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Originally Posted by Tobra
Thom, you dug 4' deep holes in the ground in Carmichael? Either you are lucky and the hard pan is more than 4' down or you had a line on some dynamite to loosen things up. We rented one of those gas powered augers when we did my sister's fence
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If you do it when the ground has been really wet, but not super-saturated, it's possible. The hardpan turns into a non-newtonian fluid, it's a PITA, but it's doable. A couple weeks ago I put in a small tree in the front yard and had to use an air chisel to dig the hole.