Operate With Dr. Diggs

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July/August 1982
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Perhaps best of all, though, the entire unit is eminently portable . . . you can pull Dr. Diggs around on its ten-inch wheels with relative ease. And because of the tool's compact size, it'll allow you to bore postholes in tight places (one staffer used it to bore pea-trellis holes . . . wheeling the digger among the raised beds in his garden) that you wouldn't be able to reach with a tractor-mounted auger.

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Admittedly, Dr. Diggs isn't inexpensive. The price for the complete assembly—power unit, stand, and standard 6" auger—is $366 . . . plus 10% for shipping within the contiguous 48 states (add 15% to the base price for delivery to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or Canada). On the other hand, though, if you're going to be sinking a lot of posts over the next several years, this is one doctor that might save you both physical hardship and money. And by the way, the machine just could have some incomeproducing potential. In our neck of the woods, the more common power-driven posthole diggers (which have no stand and often must be wrestled by two people) rent out at $25 for four hours ... and $38 for a day!

In any event, the makers of Dr. Diggs will be happy to send you an information sheet about their product with a full listing of prices and optional accessories (which include a wide range of augers in diameters from 2" to 8", a wood-boring bit, and diamond- and tungsten carbide-tipped drills). Just write to the folks at DeepRock Manufacturing Company, Dept. TMEN, 469 Anderson Road, Opelika, Alabama 36802 . . . or call 800/633-8774, extension 469.

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