On Thursday 28 July 2016 02:48:26 Peter Blodow wrote: > Please, could someone explain to a ignorant old-worlder, what a > clamshell digger is? > Peter > Hi Peter;
Its two long handles on a pair of shovels hinged together about 15" up from the tips. Its plunged into the dirt so as to trap some of the dirt between the shovels. The handles are then pulled apart, causing the shovels to get a grip on the dirt and its lifted up out of the hole. set the dirt and shovels aside, close the handles to release the dirt. Slam/drop it back into the hole and repeat. You can make an 9" diameter post hole about 30" deep in 10 to 15 minutes if in good shape physically. You run out of hole diameter to allow the handles to spread and grip the dirt at about 30" but thats deep enough to plant a 2 or 3 rail treated fencepost. Wash, rinse, repeat for the next post in that some hole in 12-15 years or so. I've been here going on 27 years. The first fence was built by a neighbor at the time & wasn't treated wood, so I went around it and replaced it with treated stuff about 25 years back, re-did it after about 14 years, and now just starting on cycle 3. I suspect I'll not finish cycle 3 as the rest of them are still sitting solid. The 2 I'll replace if my back will let me, are 2 that took a beating in 2010 when a 110+ mph "direcho" came thru and took down 3 of the remaining pine trees, about 30 footers. One of them bounced off the fence and wound up on the next door neighbors carpart roof. That would match up well with the 2 I'll replace in the next week or so. We had the only big tree that survived that blow in our front yard, a pin oak. I helped plant it a year or so before Dee & I said our I do's. About an 8 footer then, close to 60 now. And over 2 feet thick at the base. Great summer shade now. > Am 28.07.2016 05:30, schrieb Todd Zuercher: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Gene Heskett" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:41:09 PM > > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Nother Q about these Chinese inverters > > > > On Wednesday 27 July 2016 11:26:55 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > I got everything hauled to the scene except my clamshell digger. > > Plumb wore the old man out. The rider had a flat tire that did NOT > > want to re-seat and hold air. Needs new rear tires, guessing 25 yo > > & badly weatherchecked. And them'er $50/copy. Sigh. OTOH, I am > > still looking down at the grass. :) > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > --- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > http://www.avast.com > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
