Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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I use a hand cranked drill and a cut down auger anchor
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Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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I use a 2 inch auger with an 18v Dewalt. The handle helps immensely, especially when putting the drill aside to finish the set....its like a kickstand to keep the drill off the ground.
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Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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Look at furshedfab.com. Josh makes a great auger.
I used a regular drill, but it would twist too much. I bought a ryobi hammer drill with handle on ebay brand new for about half the cost of the box store. Works great!
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Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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I have a 3 inch auger made by stalker and use a 18volt dewalt hammer drill j
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Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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Look at furshedfab.com. Josh makes a great auger.
I used a regular drill, but it would twist too much. I bought a ryobi hammer drill with handle on ebay brand new for about half the cost of the box store. Works great! X2 Everything Josh has made for me has been GREAT!!!
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Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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The strength of the bit depends A LOT on the type of soil it has to move. The Menard’s bit came apart on me in semi-frozen clay-loam soil but did okay throughout the fall. I use a Rigid 20-volt 4-amp drill that gets a lot of sets in before I have to change the battery. I also have a 3-inch auger bit. Using something bigger would move more dirt but drain the battery faster too. Using a 2-inch bit could probably get me 50+ sets a day before a change. My dirt holes average close to 20-inches deep.
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Re: Digging dirt holes with drill.
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I use Home Depot’s brand 18 volt Rigid hammer drill with Papio Creek 2” and 3” augers.
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