Background and Identification
Augers can commonly be found on construction sites or garden renovations. The auger is made of a flighting and an engine. A flighting is a large helical screw blade that works similarly to a drill bit. The engine powers the turning of the blade. The operator or operators holds the auger with the flighting on the ground they want to dig into, and the blade cuts into the ground while the turning of the blades helps to push the loosened material out of the hole and away. Augers usually require one or two people to hold handles at the sides of the machine. The main purpose of this is to keep the auger balanced and give it a specific direction to dig into. Augurs can be manually turned or mechanized, although mechanized versions are far more common because they make the work of digging holes or cutting into hard materials much quicker and easier. They have a wide range of uses, from from planting gardens to drilling holes for foundations to cutting fishing holes for ice fishermen. Some well-known manufacturers of hole augers are General Equipment, Ground Hog, and Little Beaver, but augers can also be rented from third-party stores like Home Depot or Lowes. This category can provide support for the following augers:
- General Equipment Auger M240 (2011)
- General Equipment Augers 240H (2014)
- General Equipment Augers M330H (2012)
- Ground Hog Augers HD99H (2014)
- Little Beaver Augers MDL-5H (2017)