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Post by CoonDuke on May 26, 2004 19:56:38 GMT -6
DJ, You probably have as many rocks as me.
I guess I am just lazy. Easier to "send 'em home" with a heavy hammer. I am like Zags...I drive to all my sets and don't mind carrying a heavy sucker for pounding stakes.
Pulling stakes??? You can quote me on this... "There is no better way to pull rebar stakes (welded nut head) than with a vise-grip" ~ CoonDuke ;D ;D ;D
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Post by dj88ryr on May 26, 2004 20:05:28 GMT -6
StakemakerDuke, Those stakes you made for me, were the easiest stake to retrieve I have ever had, THATS WHY I HAVE BEEN PESTERING YOU TO MAKE ME 50 MORE!!!!!!!!! They come out with the masons hammer, a curve claw hammer or like you said with the vise grips, they are the balls. I NEED MORE!!!!!!
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Post by 17kiss on May 26, 2004 20:09:56 GMT -6
4 pound hammer and a masons hammer for making beds. Can shape beds much nicer and with better control. I like mine tight! also easier to undercut sod when making trench sets. When I use a bit , I use a cordless drill with a self augering bit. usually dont break that out til ground gets hard though. Dan Tanner has a nice setup with a t-handle and bit. Zagman , your boy Brandon snapped his fiberglass , bulletproof, superman , O'G hammer handle like a twig in Ms. I would love to see something like JC's Badger , but with a hammer on one end. Trowel width depends on what size hole i am making. I like a big old flashy dirthole sometimes , but most times it is the narrow,2in. , one I grab.
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Post by dj88ryr on May 26, 2004 20:18:15 GMT -6
I use a hand auger, with a 1 3/4 " bit, 5 seconds hole is done, 10 inches deep and clean packed sides. This was a gift from Nittany Lion, one that I will remember for a long time, makes set contructiuon a snap.
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Post by JLDakota on May 26, 2004 20:20:29 GMT -6
Clefus, Mine is a brace type configuratiion but not the true carpentry type you have hanging in your shop. ( I have tried those wieth large wood augers without much success.) The 3 differnent sized bits I have for mine are threaded and screw into the the bottom of the "brace". Biggest secret to their use is to dig a ways and pull out or reverse turn out to pull out the dirt. If you drill down too far bit has a tendency to unscrew with too much dirt sitting on top. Little bit of practice and you know when to "empty". Is very fast and efficient like NL mentioned above. Jim
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Post by Stef on May 26, 2004 20:24:59 GMT -6
Won't be without my 4 pounds hammer with digging bar (home made but similar to O'G hammer). Actually, with a heavier hammer, your Driver for disposable stakes will go in compared to bended driverssssss when you are hammering a 100s time with a lighter hammer and with stakes, they go in much faster and with less stress joints...LoL
Wide Yo-Ho
Have a 30 inches auger but its been a few years that I did not play with.
My father will give me his gas power drill. I'll need to fix it up and planed to work a lot with it in the offseason doing pre-season work where I'll be able to do it.
Stef
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Post by vttrapper on May 27, 2004 3:15:37 GMT -6
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Is there any wonder he's called the ZAG MASTER,HAHAHAHAHAAH
frank
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Post by vttrapper on May 27, 2004 3:16:34 GMT -6
"Pistol Grip, Seal Team hammer" He is the ZAG MASTER, hahahaahahahahaha frank
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nickb
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Post by nickb on May 27, 2004 4:05:26 GMT -6
Only thing I know is that I can dig a BIG hole with a small trowel, but I can't make a small hole with a BIG trowel. And, have used a masons hammer for years. The end.
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Post by Maineman on May 27, 2004 5:44:25 GMT -6
Nickb: where have you been? I'll need to see you at the PTA about the inline swivels... Does anyone else use a metal pipe to make a dirthole? Drive it in with a hammer, pull it out, done...
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Post by JLDakota on May 27, 2004 9:53:00 GMT -6
Maineman, I use the pipe with the big nut welded on top with the smooth rod T near the top whenever I don't use the auger. It works great but in heavy soil, it plugs up tight and takes alot of banging around on my big hammer to get the dirt out. I do use it on the horizontal holes more often then the auger. IMO, the auger is easier and less work to get a deep hole quicker, but if I didn't have an auger, the pipe is what I'd use. If you haven't tried the pipe don't hesitate, its works well. Jim
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Post by gcs on May 27, 2004 15:29:28 GMT -6
JL, cut a slot in that pipe like a soil sample probe's and the dirt will be easier to work out.
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Post by JLDakota on May 27, 2004 16:14:19 GMT -6
Gcs, I want to say it has one but maybe it doesn't. It's over in the trap shed a few miles from me so will look next time I'm there. All I can remember is it fills up regularly and I'm always banging it on the hammer. I have seen the soil samplers you are talking about and they obviously have the slot for a reason. Thank you Jim
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Post by Maineman on May 27, 2004 19:14:47 GMT -6
I like the idea of the slot because they do get plugged...Takes me a few taps on the side of the pipe to unclog it...
Good Idea... ;D
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Post by BrandonH on May 27, 2004 20:03:39 GMT -6
Kiss, Don't forget about the "backup" hammer. Stupid leaf spring broke off on Day #2. They weren't the real "high rollers," but the generic type you can buy off of any supply shop for around $20. Thank god for your "groundhog," or else I'd a been trowling everything. That lil' tool would be the bomb if it didn't have such a peewee hammer head on it. Put a 4 lb sledge on it, and as DJ says "it'd be the balls." From now on it's either a real high roller, or I'm headed to the nearest metal shop and have a custon rig done up.
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Post by 17kiss on May 27, 2004 20:26:30 GMT -6
The other problem is that a non slip handle needs to be added to it. tears me up between the thumb and index when hammering. may have to play with it and see waht kind of improvements can be made.
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Post by dj88ryr on May 27, 2004 20:30:12 GMT -6
Maineman, one of Nittany Lions augers is much easier to use than a pipe and with better effect.
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Post by 17kiss on May 27, 2004 20:33:30 GMT -6
DJ , is that where Dan got his? I like his cause of not needing to carry a drill around. Early season.Once ground hardens still ahve to use power tools.
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Post by BrandonH on May 27, 2004 20:34:34 GMT -6
Jim, Non slip handle would be a nice addition, as well as acting as a shock absorber when pounding stakes. Part i liked was the all steel construction, i.e hard to break. Really makes pulling rebar easy, too.
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Post by dj88ryr on May 27, 2004 20:36:10 GMT -6
Kiss, the one I have worked right into January, it went in even frozen ground, after all it was made for wood. I am not sure where Dan got his, but I see them at the Amish flea market all the time, I will pick you one up next time I see one.
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