3 Point Post Augers

[bobbart]

I have been using 6" Post Augers from Tractor Supply. I have had to replace the first one because after a few holes the teeth and spiral tip wore down to nothing.
Now dont get me wrong and think that I just tried to drill into concrete. I have found that I have really thick hard clay under about the first foot. Of course there is small rocks like no bigger than a golf ball. Not a lot but enough to grind it down without knowing it is because I do not see the rocks often. But since the clay is so dense I have to sit and let it scrape and scrape.
So after the first fail, I picked up another to start again. The teeth wore down pretty fast in my eyes. I went to replace them and the nut had word down so we had to torch it off. I replaced the teeth and bolts and started again. Well in total I have done around 1 hundred holes and were now looking at new teeth and possible a new spiral tip.

Is there anything out there that would hold up better?

 

[jkh62]

I used a rental a few times and one auger had replaceable "teeth" and another was hard faced welded up.

 

[duffer]

Might want to call Everything attachments, and Titan Attachments to get their input on some options for you. Maybe even AgriSupply, although I'm not sure about their quality. Might be good, I just don't know.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Go with a auger from someone like Pengo, they make heavy duty PTO augers that you can get hardened or carbide type teeth and tips.

PTO Aggressor^(R) | Pengo Attachments

 

[coobie]

Danuser model F-8 and don"t look back.5 year gear box warranty.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I also bought a cheapo auger, it pretty much was a POS! I then bought a Bush Hog brand auger, and it's been a very good auger, that's holding up well...

That was a while ago, so I don't know if the current BH augers are still good or not.

SR

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

I bought a really cheap used phd with a 9" and 12" augers a long while ago. It looked like ****, but was in good shape and cleaned up nice. It turned out to be a Speeco brand.

The teeth on both augers were shot. The center points were good. I could not find hardened replacement teeth for either auger, so I made my own out of hot rolled steel stock. The ground was semi hard and rocky. These teeth cut surprisingly well in all the soils I used it with. The teeth didn't last long but were cheap and easy to replace often. For the times and way I used that digger, it worked out well and was very economical.

 

[PineBrookFarm]

If you want something heavy duty go with an auger designed for a skid steer mounted auger they are WAY heavier duty with better and more options for replacement parts. I've had both 3 point and skid steer mounted hydro augers and there is no comparison in build quality and material thickness between the two.

 

[Alan W.]

Same thing happened to me. I just bought a new point and teeth. I then hardfaced them and the edge of the flighting.
They are still going.

 

[MarblemountLane]

I have a place near Rocky Creek - so named for good reason. A few years ago, I started looking for a PTO auger that could handle very rocky ground (pounding a T post or piece of rebar into the ground here usually requires at least three tries, moving a bit each time). I found they existed, but started at 5 or 6 thousand dollars. I can’t help wondering if anyone has come up with a hard rock tip for the average auger, maybe a tapered hard point that acts as a pilot. I am not about to buy a $6,000 auger for my $2,500 Massey Ferguson, just to fence 1.5 acres.

Our other place is rocky but not as rocky as here, so a standard auger might work OK on that 19 acres.

 

[MarblemountLane]

I have a place near Rocky Creek - so named for good reason. A few years ago, I started looking for a PTO auger that could handle very rocky ground (pounding a T post or piece of rebar into the ground here usually requires at least three tries, moving a bit each time). I found they existed, but started at 5 or 6 thousand dollars. I can稚 help wondering if anyone has come up with a hard rock tip for the average auger, maybe a tapered hard point that acts as a pilot. I am not about to buy a $6,000 auger for my $2,500 Massey Ferguson, just to fence 1.5 acres.

Our other place is rocky but not as rocky as here, so a standard auger might work OK on that 19 acres.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

You toughen up the auger too much on a cheapo pto post hole digger, and soon you will need a gear box for it too!

They are less expensive for a reason...

SR

 

[MarblemountLane]

Good point. You know, waaay back, I dimly recall an auger that appeared to me made from a junkyard differential. A car diff would be plenty strong. You wouldn’t need working spider & side gears, just ring and pinion. I seem to recall it was small, like maybe Ford Falcon sized.

A post auger would be nice, but I can’t see spending big bucks unless I can be pretty sure it will work.

 

[tree grower]

I have a 9" auger from TSC, and my soil isn't hard clay, but very, very stony. The outer edge of the teeth which do the cutting became rounded to the extent that there was no bite at all. I ordered new teeth, but they took a month to arrive. In the meantime, I did some Googling and discovered that heavier augers mount their teeth at 40 and 50 degree angles, compared to TSC teeth which are only about 20 degrees--OK for beach sand. I cut some 2" wide sections with square hole in the center from an old grader blade, welded on some stops and risers to achieve the desired angle, bent a 1/2" bolt to fit through the tooth and flight holes, and started digging. I had a couple 3 ft deep post holes pretty quickly, stones and all. My new TSC teeth may never get used.

 

[YardBikeBob]

I also have clay and rocks. A heavy spear point and a 1/2 gallon of water works wonders.