Finally got my post hole digger method down after a year of fighting it

When I first started, I used to just slam the digger into the ground and muscle it out. My shoulders were shot by lunch, and I'd hit rocks that felt like concrete. About six months ago, on a job in the hot Atlanta sun, I watched an old timer. He'd twist the handles a quarter turn before pulling up, every single time. I tried it, and it was like magic. That little twist breaks the suction and lets the dirt fall out clean. Now I can do a 3-foot hole in half the time, and my body doesn't hate me at the end of the day. It's such a simple thing, but it changed everything for me. Anyone else have a tiny trick that saved their back?

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emery9655mo ago

Twist it before you pull it up.

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the_gavin3mo ago

Had a guy from over in Three Forks tell me this same trick about ten years back when I was pulling crabgrass out of my lawn. Thought he was messing with me until I tried it and the whole root came out clean, no broken pieces left in the dirt. Works the same way with stubborn weeds in the garden beds, you just have to get down low and grab them right at the base. But I swear by this for dandelions too, twist them slow and they pop out like nothing else.

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hill.hugo5mo ago

Works for weeds, not for relationships.

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