This weekend we had a big project that required a BIG power tool. We found this new rental store near our house when we needed carpet fans during our recent flood. Johnson County Equipment and Party Rental just opened this year and all of the tools are brand new and most not even used yet. Last weekend Jeff rented a 9 horsed power bed edger to edger all of our flower beds and he was the first to use it. So when we needed to dig some post holes for our new arbor Johnson County Equipment and Party Rental was our first call. They had this super duper post hole digger and rented it to us for $30 for one hour. Again, never been used.
As it turned out, this was a fantastic deal. Our ground is pure clay once you get past the top soil. There was no way we would have been able to dig these two 18" deep by 10" round holes in the short time it took this power tool to dig them.
In order to get the holes deep enough it took the two of us totally forcing all of our weight to get the auger to cut through the clay. But finally, our holes were dug and we returned our BIG power tool within the hour time allotted.
My new arbor is now up and will be standing for a good long time, after all those holes are full of cement and are not going anywhere. I love power tools. There is just something about having the right tools available to get the job done, even if you have to rent them.
What a great job. After all that hard work that Jeff did you need to take him away on a tropical vacation!!!! :)
Posted by: Peggy Bergfalk | April 17, 2012 at 06:46 AM
Wow, that's awesome! your power tools are most certainly bigger than mine ;-)
Posted by: snickers | May 14, 2013 at 09:43 AM
Big tool and I say big machine tech. Need one more people to operate this.
Posted by: Ralph E. Lawson | May 08, 2018 at 11:23 AM