Fence Post Augur | TRC Show and Tell
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- My best purchase of the year so far!
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This is a 'dirt' cheap fence post augur by Draper which had paid for itself in it's first day. Works far better than I thought, no digging and less concrete used.
I am using this in the next fencing video however thought I would give you a preview while I am still excited about this new toy! :-)
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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.
Thanks for the tip.
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.
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.
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.
Are they any good in clay compacted soil? 👍🏻
Thank you for sharing this and I love your dog behind you to supervise you I have two springer myself, cheers Irish Lady x
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.
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
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
good demo, just bought one of these so I now know how to use it.
Lovely soil to work with, mate - you’re lucky. I saw this for £45 on Amazon but not sure it will be good for my hard and stony garden...
Yes,I thought that... 🤔
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
Nice tool plz mob no dena
Shoot. I’m in Texas but I need this!!
Well-done thanks sr
Thank u pal so much
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.😳
Brilliant definitely getting one because I'm going to be putting at least 20 posts in.
Works better if u pour a bucket of water in to the hole too
Thank YOU
Awesome! Didn't know manual ones existed. Thanks for doing the video.
Do you know if this will work on ice buddy
Sold
What am amazing tool👌
Thanks for the review 👍💯
Wow, we do not have same dirt
Can you add extensions to the tool? IE can I use to make a well?
Can't find this or the Fiskars quikdrill. Apparently you can only buy powered augers in USA because we're too lazy.
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
Just done 100mm round posts with 100mm augur and pretty good. I think 100mm posts driven in to 80mm hole might work better.
good
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.
@@michaele1278 You have my sympathy! Haha, best of luck with your project!
@@RallyGreen Thanks
For my dry soils in Northern Uganda, I could do with this and probably add a gearing system to reduce human effort.
I'm in the Germany.
Could have done with one of these today!
This will be great for the coming apocalypse ☺️
I 💓 my auger
What would that auger be like in heavy clay soil
Like any other tool in heavy clay soil 🙂
Can I use the 100mm tool for a 3x3 post or does it have to be a 150mm auger?
Probably best to use the 150. I have used the 100 but you need to square up the hole to make it bigger really.
No need to have a gym membership, right? Don’t forget your tea time! Great video.
Great video but what size is the Augur that you are using?
150mm
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!
Nice
Mine Has A Motor
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
We have clay and flint here in the Chiltern Hills,even a petrol auger struggles
Would anyone know is this would go through roots?
Depends on how big the roots are. You would be better off with a drain spade and some post hole diggers if they’re bigger roots
I suppose if there are 2 people you could put bars on the handles to make is easier if ground is harder
Yeah, the bar slots out so you could just stick a long bar through.
Where buy this item
How much cost
hey guys where to buy this stuff?
Wow. We have clay..lucky you 😅
Nice Tool ... Fast Enough
Do you reckon I could use this for 9foot 4ich concrete posts?
Wowsa!
not wide enough hole cement a 4x4 post? might be good plant hole maker.
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?
I've seen these, but never used one. Would you consider it easier than a standard hinged post hole digger?
+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.
Nice. Thanks for the reply. I've got extremely sandy soil around here so I'll probably order one now. Thanks from California.
Hand hole macine prise
Hi . What is the name of this tool
Draper FPA/1 Fence Post Auger 1050 x 150 mm
@@AZakOfAllTrades THANKS
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.
amazon has them for 100.00 bucks
But the dog!
.......my soil has heavy desert caliche it in. I mean as hard a rock...I guess i'll give it a try. those gas powered ones are running for almost 200
I couldn't say really, have used on clay and sandy/stone soil but not sure how well it would work on hard compacted soil?
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 componentsua-cam.com/video/EDALWqeGsHQ/v-deo.html
Quack quack
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)
Amazon. Was the cheapest at £25 and 150mm. Screwfix one is £70 and not much different. Great bit of kit.
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.
Useless in hard ground.
Actually it isnt
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.
Notice he is digging in soft ground.this tool would be useless if he was hitting roots.
No good for large tree roots but cuts through 1-2 inch roots fairly well when used along the hedge line.
The Restoration Couple .
U overseas people need to get with the times .we work in mills and meters.not inches and feet.
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.
i think he is sitting on a chicken
Fuck that shit, buy a petrol Auger