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Originally Posted by AC_Hacker
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What I was trying to convey in the 'Manifesto' was that I hit a year-round wet layer at 17 feet, then hard pan... so I stopped drilling...
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From your drilling report:
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Originally Posted by AC_Hacker
Yesterday I finished up hole number 11 of 16.
I thought I'd summarize what I have learned so far about this process...
2 FEET TO 6 FEET - clay to clay/sand
This was the toughest layer to get through. The clay was pretty dry and hard. Initially I tried just a hand auger. It was slow, exhausting work. Using a pointed iron digging bar to loosen things up a bit, ahead of the hand auger helped, but it was tough work.
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This clay would normally be referred to as 'hardpan'. Look it up. The only place rain is impacting your results is were your digging disturbed this layer.
IWarm