The Hole

On Tuesday,  we rented a power auger, and proceeded to drill a 12″ hole 5 feet deep for the pole to slide into. The drilling went pretty well but the soil was super wet and clay like so we drilled a foot then took out the auger and cleaned it off, and then drilled another foot, and so on.  This went OK until the last foot and then the auger was just too heavy to lift out of the hole.  It does not have a reverse.  So, I rigged the gin pole again over the hole and proceeded to hoist the auger out with a block and tackle. while two people were lifting.  Whew !