John,  Can't you find a farmer with a post hole auger on the 3 point hitch
of his tractor?  It's MUCH easier that way and less likely to break an arm
or leg.

Maybe I should start a rock export business?  We got plenty.  Ruth




At 6:38 AM -0600 3/15/05, John Callan wrote:
>Ruth,
>
>I'm going to rent the auger, so I don't know how powerful it is.  Its a
>two man tool.  But, our soil even frozen would look pretty darn easy to
>work with by comparison to yours.  We can't raise a decent crop of
>rocks, no how.  Why we got folks importing rocks and paying good money
>for them too!
>
>Yup.  I was planning to fill them holes with posts.  Nice cedar 6X6's,
>beveled tops, primed and painted white, two coats, just like the
>existing non-conforming picket fence.  Nope, when I want to do
>something just to pass the time, I go shovel snow off the pond.
>
>-jc
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