I was fortunate in getting a free 100 gallon diesel tank off of a wrecked refrigerated trailer. Mounted it on a small trailer I had and installed a Fill-Rite pump setup with a battery and solar panel and two filters with valves. I live in Texas so I applied and received a free red dye diesel...
The larger auger seems to just to center it's self in the smaller hole and follows on down. Always centers up, never had an issue with it wanting to wonder off center. Similar to enlarging a hole when drilling material with a twist drill bit.
I too have clay and when its hard and dry I use the smallest diameter auger my brand makes to drill my hole then I switch to the larger auger and ream the hole out larger.
About 6 months. Grapple work, stacking brush/limbs on the burn pile when a limb pushed against the plastic grill causing a minor break. Then I added steel expanded-metal to fit in the open spaces in the factory guard.
I purchased a 60" ZD331 new about 10 years ago. It has about 700 hours on it. No issues with it. The handles are stiff on the ZD331. The ZD331 doesn't cut as good as other makes in my opinion. I just bought my wife a new 2024 model Z242 that has a Kawasaki engine. It cuts better than the big...
I tapped mine a bunch then sprayed compressed air inside and then finally sprayed PB Blaster in it and everything started to work again. Lubricant had no affect on the plastic.
Ospho is great. If it leave a gray powdery residue when it dries, brush or wash it off with mineral spirits before painting. Obviously with use of bucket, all the painting efforts are negated.
I'm only 71 but my father in law told me when he was young and walking to school he would take his pocket knife and cut off the frozen milk that was sticking out of the bottles on neighbor's porches and placing the cap back.