New to me AC SC Post Hole Auger
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Topic: New to me AC SC Post Hole Auger
Posted By: Brad MI
Subject: New to me AC SC Post Hole Auger
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2010 at 10:00pm
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Here is what I found buried in the corner of a barn, and what ended up on my trailer.. The arms are just like those that mount on the SC lift arms, with the added SC eye and bail mounting hardware. Does anyone have one like it? The 24" spade was used for cherry tree transplanting.   
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Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2010 at 10:23pm
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Brad - man is that a big auger, if it was longer you dig some holes big enough bury a body....LOL! Mike
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Posted By: Michael Crowe
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2010 at 10:41pm
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Mike, I have an identical unit with a 12" auger. They were made by Roper for AC. ------------- The 14th Annual Exclusive AC Swap Meet will be held in Boonville, MO, March 7-8, 2025. See the club website for details: http://www.moacclub.com/ |
Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 5:54am
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Must have been a project to dig the unit out of that barn! Nice find. ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: Chris/CT
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 6:04am
| If you tried dropping that bit into the ground here in CT, I would bet the tractor would get spun around some quick!, Nice piece. |
Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 6:39am
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Nice Roper digger!
That has to be the biggest auger I have ever seen on one.
I should post a picture of the smallest I have seen, a 6 inch one on mine.
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Posted By: JCSinPITTS,PA
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 7:22am
| I got one last year off of craiglist but it is missing the 1/2 of the pto that snaps on the tractor so i never got to use it, also looking for a manuel, do they really work??? mine has the remains of a handle that someone was suppose to hold I guess to help steady it. |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 7:32am
| Nice find. That sucker will make a hole!! If you are planting cherry trees, bet it does the job. |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 7:34am
| JC - the handle is used to line up the auger for a straight hole when it is lifted. |
Posted By: Bob(W-Md)
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 7:48am
This is the one I have.Yes it does work well.The one you have with the short auger probably would only make about 10 revolutions to get to the its depth for a tree planting in the right soil. Nice Find
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Posted By: JCSinPITTS,PA
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 10:19am
| you handle looks really nice and the unit looks nice painted!!!, hopefully after i get 1/2 of pto and drill some holes to know off rust i can paint mine, what for gear oil does it take? |
Posted By: Good
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 10:42am
| My Roper just hooks to the arms not snap coupler it stays pretty strait just back up a little when almost all the way down.You have to get on the tractor from the front though. |
Posted By: Steve(SEMN)
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 10:42am
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Bob's handle is not a roper handle. It is appears to be off a NO. 10 posthole digger.
The Roper handle is a pipe with two holes in it and bolted to the gear box. I have a roper PHD and a No. 10 PHD.
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Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 11:45am
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We liked the Danhuser (?) when we sold them and at that time they did have an adapter to mount it on Allis Chalmers tractors. Take a good look at that auger. We mounted a Danhuser on a (don't laugh ) B tractor with that size auger.
The customer was an orchard man and was using it to plant a new section of peach orchard. It worked fine but needless to say it had a ton of weights - sandbags and the like - on the front axle to hold it down and pull it out of the ground.
Great Find. Especially a snap coupler post hole digger. They have to be scarce.
Good Luck!
Bill Long
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Posted By: rossinmich
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 3:23pm
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Did you by chance get that off craigslist from a guy up in benzie? |
Posted By: BILLP-SE-MI
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2010 at 6:18pm
| Great find Brad. We used an auger that size that to plant a bunch of trees a work .It was on are 3000 ford. I think we planted about 150 to 200 trees. It sure beats using a shovel. |