Hi everyone. Looking for advice on a good drill and auger setup for making dirtholes. Any suggestions?

I am looking for the same deal. I have tried an echo gas powered drill, an echo post hole drill everything works well in fresh fall soil. But once she freezes it’s a no go...
I have been looking at the new 1 7/8 rotary drills from DeWalt that coupled with a carbide 3 inch Drill bit May just be the ticket? But just running a straight drill gas or electric I can’t get much more then a mouse hole. I think the hammer function of the rotary drill will solve the cutting of the frozen ground.
Any one has the answer I would love to hear if. Hard to beat a deep showy dirt hole for production trapping. Plus the dirt ya dig out of the hole saves dragging dirt around.


Good luck!
God bless,
Dustin

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I went a different route. I go to the pawn shop and buy a well-used drill every other year. It's gonna get nasty and I am going to throw it around everywhere so I never wanted to bring along somein fancy. As far as augers - the f&t one has held up well.

I've used a cordless 18v Milwaukee before with the hammer drill option. Using the hammer drill makes a significant amount of difference when trying to drill through frozen earth or concrete or whatever over just using a drill.


Also for what it's worth, I once installed a power inverter on my pickup and ran an extension cord from it with a 7.5 amp hammer drill to make a pilot hole for wolf fangs and to also make dirt holes. Looking back that was some serious work and there is typically an easier way to accomplish the same thing.

I use a 24v DeWalt, 36 volt is available, 18v should work, someone on this site sells the auger

It is a lot of work!

Flat sets do save labor during frozen soil.

God bless,

Dustin

Try rednecktrapper on tman.

Or Google fur shed fabrication. His wares are high quality.

Thank you! Just restocked the Double Cut augers. 1.5" and 2" diameter. 18"/24"/36" Shafts available.

https://www.furshedfab.com/collections/trapline-tools/products/dirt-hole-augers

Papio Creek Trapping sells augers. I met the guy at the FTA this year.

https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/boschtools-ocs/sds-max-thru-hole-rotary-hammer-bits-hc6531-29791-p/

https://www.acmetools.com/shop/tools/dew...DCABEgI2-vD_BwE

Someone buy this combo and tell me how it works!

Expensive but if it works it would be handy

God Bless

Dustin

I have a Dewalt with 20v Ion packs. Have a 2" auger bit. Works great and makes them quick

I just bought a Milwaukee rotary hammer drill. Hope it makes winter trapping a little easier. Bought a chisel point for trap beds and was hoping to find a auger bit. Also bought a ground rod driver bit for it to drive wolf fangs. Hope it all works out.

Ldw, when is gets frozen rock hard let me know how it works out. I could never get the “trapping” augers to do anything in frozen soil. Single or double flute.
https://littlebeaverstore.com/store/blad...BSABEgJLEvD_BwE
I mounted one of these to a regular hex shaft to use with a drill for making trap beds in frozen soil. It worked Ok but I needed mor drill them what I had.
A cordless sds max may be just the ticket?
Won’t be trapping this year because of my flight training. But looking forward to next year hitting it hard.

God Bless

Dustin

I have a Dewalt,chordless,SDS Plus,rotary hammer and it's a great tool that saves a lot of time and lets me chisel trap beds when a 4 lb,digging hammer won't make a dirt.I haven't been able to get dirt augers to work in flint hard,frozen ground,regardless.It just sits there and spins.
Instead,I use a 1" masonry drill to make mouse holes.The largest I can find for the SDS Plus,is 1 1/8".If I could get one in 1 1/2",I'd pay whatever it cost and that would be my auger.They do make 1 1/2" masonry bits for SDS Max tools.

I use the augers as long as I can but here in Montana,when the sub zero temperatures settle in,the augers just don't work.Imagine concrete hard dirt,with rocks all through it.When the ground is not frozen,the auger can kick some of those rocks loose.When frozen,they can't budge and the auger just spins.

Gave up pretty dirt holes 30 + years ago never looked back

I use a couple Milwaukee 18 volt 1/2” hammer drills with a few different bits. Make sure that you use a side handle to control the torque in case it his something solid. It can easily auger dirt holes and pre-drill stake holes. I use a 2” and 3” dirt auger for dirt holes. Ship auger bits for thawed soft ground staking. Carbide masonry bits for frozen hard ground staking. Large carbide masonry bit for drilling out trap beds and for making a frozen ground dirt hole.

To easily remove cable stakes, use an auger bit and drill down along the side of the cable. Be cautious to not wrap the cable in the bit.

The ship auger bits are from harbor freight - it doesn’t take much to drill thawed soft ground. All of the carbide masonry bits are either 18” or 21” and made by Bosch. They cut very well and last a long time. They are very expensive to buy, but they are the best.

I would like to have the new Milwaukee rotary hammer. It would do all the above, plus chisel out trap beds.

Make sure that you charge the batteries each night so you start each day with fully charged batteries. When it is very cold, keeping the batteries warm helps them last longer.

Drilling everything possible saves tremendous wear and tear on my aching wrists and shoulders. And it speeds up the process.

Look up more info on this topic by Taximan. He is the expert on this. Apparently, he and I posted at about the same time.

Taxi man, if you upped your drill to the new SDS max. Your opinions open up greatly.
The new dewalt 60 volt rotary hammer looks killer. The reviews on battery life is way better then the 20 volt


https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/boschtools-ocs/sds-max-thru-hole-rotary-hammer-bits-hc6531-29791-p/

These bits are in the size your looking for.

God Bless

Dustin

A 12 volt inverter can be bought for less then 50.00 bucks at most truck stops. I used one on the road to charge Oregon 40 volt cordless batteries at my last job.
You could charge out of your truck with no issues

God bless,

Dustin

No doubt but I'm stuck with this one for awhile.That bit looks awesome.Thanks.