Post hole digger stand

[hayray]

Any ideas on storage of post hole digger. I have a real heavy duty one that I made a saw horse type stand for but it dose not seem to work well.

 

[Tony S.]

I just drill mine in the ground a foot and unhitch it.

 

[HobbyFarmerInWI]

I hang mine in the pole barn with a chain from the trusses.

 

[keh]

I guess this won't work now that Bush Hog has fallen victim to bad management, but I bought a stand for my Bush Hog digger from the Factory. Haven't installed it yet.

KEH

 

[tonyoneandonly]

I"ve seen people chain them to the side of a tree or large fence post. Here lately I saw someone that made a large tripod and hung it from that

 

[maxwell99]

we just drill ours into the ground about 18"
---back in the woods out of site---

its always standing tall when we need it and it has stayed at home more since we tell most folks that it has broken cutter teeth and they will have to be replaced before it can be used, it could use new teeth. (a bit of a white lie)

However, that has stopped alot of the borrowing of the tool.

seams most folks that wanted to borrow it always had concrete or steel to drill through.

Then they would bring it home and dump it out onto the ground and I could not hook to it until I chained it to a tree. to much for me.

They are a very useful tool but very hard to hook up if not stable, try drilling into the ground, it has worked well for us.

 

[Wheat Farmer]

I have set two post with a cross post and hang it from there. Besure to have it lefted ALL the way up, and then leave some slack in the chain so once you hook it back up on the tractor you can left it a few inches and unhook the chain. Swinging on the chain makes an easy hook up.

 

[rrlund]

I've got a lean-to on the side of a corn crib. I just raise the auger up in there,hook a chain around it up by the gear box and hang it from the eves. Balances perfect.

 

[randallinMo]

I made a stand for mine that consists of angle iron for the base and rails. It has legs that extend forward and back that prevent the digger from falling forward or backward. It has a pipe "top" section that the gear box of the digger rests between. I use a small chain to wrap around the front of the gear box which prevents it from moving. It can't move in any direction. It's simple and works really good. The auger rests on concrete. It's real easy to rehook to the tractor.
Just take your digger (attached to the tractor) and lower it to the ground. Just start laying out pipe or angel iron around it sort of in a "box" fashion and you'll figure it out pretty quick. Sorry I don't have any picture.
If you have a gas/diesel barrel stand, you could adapt that to work as well. That's "sorta" what mine looks like.

 

[MSS3020]

I take the auger off mine before storeage. I have two diff. so I remove. I built one out of two old jack stands and angle iron. Jack stands welded together and suppor the three point part. Then the gear box rests on a angle iron box at the rear attached to the jack stands so its all one piece. I can take it with me and adjust the stand up and down to accomidate my 3020 or my dads massey. Kinda looks like this the letter Y.

 

[Suffolk1]

I got tired of wrestling mine around each time I hooked it up and I wanted to store it inside so I built a stand out of some scrap iron. Works great. I can back up to the stand and lower the auger down onto the hooks on each side of the stand. The auger point goes into the short pipe section at the rear of the stand. I disconnect the pins in the lift arms and then disconnect the pin holding the auger in the top link bracket. The rectangular tube on the stand is then lifted up and pinned to the top end of the auger. I use a strap to hold the PTO shaft up and keep it from sliding around. The tractor can then be pulled away and the auger remains well supported and very stable on the stand. Procedures just reverse to hook up when needed. No more pinched fingers or cussing the darn thing when it doesn't line up exactly like it did when you took it off.