Engine Drill Auger Bit - 2 1/2" x 24"

by AM Leonard

Product Description

Bulb and planter auger - 2.50" x 24" x 3/8" drive

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• ASIN: B0007LTQC0
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best designed and most easy to use for handheld powerdrills, June 22, 2008

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D. SCHUHKNECHT (Rockford IL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Engine Drill Auger Bit - 2 1/2" x 24" (Misc.)

I have had 1 of this size, 3" (yellow), and 1 of the 2.5" (red), size for approx 6 yrs.
I am very impressed with the ease I enjoy while drilling holes for what-ever projects I find to use these.
These are sturdy, and with the extra length of the "lead-in" point, this auger will not have the tendency to wander/skip out of control.
Being a machinist/tool-design/maker, myself, I find that the "angle", and "rate-of-twist" or "curl" per inch designed into this auger, makes it possible to drill into loose soil, clay, and dry type soils, with-out having the auger being so agressive, as to possibly "torque" the power-drill right out of your hands. (It will drill smoothly the whole depth.)
I use a 3/8's 18 volt cordless drill with good results.
Heavy wet clay does use a good bit of you drill's power, though.
Regular "loam" soil drills great.
I've been looking for to replace my 3" one, as it's getting wore out from heavy use.
This 3", and the 2.5" haven't seem to be available at most retail home-centers or gardenshops for me.
I bought one of those silver/unpainted ones that seem to be, "all over the place". The first time I went to use it, it about "broke" my wrists and was hard to control, because it "cut/drilled", or "screwed" into the soil, too much, too fast. (I wanted to "fling" that thing right into the closest garbage can!)
If your thinking of getting an auger, get this one, you won't need any other. The price of this is worth it! There isn't any other better ones out there. Don't fall for the "junk" on TV!
Hope this helps, Happy Gardening!
Dave

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars works fine, November 25, 2008

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Keith "Keith" (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Engine Drill Auger Bit - 2 1/2" x 24" (Misc.)

I bought this auger and use it in heavy clay. I won't call it 'soil' because in Portland, Oregon, it's just clay. ;-)

The one issue is the auger has no bevels for the drill to sit on, so it's just a round shaft, which tends to slip unless you can really tighten the drill onto the shaft. My electric drill (cordless drills don't work for this in heavy clay) has only a hand tightenable chuck; no chuck key, so it's difficult to tighten enough in the hard, heavy stuff I'm trying to drill through.

But sturdy enough for the job even down a couple of feet into the ground.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent tool, July 19, 2008

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Sylvia L. Hayes "Sylvia Hayes" (Redford, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Engine Drill Auger Bit - 2 1/2" x 24" (Misc.)

Our ground is hard clay and my husband put it on his electric drill, so far we have used it to plant hosta and about 6 shrubs. They are small mail order types, but we know we will be able to loosen the ground for bigger plants.

UPDATE May 11, 2010: We really use this, we have planted trees and shrubs in 12 inch pots, in fact we have used it so much we are thinking of ordering another as it is beginning to wear down from the clay ground.