Digging post holes used to be a whole different animal back in 95

I remember my first summer with the crew in Omaha, we dug every hole with a two man clamshell digger. My arms would be screaming by lunch. Now we use a one man gas auger and I can sink a 4 foot hole in about 3 minutes flat. The change happened around 2008 when we finally bought a Honda powered unit from the local rental place. No more fighting clay with a hand digger for 20 minutes per hole. Has anyone else gone back to hand digging for a specific soil type or are you all on the powered stuff now?

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lee.lucas1mo ago

95 to 2008 seems like a long stretch of sore arms, sure it was that bad.

noah9171mo ago

Sore arms? Man, @lee.lucas, I had a shot once that hurt so bad I couldn't lift my coffee mug for two days. Made me look like a total weakling at work. Drove me crazy enough to switch arms halfway through and still ended up with a knot the size of a golf ball.