[AT] Post Hole Digger

[charliehill]

To each his own but if it was me I'd tie a chain to that sucker and drag it 
out into the open under a solid tree limb.  Then hook your come-a-long or 
block and tackle to the tree limb, pick it up and back the truck under it.
Circumstances might not allow that but there is usually an easy way to do 
anything if you study it long enough.

My dad died when I was 16 years old and I was too proud to ask anyone for 
help.  I had to figure out how to do a lot of things by myself that he and I 
struggled with before.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Post Hole Digger


Roy - several comments, see below...

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Roy Morgan<k1lky at earthlink.net> wrote:

> - How much of this thing can I expect to get apart? It's reported to
> be a two-man job to move it. (We'll have me, my wife and a 7-year
> old.) It looks like the auger fastens to the gearbox shaft by a big
> flange with bolts through them. With luck and some PB Blaster, I may
> get them loose.

I sometimes borrow my neighbor's old Ford PHD.  The thing is about 50
years old, and looks quite a bit (not identical) to yours.  2.5 people
is about right to mount it, and at least 2 to remove it again.
WARNING:  my neighbor, who's a lifelong rural type guy, lives and
breathes tractors and horses, recently lost a hunk of his finger to
this PHD.  Now, he's about 6'4" and strong as an ox, and he says this
is the first implement he ever had, has mounted it literally hundreds
of times.  But despite his familiarity and experience, it bit him.
The problem is that they'll fold up in unexpected ways, and he
happened to be grabbing it at a place where two separate parts of the
machine come together when it folds.

> -Does the PTO shaft come off in a normal way? Through bolt/shear pin?
>
> - It looks like the rear ends of the frame fasten to the gearbox
> horizontal tubes with bolts. Is it fixed at that point or is there a
> pivot action there?

Pivot action, for sure.

> -Can anyone identify this thing so I can get some information online
> perhaps?
>
> I'll be bringing:
> - tools
> - come-along
> - rope with multiple pulley for hoisting/pulling
> - furniture dolly - hand truck
> - portable ramps
> - Ford F-250

You mentioned PB'laster above, so I assume that's on the list.  A
couple big pipe wrenches might come in handy if/when you try to
convince the auger off the gearbox.  (In fact, if you have rocky soil,
you also want to keep a pipe wrench nearby to unscrew the auger from
the hole if it hangs up on a rock... BTDT).  A torch might be a handy
addition, MAPP "Bernzomatic" if you don't have a portable
oxy-acetylene rig.

Good luck, and be careful.

Steve O.

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