For hard soil you use a different tool. It’s similar to how you have saws for wood and saws for metal.
When you fill the tube with cement it gets the nickname “Redneck Lockpick”.
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sinkingship@mander.xyz 3 months ago
I actually thought this was a police tool for breaking in doors.
So according to comments it’s a post driver. So far I dug holes and put my poles in. This tool seems practical for soft soil, but what do you do when living somewhere with rocky soil or with dry clay soil?
Hugin@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Fill it with concrete and it might do in a pinch
JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I’ve used one to put those skinny metal posts in that have wings on the bottom part to make it hard to rip them back out. A post hole digger is usually used for large wooden posts.
DasAlbatross@lemmy.world 3 months ago
We have dry clay soil. You put on hearing protection and whack the shit out of the t-post with this bad boy.
sinkingship@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Ah thanks! So you use thin metal posts. I still use self cut wood like a caveman an whack the shit out of other things.
DasAlbatross@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah, i wouldn’t use one of these to drive in the wooden posts. We still need them every once in a while for stability.
Etterra@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Wouldn’t it be easier to just rent an auger?
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 months ago
If you’re putting in t-posts, an auger is going to end up making a really big hole. An auger would be more appropriate, IMO, for a wooden post.