Wasted $200 on a post hole digger attachment that barely worked

I bought one of those auger attachments for my tractor from a big box store last spring. Thought it would save me hours on a 40-post job I had in rural Ohio. First hole went fine but the second one hit a rock and stripped the shear pin. After replacing it three times and still only getting 8 holes done in a full day I finally borrowed my neighbor's old manual two-man digger. Finished the rest in half the time. Has anyone else had bad luck with those consumer-grade augers?

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olivia_wilson8d ago

Man, that sounds like a total headache. I had a similar experience with one of those cheap augers last year. Paid way too much for it and ended up spending more time fixing it than actually digging holes. Rocks just murder those shear pins like it's their job. Your neighbor's old manual digger fixing everything up is the kind of thing that makes you wonder why we even bother with new stuff sometimes.

marywells8d ago

Eh, is it really that big of a deal? A busted shear pin takes like five minutes to swap out. I think people just like to get dramatic about cheap tools.