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A new auger is cheaper than a new back. It belongs to the earth now.
8 0 ReplyI've lost auger bits down at 350 cm. Funny to think, one day an excavator will likely find it.
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Hand augering to 3m is my field season strength training.
6 0 ReplyHow deep do you normally go?
Ever try a Russian peat sampler? Fucking don't lol. Easily twice as hard as soil survey. I pulled peat up from 780 cm with one of those fuckers, one shift.
1 0 ReplyUsually 1m by hand but I was on a project this summer where we were stopping at 3.2m
That Russian peat sampler and 780cm sounds like you were being punished for something.
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