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Ever see a pile boring machine? It will drill a 20' wide (or wider) hole down 20' in a couple minutes. Then a rebar cage is lowered in the hole and concrete fills the hole. When it's set, they start building a house or apartment block on top.
Yes I have, and they are awesome. But that's a long way from a human-powered mechanical post-hole digger as suggested. I've put in plenty of fences with a mechanical post hole digger and can assure you that particularly on hard, dry ground, it is a miserable experience just to make a hole big enough for a post.

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