[Market-farming] digging lots of holes
Casey & Teena
cm62547 at windstream.net
Fri Mar 26 18:54:56 EDT 2010
This is where age and past injuries come into play, what may cause one
person no problem, can rip someone else's body apart. Even things that you
may have been able to do easily a few years ago, may cause problems today.
For longevity in this business you have to be willing accept physical
limitations and adapt.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Abner" <wizard1 at ctsbroadband.com>
To: <castens at nepower.coop>; "Market Farming"
<market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] digging lots of holes
> hmm if you are planting standard first year seedlings the size for
> planting
> with a dibble bar it would seem like a post hole digger would be way
> overkill. I did forestry contracting for years plantting short leaf and
> white pines. I averaged about 1200 seedligs a day with a dibble bar. if
> you
> are useing it properly useing your foot on the little side step to push
> it
> into the soil and pulling it back and forth with the handle to open the
> hole
> you shouldnt hurt your shoulder with it certainly not with 300 seedlings.
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Errol
> Castens
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 3:40 PM
> To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [Market-farming] digging lots of holes
>
>
> Richard wrote:
>> In a few weeks I will be planting about 300 Christmas trees. For the
>> past 7 years, I have been using a planting bar, essentially a wedge on
>> a stick, which is the common way to do this chore. But every year my
>> arms and shoulders are ruined for about a week after, and this year I
>> am going into the season with a damaged shoulder, and am hoping to
>> avoid using the planting bar. I have thought of a gas-powered
>> post-hole digger, but have never used one. For those of you with
>> experience using them, how practical this would be to use to dig 300
>> holes 10-12 inches deep in sandy loam? Is it likely to be as onerous
>> in its own way as using the planting bar? Anybody have any other ideas
>> for tools to do this?
>
> Errol replies:
> Having used a one-man auger before, I went to rent a tractor-mounted
> auger when I was about to plant 100+ blueberry plants, but the rental
> place in my town did not have a tractor-mounted one available. Instead,
> they rented me a skid steer (Bobcat-type) machine with an auger on the
> front. It did a great job, was easy to line up and didn't require
> twisting around to get a rear view all the time.
>
> One MAJOR caution, though: If you're not already comfortably adept with
> such a machine, think twice unless you're on pretty flat ground. The
> skid steer felt a little unstable on my hilly land, and when I was on my
> next-to-last row I backed just a bit too close to a gully and rolled the
> machine. Neither it nor I was hurt, but all kinds of bad things might
> have happened. And it cost me another $150 for the tow truck that the
> rental place suggested to upright the skidsteer. If anybody ever
> complains about the price of my blueberries when they start producing, I
> may just smack him! :)
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