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I bet that hole was fun to dig...
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I got my exercise, that's for sure. It took 4 days, and I already had the hole started from the way the system was before. I kept filling the hole with water overnight to soften up the soil. The farther down I got, the harder it got. I couldn't swing the pick anymore past about half way down, without making the hole wider. And it's kind of hard to dig a hole with a shovel when you are standing on top of where you want to dig. I dug most of the bottom part with hand tools. But that was difficult (besides the obvious) because I couldn't get down on my hands and knees, and the hole was not wide enough to bend down from a standing position without my head being in the way. So I had to bend over while stand in the hole, resting my head on the side of the hole opening. While stretching down to dig rock with small hand trowels and picks. I even broke one hand pick, and bent a hand trowel. But ya, I had a good time.