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john of wessex

Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 2130

Posted: Wed May 17, 17 7:50 pm Post subject: Post Augers
'm trying to get hold of a cheap one. Is the Draper one from Machine Mart any good?

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16095

Posted: Thu May 18, 17 6:28 am Post subject:
Sorry I don't know the answer, but before getting an auger consider your soil. The flints in ours make them very difficult to use.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Thu May 18, 17 7:41 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Sorry I don't know the answer, but before getting an auger consider your soil. The flints in ours make them very difficult to use.

That was my first thought,but seeing the name Draper,possibly John`s looking for an auger to bore a hole in a post,ie.for a gate hanger?

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Thu May 18, 17 9:58 am Post subject:

If it is for the ground then you tend to get the best type of auger by going to a man who hires the machines out, if it breaks then he should send you another to do the job. Make sure you have a tractor man enough to drive it. If it is a post auger as Ty Gwyn says then Draper is as good as any other make I expect. Our company deals with Draper, and they are good with replacements if it all goes wrong.

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Thu May 18, 17 5:35 pm Post subject:
I can't comment on augers as I don't use them, but generally speaking Draper tools, although not top of the range, are usually fit for purpose and worthy DIY kit. �19.19 seems a fair enough price. Much cheaper I'd be questioning the quality.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 17 12:43 pm Post subject:
We still don't actually know what type of auger john of wessex is was l looking for.

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 17 5:38 pm Post subject:

gregotyn wrote:

We still don't actually know what type of auger john of wessex is was l looking for.

You do if you look at Machine Mart and search Draper auger

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Fri Jun 02, 17 9:04 pm Post subject:

onemanband wrote:

gregotyn wrote:

We still don't actually know what type of auger john of wessex is was l looking for.

You do if you look at Machine Mart and search Draper auger

If you google draper machine mart auger the first hit is drill bits, the second is for fence posts.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 17 8:48 am Post subject:
Forgive me, I should have used my aging brain to look in Draper's catalogue, but, age related, I didn't marry Machine Mart and Draper, probably the reason I am the 3rd storeman on the left or as I say to customers your last resort!

john of wessex

Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 2130

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 17 8:06 pm Post subject:
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Draper-Fence-Post-Auger-6-Inch/p/152173?CAWELAID=120135120001238714&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=37524968452&CATCI=pla-193351568932&gclid=CJr67t-8otQCFUSeGwodhvIO_A&gclsrc=aw.ds

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 17 9:40 pm Post subject:
Hope you haven't got stoney ground,lol.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16095

Posted: Sun Jun 04, 17 5:49 am Post subject:
Precisely. If you have, a good wrecking bar to break up the stones is a better bet.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 17 2:30 pm Post subject:
Digger and a load of concrete, beats ground augers if there are a lot of stones.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16095

Posted: Wed Jun 07, 17 5:56 am Post subject:
We prefer to ram posts in, but we have a post ram for the back of the little tractor. We have dug and concreted posts in, but with flints it is nearly as bad as using an auger.

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Thu Jun 08, 17 12:44 pm Post subject:
Ramming in is much faster, but not as easy with stoney/flinty ground, where you have no guarantee of an upright post at the end of it. We used to do contract fencing of all types and when you do it for yourself you are much less critical than when you are fencing for a client.

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