This auger drill bit will start to cut into buried stand stone rocks and then stop after the tip is in the rock, spinning in the hole the tip cored into the rock. This acts more like a drill bit than an auger— the wide center shaft pushes into the ground but the narrow spiral auger path does not pull much dirt out of the ground. So it is good if you want clean holes without mounds of dirt by them. I also have a different auger bit that is the same diameter but has a thin 3/8” center shaft, and it makes large mounds of dirt around the hole, excavating the material. This goes deeper and will take on rocks, but it does not lift small rocks out of the hole, it pushes them aside. I tested this in sandy gravel soil, and clay soil. This may be better for clay soil because it breaks up the soil into fine powder more than the small-shaft bit that pulls clay out in large chunks. Seems sturdy. Remember SDS plus is backwards-compatible with SDS. This seems like it will last longer than my thin-shaft auger because it has a replaceable SDS+ adapter, whereas the other thin-shaft auger bit now has a rounded shank. If you don’t need overburden to push back in the hole, this is good. For vertical mulching, I have to bring in backfill for the holes when I use this auger.

Even though this is a heavy duty auger it is NOT designed to fit on a hand drill. Don't even attempt it. The torque for high and difficult to control for an 8in diameter auger. The attempt didn't last long since it burned up the drill with-in 30 seconds. That said if you have a gas powered one man auger machine this should work just fine.

I know it's for planting, however, I bought it to install some 3 inch underslab drain line. So far I have used it to drill starter holes 3 feet deep holes for fencing in clay. Worked great. It did Stress my 1/2" drill which I expected. Wish it came with the drill adapter. I wound up making one out of 3/4 allthread.

My auger got lost and this is just what I needed and I'm very glad to get it. It accepts a 7/8" drive as some power heads have (harbor freight) . I did have to do a little filling as burs etc. made it hard to get on. There was one other little issue. The through holes for the pin are different distanced down from one another (maybe just an error on the one I got) . I was again able to file a bit and get it to go through. I don't think this is going to work, even with an adapter for a hand drill (unless your going to use it in water. ), Still, I'm very pleased with it and appreciate the seller offering it.

GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS - GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS -GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS

GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS - GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS -GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS

GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS - GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS -GREAT ITEM AT GREAT PRICE - WORKS PERFECT AT A BIG SAVINGS

First off I want to thank the seller! Thank you for getting it to us in 3-4 days!!When purchasing this it said delivery time was minimum 3-4 weeks. I was hesitate because we really needed it this weekend but I crossed my fingers something would change. And it did!! I ordered Tuesday and it would have gotten here Friday but there was a delay in Florence. No big deal at all! It came Saturday and we were able to continue working!100% worth the money! Sturdy. Easy to use. Comes early (for us. Hopefully for you).

Neat tool to have around.

Neat tool to have around.