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IMPORTANT SAFETY MESSAGE
FOR OWNERS/OPERATORS OF POST HOLE DIGGERS

Safety is a primary concern in the design, manufacture, sale, and use of post hole diggers.  As manufacturers of post hole diggers, we want to confirm to you, our customers, our concern for safety.  We also want to remind you about the simple, basic, and common sense rules of safety when using a post hole digger.  Failure to follow these rules can result in severe injury or death to operators or bystanders.

It is essential that everyone involved in the assembly, operation, transport, maintenance, and storage of this equipment be aware, concerned, prudent, and properly trained in safety.   The majority of accidents involve entanglement on the driveline or auger.   This entanglement risk becomes greater when you replace our shear bolts with bolts longer than those specified by the manufacturer.  This improper replacement occurs most often on machines that are loaned or rented to someone who has not read the owner's manual and is not familiar with a post hole digger.

Our current production machines include, as standard equipment, guards or shields for auger adapters, drivelines, pinions, and safety signs.  Older machines can be retrofitted to add these new guards or shields and, of course, safety signs.  If you have an older machine which does not have standard safety equipment, please contact your dealer about bringing your machine up to the current level of safety.

Below are some of the most important safety rules to be understood and followed by anyone who works with post hole diggers:

  • Before operating a post hole digger, an operator must read and understand all the information in the owner's manual and in the safety signs attached to the product.  A person who has not read or understood the owner's manual and safety signs is not qualified to operate the digger.  If you do not have an owner's manual or current production safety signs, contact the manufacturer or your dealer immediately.
  • Post hole diggers are designed for one-man operation.   You must always dig holes while sitting in the tractor seat.  Never operate the digger with anyone near, or in contact with, any part of the implement, PTO driveline, or auger.  Accidents have occurred when more than one person is in the immediate area of the operating equipment.  Be sure no one else, including bystanders, is near you when you operate this product.
  • Do not operate the digger unless all shields and guards are in place.
  • Never replace the shear bolt or auger retaining bolt with one longer than those supplied and specified by the manufacturer.  See your owner's manual.
  • Do not use the digger unless the auger point and cutting edges are intact and in good working order.

Following these simple, basic safety rules, as well as others identified in the owner's manual and in product safety signs, will help minimize the possibility of accidents and increase your productivity in using this product.  Be careful and make sure that everyone who operates the digger knows and understands that it is a very powerful piece of machinery, and if used improperly, serious injury or death may result.  The final responsibility for safety rests with the operator of this machine.


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Update your older Danuser PTO Digger to current production safety standards and provide parts availability in the future.

 

F-Series

CURRENT F-SERIES DIGGER  

 

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DO NOT OPERATE YOUR OLDER F-SERIES PTO DIGGER UNTIL YOU HAVE UPDATED TO CURRENT PRODUCTION SAFETY STANDARDS.

Current production Danuser F-Series PTO Diggers include a # 7562 Pinion Assembly.  They have a black plastic Pinion Guard and black plastic guards on the driveline, and the driveline will be connected to the input pinion using a roll pin.

SERIAL NUMBER
BELOW 60,000

SERIAL NUMBER
60,001 – 71,199

# 7577 Conversion Kit

·       Pinion with Hardware

·        Pinion Guard

·        Gaskets

·        Grease Seals

·        Complete Guarded
Driveline

·        # 7270 Auger Adapter Guard for 2-3/8” diameter center column augers

# 7578 Conversion Kit

·        Pinion with Hardware

·        Pinion Guard

·        Gaskets

·        Grease Seals

·        Driveline End Yoke and Center Cross Repair Kit (Gearbox End)

·        # 7270 Auger Adapter Guard for 2-3/8” diameter center column augers

 

# 7580 Conversion Kit

SAME AS 7577 EXCEPT

·        # 9545 Auger Adapter Guard for 3-5/8” diameter center column augers

# 7581 Conversion Kit

SAME AS 7578 EXCEPT

·        # 9545 Auger Adapter Guard for 3-5/8” diameter center column augers


If the serial number of your F-Series PTO Digger is below 60,000 and the unit has not been converted to the # 7562 Pinion Assembly, you need to purchase a # 7577 Conversion Kit. The # 7577 Conversion Kit includes a pinion with hardware, Pinion Guard, gaskets, grease seals, complete guarded driveline all the way to the tractor, and the # 7270 Auger Adapter Guard for 2-3/8" diameter center column augers.  This # 7577 kit is required on all diggers with serial numbers prior to 60,000.  

 

If the serial number of your F-Series PTO Digger is 60,001 to 71,199 and the unit has not been converted to the # 7562 Pinion Assembly, you need to purchase a  # 7578 Conversion Kit. The # 7578 Conversion Kit includes a pinion with hardware, Pinion Guard, gaskets, grease seals, all driveline parts out through the center cross at the U-Joint on the gearbox, and the # 7270 Auger Adapter Guard for 2-3/8" diameter center column augers.  This # 7578 kit is required on all diggers with serial numbers ranging from 60,001 to 71,199.

 

The # 7580 Conversion Kit is the same as the # 7577 Conversion Kit, except it comes with a # 9545 Auger Adapter Guard for 3-5/8" diameter center column augers.

 

The # 7581 Conversion Kit is the same as the # 7578 Conversion Kit, except it comes with a # 9545 Auger Adapter Guard for 3-5/8" diameter center column augers.


If your serial number plate is missing or unreadable, the conversion kit you need applies to the style of PTO you are using today.

·        If you have an unguarded PTO shaft, yellow metal or black metal, and your PTO is connected to the pinion with a castle nut, you will need Conversion Kit # 7577 (for 2-3/8” diameter center column augers) or  # 7580 (for 3-5/8” diameter center column augers).

·        If you have an E-clip style PTO where the PTO connects to the pinion with an E-clip (horseshoe looking clip), you will need Conversion Kit # 7578 (for 2-3/8” diameter center column augers) or # 7581 (for 3-5/8” diameter center column augers).  


These conversion kits are sold direct at NET PRICE plus shipping:

  • # 7577 Conversion Kit $266.00 plus shipping  

  • # 7578 Conversion Kit $147.00 plus shipping

  • # 7580 Conversion Kit $290.00 plus shipping  

  • # 7581 Conversion Kit $169.00 plus shipping

How to Buy

To install these conversion kits, you will need to disassemble the gearbox.  Instructions sheets are provided in the kits.  Your dealer may offer installation for a fee.  After the conversion has been made and the gearbox is assembled, you will need to add 3 lbs. of Shell Alvania EP2 Grease (old name-Texaco MultiFax-EP2) or equivalent.  DO NOT ADD OIL TO THE F-SERIES GEARBOX.  

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to place an order, contact Danuser Machine Company, Inc. at (573) 642-2246 or e-mail sales@danuser.com.

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G20/40

Current production Danuser G20/40 PTO Diggers include a # 6136 Auger Adapter Guard.  If the serial number of your G20/40 is prior to 11,152, you need to purchase a # 6136 Auger Adapter Guard. This guard is required on all G20/40 PTO Diggers.  See photograph below.


CURRENT G20/40 DIGGER
 

 

    

DO NOT OPERATE THE G20/40 PTO DIGGER UNTIL THE
  # 6136 AUGER ADAPTER GUARD IS IN PLACE.

This Guard Kit is sold direct at NET PRICE plus shipping:

  • # 6136 Auger Adapter Guard Kit $31.00 plus shipping

How to Buy

If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to place an order, contact Danuser Machine Company, Inc. at (573) 642-2246 or e-mail sales@danuser.com.

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