I need a bigger auger

Rick Kr

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I plant quite a few #1 potted nursery stock each spring. Pots are roughly 6.5" x 6.5"

I have a Stihl BT45 auger/powerhead. OEM augers are 3" 4" and 5". It came with a 3" which does ok in my heavy clay.

I made a 7" auger last spring. The Stihl has no where near enough power to dig with it, plus the clutch will slip.

Looking for a recommendations on the next size bigger auger powerheads. Presently we use two hand post hole diggers, but need to move a little quicker. I have a 3 point for the big tractor, but that is overkill, and a lot of work to trailer to places.

Next size up Stihl BT121 will handle a 10" auger.

Thanks
Rick
 
(quoted from post at 18:30:05 01/28/15) I plant quite a few #1 potted nursery stock each spring. Pots are roughly 6.5" x 6.5"

I have a Stihl BT45 auger/powerhead. OEM augers are 3" 4" and 5". It came with a 3" which does ok in my heavy clay.

I made a 7" auger last spring. The Stihl has no where near enough power to dig with it, plus the clutch will slip.

Looking for a recommendations on the next size bigger auger powerheads. Presently we use two hand post hole diggers, but need to move a little quicker. I have a 3 point for the big tractor, but that is overkill, and a lot of work to trailer to places.

Next size up Stihl BT121 will handle a 10" auger.

Thanks
Rick

I have one that I never use. It's an older machine with a Tecumseh two cycle motor on it. Right now it has a three inch auger on it, but it probably could run a ten inch auger, I think.
 
Under the category of things men don't like to hear women say.

BUT seriously, I am pretty much in love with the tractor mounted one. Especially nice if your tractor has down pressure on the hitch.
 
I will second the little beaver I think they would be much safer to operate than a hand held unit. Still may need two men when digging larger holes (to lift the auger out of the hole with that much dirt on it).
I have an earthquake unit and have 4" and 8" augers for it. It is manageable but will jerk you around if it hangs up. We have heavy clay here in GA and at times you have to work at it to get it to dig; like changing the angle you are drilling as you go (side to side and front to back) as sometimes it will just slip on the clay without digging. If you just have a few holes it works great way better than a manual digger or spade.
 
I have used them. Just give yourself a little learnig time to use it safely! That big rubber hose looking thing is a real big drive cable.
 
I dug about 12 holes in Kentucky yellow clay with a rented two man 12" auger. Took all my son and I could do to hang onto it and lift it, but it worked great(he's 6'5" and I'm 6'3" so we're not small).
 
Thanks for the recommendation on the little beaver. The local rental yard has something similar but I never got a close look at it yet.

I was hoping there was a better option than two man arm breaker machines. 10 holes may not be a big deal, but depending on the year, we do anywhere from 750-2000 trees.

Rick
 

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