[RE-wrenches] Auger for ground mount

[Chris Mason]

I have a two man gas powered unit, not very confident of it.

On Feb 9, 2018 11:55, "James "Jibril" Gustafson" <djibrilfall at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> In the past I have had success with renting a skid steer with auger, or a
> mini excavator with auger.  With a little practice you can become
> proficient with the machines, the hardest pasrt is getting a plumb hole.
> The mini excavator is nice, with a thin digger bucket you can also do your
> trenching.  Is fun to learn how to operate these machines.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Jibril
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 8:04 AM, Chris Mason <cometenergysystems at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm taking on construction of a ground mount system of about 30KW. My
>> previous experience has entailed using a utility truck mounted auger for
>> the holes but that's expensive. The soil type here is fairly soft, not
>> rock.  There's no contractor available with a skid steer mounted auger. I
>> need at least four inch holes, three foot deep. Siz inch would be better.
>> What are the options? Any novel ideas?
>> We have a service truck with a 2 ton hydraulic crane, anything I can
>> mount to that? I don't mind fabricating brackets and mounts, welding parts
>> to it.
>>
>> --
>> Chris Mason
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