If your soil is loamy or sandy, you too can drill 30 holes in a day''s worth of rental. But rocky ground or heavy clay can stymie even the most drillpressinventor powerful auger. Judging from my experience, about 25 percent of the holes attempted with augers end up being drillpressinventor dug by hand.If you only have a few postholes to dig, don''t bother drillpressinventor reading this story. Just rent, borrow or buy the three hand tools shown on p. 68 and get to work. By the time you run to the rental drillpressinventor store and round up a buddy to run drillpressinventor the other end of the machine, you''ll have a few holes dug already and save the one-day $60-plus auger rental fee. But if you have more than five deep, 12-in. wide deck footings or a whole fence''s worth of postholes to punch, augers can make short work of an otherwise miserable job. Joining the established models, the new Triad OHC 653 cc (20 hp) and 725 cc (23 hp) engines offer the same benefits such as improved airflow and temperature distribution and no bore distortion for improved cooling, according to Kohler. These benefits are attributed to Kohler moving the camshaft out of the crankcase and positioning it away from the oil sump and crankcase. A majority of the housing above the crankshaft has been eliminated for a greater cooling area.The 20 hp, TH650 engine, has a compression ratio of 8.8:1 and produces 33.4 lb.ft. of maximum torque at 2600 rpm. The 23 lip, TH720 engine, also has an 8.8:1 compression ratio and produces 39 lb.ft. of torque at 2600 rpm. EarthForce America, Summerville, S.C., is the marketing headquarters for Superstav in North America. All machines are sold in North America under the EarthForce brand nameKubota Tractor Corp. USA, drillpressinventor an American affiliate of Kubota Corp. in Japan, offers two models of mini-backhoe loaders, the B21 and L35. The company is second in the marketplace and imports its machines from Japan. KTC, which started selling machines in the U.S. market in 1972, is headquartered in Torrance, Calif. The company''s B21 machine is rated 21 hp and features hydrostatic drive, while the L35 is rated 35 hp and has a mechanical Glide Shift transmission for clutchless shifting. The bigger machine has a 9 ft. digging depth. Ingersoll Equipment (not to be confused with Ingersoll-Rand Co.) is located in Winneconne, drillpressinventor Wis. The company started producing small backhoe loaders drillpressinventor in 1983. Current models include 18 hp and 20 hp machines and a larger addition is being discussed for 2001. Both the 6018 BH and 6020 BH loaders have a digging depth of 7.5 ft. and both machines are very light at less than 3000 lb.
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