Simultaneous installer/injector/auger systems and methods

Abstract

An augered fence post that is both an auger and a fence post. Like an auger, the augered fence post can be drilled into the ground. Unlike an auger, the augered fence post is left in the ground to become a fence post. When drilled into the ground, the helical screw cuts a hole. The fence post being hollow, fill material can be flowed through the post, out of flow holes, and directly into the hole. The flow holes are positioned such that they are down in the hole when the fill material is flowed. The fill material can be a mixture containing cement or can be a foam. The foam can be formed by mixing two or more components that produce a foam that hardens within the hole.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 drilling an augered fence post into the ground, the augered fence post that includes a fence post, a pointed end, and a helical screw configured with a helical screw blade, wherein the fence post is hollow and comprises a bottom and a top, wherein the pointed end is at the bottom, wherein the helical screw extends from the bottom toward the top, and wherein the helical screw blade cuts a hole in the ground; and   without removing the augered fence post from the hole, filling the hole with a fill material wherein the fill material flows out of the fence post and into the hole, and wherein the fill material sets within the hole to thereby hold the fence post upright within the hole.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the fill material flows out of the fence post through at least one flow hole in the pointed end. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the helical screw has a helix length, the fill material flows out of at least one flow hole in the fence post, and the at least one flow hole positioned no more than the helix length from the bottom. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the fill material flows into the top, through the fence post, and into the hole. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the fill material is formed in the fence post when a first component combines with a second component. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the fill material is foam. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the augered fence post includes a top coupling configured for removably attaching to a machine that drills the augered fence post into the ground. 
     
     
         8 . A system comprising:
 an augered fence post that includes a fence post, a pointed end, a helical screw configured with a helical screw blade, and at least one flow hole, wherein the fence post is hollow and comprises a bottom and a top, wherein the pointed end is at the bottom, wherein the helical screw extends from the bottom toward the top, wherein the helical screw has a helix length, wherein the helical screw blade cuts a hole in the ground; and   wherein the augered fence post is configured to be drilled into the ground with the helical screw cutting the hole in the ground.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8  further including fill material inside the fence post, the at least one flow hole, and the hole in the ground. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8  further including fill material configured to flow through the fence post, out of the at least one flow hole, and into the hole in the ground. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10  wherein the fill material flows into the top. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the fill material includes cement. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11  wherein the fill material is a foam formed when a first component combines with a second component. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 10  wherein the fill material is formed in the fence post when a first component combines with a second component. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 14  wherein the fill material is foam.