Hey, anybody who is about to use such tool - have in mind that if the soil is too dry, you can drill just a little bit, then fill the small holes with water, wait and then drill again to the bottom. It's much more easy and helps extract smaller stones that otherwize would block the drill.
I was considering a spring type compost aereator but £26 plus £10 postage made me look for alternatives. Got this 6" dia, 1200mm length fence post auger for £25 delivered. Seems a better compost aereator than the 'proper' thing.
Hey Tim My mate purchased one of these around 5 years ago & we use it all the time, can't fault it! We build fences & decking on the side & between the two of us we have cored hundreds of post holes with this. Great buy!! Really enjoy ur vids👍🏼
+darren green Great aren't they! I must have reduced the amount of concrete by 40% too so has paid for itself. Interested to see how round post would slot in if sized the same as the augur, 100mm version. Might be a good way to do some temporary fencing or where you don't want concrete.
Great video. Have a fencing project at home as it's getting tired now. This looks great. Have about 12 to 15 posts so will be ordering one of these are save on concrete too! Many thanks.
Cheers matey. I guessed these would be more durable than a post hole digger as it has no moving parts, but this confirms that they're also far easier to use.
great video..... I ordered one this week, but no way can I dig a hole that fast. you must have some real soft dirt over there. here in Atlanta, the dirt is hard. to dig a 3 foot / 1 meter hole took about 20 minutes and some water
Great, I am really pleased that I watched your video as I have ordered the 100 mm version for 2 x 2 stakes I feel encouraged by your demonstration and can’t wait for mine to arrive once again thanks for sharing. Regards Normski
Nice. I was thinking about hiring a petrol one, but the cost for the weekend I could buy one but I reckon I'll save £100 doing it manually. Love the duck photo-bombing near the end too.
I bought a petrol one for a big fencing job and it is amazing. Bottom blade cuts through roots and saves so much time and concrete as the holes are so snug. Just have to be careful with petrol one that you don't let it screw itself into the ground...Andy Uk
A great tool for the right ground. My land is clay and flint dug out by hand for 2 - 4x 4 posts - the first took an hour the second 6 hours with a hammer and long chisel.😳
Great Video and very informative, Can I just ask though , i just bought the 80mm hand augur , my post are 3" so a fraction of wiggle room, if the posts are pressure treated and they are a reasonably tight fit, wouldn't that cut down on concrete/cement,cost time,and labor? That's what I'm hoping for
I need an auger/drill like this, but for confined space under an existing sunroom behind the house. Is there something similar, but with a shorter vertical profile?
If it helps, I had a similar situation once and ended up starting a hole with a space, then positioning the manual auger into the hole to have enough clearance to (barely) be able to use the auger. It wasn't enjoyable, but it allowed me to get the project finished.
@@RallyGreen I'm out there digging it by hand as we speak.....I'll take a break for the day. I'm not used to this king of work anymore. Haha....I'll get there...I'm down two feet and need to get another two feet more. Lots of rocks....big pain in the behind. Thanks for the suggestion.
+Adam Gabbert I imagine that a post hole digger may be better if doing a larger hole or if very stony. Otherwise this has to be quicker and easier. For the gate post I drilled to holes and then squared them off using a spade before removing all the waster with the augur, so it can do large holes if needed.
Wow! Unbelievable. I didn't know they came this big.Would it be possible to use one of these for hard, compacted clay soil. I sincerely doubt it, but I have to ask.
We have clay soil and it works fine. If it is really heavy clay then you just take a smaller amount out at a time. Might not be so good if you have brick dry solid clay though!
not a single Rock... Not in my back yard. I dug 3 cubic feet of dirt and rock out of a 1 cubic foot hole with a pick ax and shovel in 1 hour of back braking labor. hate my soil. (sarcasm)
Sounds like my garden but mine is also unbelievably heavy clagy clay as well, I've had to dig foundations & drainage trenches almost entirely with a pick & small sharp spade. Great fun :P
I was also wondering about this. Can someone else shed more light on this aspect. I would like to use this tool as it looks very simple. But I'm a little concerned about the width of the hole not being wide enough?
Any idea where to find these in the US? I see several variations available in the UK, but it seems that US sellers favor powered versions (likely because they're more profitable). Urrggh. Ta.
Sorry, been asked before. Seems they are not available everywhere. You could buy a 6'' bit from the powered versions and have a handle welded on?....just a thought.
proper job! Might be buying one of these to do a little project over the summer. Thanks a lot . p.s was it a screw fix/toolstation or ebay buy? (Tony from Bristol)
If you have a holding tank you could actually use a 50 gallon or 55 gallon plastic drum as a holding tank but should be very inexpensive then you could do a 12 or 24 volt solar pump as a booster pump and here's a video showing you your different componentsru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EDALWqeGsHQ.html
These are a total waste of time and money IMO, unless you have very loose soil with zero stones and zero tree roots.........maybe if you need to set posts on a sandy beach, it will be ok ...........just my opinion of course after trying one out - ditched it after a few goes and reverted to traditional post hole digger and bars.
Barry Gale who is we? Maybe you people should just figure out a way to dig up post holes that works for you. Then maybe upload a video and show the world how it's done instead criticizing his standards of units in measurement.
Jessie Luong Americans what can i say. Let me explain. Ur rails come in as 5.4 meters long by 75 mil by 50 mil. Or they are 6 meters long by 75 by 50 mil. The post u should use is cypress 2.4 meters high by 125 mil by 75 mil. Ur holes should be dug 600 mil deep by 200 mil wide. And u set ur post apart at 2.650 meters. Is that simple enough.
Shuv-holers and a bar, that is all that's needed for a hand full of holes, 30yrs of hole digging always works...don't bother with silly gadgets, waste of time and money.
