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We're putting in Target Stake Pockets for our Youth Group, Ladie's Group, and Apple Seed,.....We bought a 15 Amp, 65 Lb electric "Demolition Hammer" and went to work with a regular chisel bit last week,......horrible HARD work was all we got. There's more to do, both on our Competition and Public ranges, so I cobbled this beast up this afternoon out of a standard "BullPrick" and 3 "Twin Tiger" Back Hoe Teeth with their pockets cut back.Just done testing, and gotta tell ya, this is one happening unit.....I mean a HOLE DIGGIN" FOOL ! One 'Set", Hammer, pull, and muck out the hole. Thought there might be some others here that have to fight with Caliche Soils, and that I'd pass it on.
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Fine looking tool and the welds are great.
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Another great idea!
We live in challenging times and places.
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You know,..that would make an awesome Zombie killer...
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Used that repackaged McKay "GP", ....."God Rod".Figured with the tools steel, and cast steel, and old cutting edge for gussets, I'd splurge.
Was damned pleased to get it for $20 Lb, Too. Our local weld supplier REALLY looks after us.
Greg
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What hole diameter will it cut? Mark
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon. ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
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God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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At thars one of them Zombie diggers ain't it?
Hows she work?
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Nice! Man I could have used that when we were living out by Maricopa. The caliche was hell out there. Made planting my trees a nightmare.
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Kind of what I was thinking. Pull picture
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Looks like your on to something!!!Looks great too.Nice to see that a few people still have a little innovation and use their head instead of their Arse.But then,when you have to use your arse,it tends to stimulate the brain into figuring out that there has to be a better way!!!You did good,congrats to you.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~ As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............
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In the old days, we had Mexicans for diggin holes in Caliche...... Ha! gotcha! Sycamore
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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What hole diameter will it cut? Mark This Harbor Freight $400 Hammer is a BRUTE of a thing. I'm going to build a Lifting Framework around it, with a lifting eye,....set it up to hang off of a receiver hitch mounted arm,....Hang the thing off of Bungees, or a little Block and tackle, .....and get back to enjoying life. Runnin' this thing by hand is not my racket,....there's actually only one guy on the entire team that can handle the damn thing. So,....adapt, overcome, and improvise,...eh ? GTC
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I use a Pionjar (sp) gas powered rig. What dia hole does your bit drill? How well does it work? Mark
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BTDT, Roger,..... No offense, but the signers of the GATT agreement basically SCREWED us out of anything resembling "Patent Rights", back in the very early 90s. I had a bunch of stuff patented than, some NEAT and innovative tools,.... all of it was stolen, the only recourse being living one's life in Lawyer's offices, and forkin' over hard earned for SLIM to non-existent success. Hell, I can think up stuff faster than brain dead azzwholes can steal it anyway. If seeing this helps someone get ahead of a digging problem, I'm cool with that. GTC
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A wetback on the end of a mexican dragline with a green card hanging over his head will out work your contraption 2 to 1. Plus you get to entertain his senorita while drinking cold cervesa while you keep an eye on him. Once you get the holes dug, you pick up the phone and dial the INS. I sometimes get the idea you way overthink simple things.
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I use a Pionjar (sp) gas powered rig. What dia hole does your bit drill? How well does it work? Mark I'm getting 7-8" cut in my Ground here, and anticipate same out on the range (where we shot). Looks like the Taper upward tends to eject small rock, out at a proportionate angle, so I may have to rig a guard above the rascal. On can make the sucker any size, within reason, I'd venture, sure makes a nice ROUND hole, .... GTC
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OUTSTANDING Cross, you are a MOTHER of invention is all I can say.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
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Looks very functional, Cross. I built a flat bottom one for tamping sand with the Bosch elec hammer but never needed anything for hole diggin. In sandy spots (most of this region) you can dig post holes with a leaf blower A wetback on the end of a mexican dragline with a green card hanging over his head will out work your contraption 2 to 1. Plus you get to entertain his senorita while drinking cold cervesa while you keep an eye on him. Once you get the holes dug, you pick up the phone and dial the INS. I sometimes get the idea you way overthink simple things. You're defective.
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Damn Cross you've got a start/stop on a corner, QC ain't gonna dig that..... Cool azz tool for sure. Whatcha calling 'god rod'?
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