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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Lynda <lurine AT com-pair.net> wrote:

> one massive upheaval of stone from days long past!  We got
> down about 8" or 
> so and the thing hit a massive stone.  Well, back then we
> were young and 
> svelte and the auger stopped but the top/handles
> didn't.  We must have 
> looked like a whirly gig <g>  The neighbor took pitty
> on us and came over 
> with his tractor and sunk the rest of the holes for us!

I'm feeling just a little left out, as I have no stones in my topsoil.  There 
is rock underneath and at least one outcrop where I hope to be able to quarry 
sandstone for building facing.
I had a problem somewhat like Lynda's due to clay.  I was drilling for a 
friend with his rather large auger on my Ford 9N.  I pushed down to fast and 
the auger got stuck in the clay.  Since my Ford does not have a live PTO, I 
couldn't raise the auger without it continuing to dig in.  I finally had to 
disconnect the auger blade pull it out by hand, then put it back on.  By 
trial and error I learned that I could dig about one turn in and then lift 
and then dig one more turn.