To each his own.

And I take pride in doing things myself. It's nice to look out at that fence and say, "Hey, I built that."

Just as I take pride in the stuff I do the cars, building a fort/tree house for my kids, whatever. I enjoy doing stuff like this.

To each his own.

Word.

Plus, when you pay other people to do it (around here at least) it always gets done WRONG, and costs a FORTUNE.

Been there, done that, rather do it myself X_X

get a referral...and I still do plenty of stuff around the house myself, believe me

I could see you in a frilly apron with a feather duster.

Right....

The only thing my folks hired out for is getting yard service (fertilizer and weed killer), but we're doing it now.

I mean yard work

I have a maid for the house work :)

Yeah, sure you do, Richie Rich. :rolleyes:

maid doesn't = cleaning lady, not in my mind at least

what's so hard to believe about that? $14 an hour and worth every penny

Luckily for me, my GF keeps the house clean for free. :) Although, she will dress up as a French Maid from time to time. :D

If I had the money to blow, I'd pay people for services. Creating jobs and spending more time with the family is a good thing, but I'm hardly worth that much.

Do you get summers off, Jason?

No, but I get reduced hours w/ regular hours pay.

I don't know how it's going to be with this new boss tho.

No, but I get reduced hours w/ regular hours pay.



Hey, that's a nice gig.

It is. The pay is not epic though (48K in this area is peanuts, average "starter" home price is ~$350K), considering I work for the school system :P

Now if I went into the management track I'd be paid a mint, but it's not worth it.

In the Dominican Republic, a fellow bought a house in trade for a pig.

In Canada, you can get a house for a red paper clip.

1revnrex, add that to your list of why Canada sucks, please.

In Canada, milk comes in bags

Totally related to augers :)

My pen still needs to be built.

I made the mistake of letting the kids watch "Babe" today, now they want a pig, too.

My GF wants a horse. It's turning into a fucking zoo here, I swear.

Hey Tofu, move to WI. I'll be your kinfolk.

Here's the progress. We're getting the little shed moved into the new pen this weekend, and then that old ghetto shit will be taken down, and all the tree stumps will be ground out. I ended up making the new pen 40' x 40'.

My pen still needs to be built.

I made the mistake of letting the kids watch "Babe" today, now they want a pig, too.

My GF wants a horse. It's turning into a fucking zoo here, I swear.

From here on out... you will be known as Noah.

From here on out... you will be known as Noah.

Yeah, except for that whole "christianity" thing.

Dude, Noah was oldschool, he was BC, he was even before Moses and Abraham :P

Zoroastrianism is oldschool, son.

And here's where we're at after today. We need to get the mini barn positioned where we want it and leveled, and I have to finish doing the wire on the inside of the fence, but notice the ghetto, shit fence is gone, and all the stumps have been ground out. One of my friends owns a stump grinding business, and cuts me a wicked deal on grinding.

Yep. That's what sick time is for. :) It's hard to do any "real" work with my foot, though. I mostly get to direct, and sit on my ass in a chair and nail boards or staple fencing. I can't do any of the heavy lifting.

I really wish I could have made the pen 40 x 80 or 40 x 120. We have the land for it, but I didn't feel like clearing more trees.