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Show PORTABLE MACHINE FOR BORING POST HOLES Two Men and an Outfit Will Accomplish Work of a Gang of a Dozen Men. Without Vaual Back. Breaking Labor. Machine Bora Poat Hole. Th Interesting post hole boring outfit out-fit shown In thi Illustration will make a bola uniform In alte at top nd bottom and of any depth to all feet. It consist of a boring machine, mounted on a truck In auch A way that It can be worked al either ld or back of the truck. The hole are made by a large auger, or rhliel bit. operated by a gear working In a toothed ahaft, which furnlahe the mesne for raising or lowering It. The power I applied by two friction clutches, which permit thi raising or lowering of the auger without reversing re-versing Its motion. The angina and gasoline tank are placed on the front part of tha machine, ma-chine, In this way providing sufficient weight to balance the other end, aud the power Is transmitted from tha engine to the drive pulley by means nf a belt Tha machine will dig holes In any kind of soli onto wblch the truck ran be driven, rutting read Hy through hardpsn, ahale and aoft sandstone. Two men ar required to operate It. Tha machine Illustrated Is provided with a ten horse power engine and weighs about I.&00 pounds. A smaller lie, driven by a 7 H horse-powea en gine, I alo oa th market Two nam and oaa machine will accomplish tha work of a gang ot a doten men, without with-out tha uaual amount of back breaking labor, Tha bolt can ba bored At any Mak Hal Uniform. angle dealred. Tba Illustration how the machine la two poaltlon. On f howa Ita poaltlon when not tn opera. j tlon, and tha other ahowa It In poafr j lion for boring. |
