my hydraulic auger

[Big Bri]

Well as some of you know i use to have a fence company. I closed it down 5 years ago when i opened my music store. I still have lots of equipment left over as i never sold anything in case i wanted to go back to building fences.

Fast forward to today and i thought it would be nice to have a auger for the tractor, didn't need one but thought it would be nice to have one in the event that i had some random hole that need to be dug.

Instead of buying one i decided to use one of my old fencing augers. I had a "little beaver" hydraulic auger here is a link to what one is. Welcome to Little Beaver Inc., Earth Drills & Augers. By the way guys this auger is a nice machine and will tell you any thing you need to know if you are thinking of getting one.

anyway, i used the auger head and started with my project.

 

[Big Bri]

I started making a frame for the auger head, i used 1/4" x 6" plate. made 2 sides and a top and a bottom and welded it together

 

[Big Bri]

Well guys i don't know what happened to some of my pic but i've lost a few on my steps so. . . . i sorry but i'll keep going with the build.

i then cut some flat plate to use for a hinge or swivel on the top this was just 1/4" x 6" plate that i cut a half circle on top. I then welded these to the top of the auger box. I cut holes in the plate for my hinge. my hing consisted of nothing more than 3/4" pin bushings for the 3pt.

 

[Big Bri]

next i made the top part of the hinge (sorry i don't know all the technical names for these parts so bare with me) for this part i used 2 1/2" x 1/4 box tubing. i then welded the same two half round plates on it w/one tractor bushing. After welding it together i realized i should have used 2" tube so i could slide it into the receiver on top of my bucket. soooooo i welded some 2" box tubing to the end of the 2 1/2" tubing. which is why it looks a little funny.

 

[Big Bri]

next i attached the top and bottom hing together. . . these pics will help you under stand what i was doing . . . . i think

 

[Big Bri]

next was some paint to hide my welds. . . i know there not great but i never said i was a welder. anyway here it is with paint and on the tractor. All i have left to do is get some cables made and try her out. i hope it works. I'll post pics of it in action once the hoses are made.

If you have any suggestions let me know. I'd hate to break something on my first try.

Hope you enjoyed the build.
Brian

 

[Willl]

Looks awesome Bri.

The 'Y' axis is covered, no 'X' axis ?

 

[rjmack]

looks good:thumbsup:

i was having a tough time figuring out what your were doing until i saw that last set of pictures.

i wouldn't worry about the welds.

 

[Bison]

Looks good,but...don't you need it to swivel side to side as well?

 

[sodamo]

A couple of guide handles or strictly a one person operation?

I like it. Downward pressure

 

[mjncad]

Looks awesome Bri.

The 'Y' axis is covered, no 'X' axis ?

Looks good,but...don't you need it to swivel side to side as well?

Looks good to me; but I agree that a gimbal mount would be handy. In any case, this is better than a blasted 3PH PHD.

 

[Big Bri]

Looks awesome Bri.

The 'Y' axis is covered, no 'X' axis ?

you know i thought long and hard about that, and i even bought a 3pt ball socket, you know the round end on the end of the two 3pt lift arms that attach to your pins on your attachments. i was going to use that on the box tubing and that would allow some x movement. the reason i didn't use it was because i thought it would allow too much movement and make it harder to get a straight hole. also living in Louisiana the larges hill i will see would be a fire ant mound so i figured just having one axis would be ok. I guess once i get it going well find out if i have to change it up.
thanks for the comment.
brian

 

[Big Bri]

A couple of guide handles or strictly a one person operation?

I like it. Downward pressure

I'm hoping for one person operation. and yes downward pressure is one reason i went this route, also i'll have a reverse so that will be nice if it gets stuck.
thanks for the comment
brian

 

[wldrbob]

hello how big is your motor?

 

[Regneufeld]

Looks nice and simple. I was wondering if you had any specs on the motor your using as to rpm and gpm.
One other things besides side to side movement I would be concerned of putting to much downward pressure. Look like the motor itself has to take that pressure. I would like a shaft and bearing to take the load and motor to only have to worry about spinning it. Maybe there tougher then I think.

 

[Big Bri]

hello how big is your motor?

this is all i can give you on the motor i used
Hydraulics Forward / reverse Std. Std. Maximum auger speed 220 220 Maximum auger torque see below see below Maximum flow 6 gpm 6 gpm Maximum pressure 2300 psi 2300 psi Reservoir capacity 5 gallons 5 gallons Return filter 10 micron 10 micron Inlet suction strainer Std. Std. Sight level gauge Std. Std. Dry Weight 173 lbs 171 lbs. Handle Specifications 1-Man Handle
HYD-1MH150 2-Man Handle
HYD-2MH150 Anchor Handle
HYD-AH60 Maximum Auger Torque Standard 225 ft./lbs. 225 ft./lbs. 360 ft./lbs. Optional 140 ft./lbs. 140 ft./lbs. 275 ft./lbs. Optional - 275 ft./lbs. 225 ft./lbs. Dry Weight 43.5 lbs 49 lbs. 47.5 lbs.

 

[not2old]

I'm hoping for one person operation. and yes downward pressure is one reason i went this route, also i'll have a reverse so that will be nice if it gets stuck.
thanks for the comment
brian

I like the look of this, better than all the 3ph models I've looked at. I'd like the option of drilling deeper than the 36" I've seen on most commercial models, without breaking the bank. Looking forward to a post on how well it works.

 

[Yandaddy1110]

Nice build, Ive been planning to do same project. So far I discovered that the "key"to a hydraulic phd is the motor itself, the correct one to be more specific. Fortunately for you , you had the correct motor off your 2 man towable phd which is critical to a hphd for a CUT. Gpm, rpm,shaft size,torque/hp,psi, were already all to the correct specs for your build. Ive researched online mfgs of towable augers and they do give out the brand and model of the motors on their units.
I know your hphd motor is now encased, is there any ID of that mfg and model of your motor? Spending hundreds of dollars on a motor just to have one spec wrong would suck.

 

[Big Bri]

Nice build, Ive been planning to do same project. So far I discovered that the "key"to a hydraulic phd is the motor itself, the correct one to be more specific. Fortunately for you , you had the correct motor off your 2 man towable phd which is critical to a hphd for a CUT. Gpm, rpm,shaft size,torque/hp,psi, were already all to the correct specs for your build. Ive researched online mfgs of towable augers and they do give out the brand and model of the motors on their units.
I know your hphd motor is now encased, is there any ID of that mfg and model of your motor? Spending hundreds of dollars on a motor just to have one spec wrong would suck.

I'll try to look tonight or tomorrow and post back
Brian

 

[DanD78]

I would like to know about this motor as well. I have one of those old Stickler screw log splitters and was thingking about mounting it on a hydraulic motor attached to the loader bucket. It would make it easier to break apart larger chunks of fire wood for the hydraulic splitter.

Dan