DC HOUSE 52cc 1800W Gas Powered Earth Auger EPA Certified Post Hole Digger, with 3 Drill Bits 4" 6" 8" and 3 Extension Rods 8" 12" 20", Mixing Ratio 30:1, for Fence, Farmland and Garden

It has been 3 years and my Auger still works fine. I have used it a lot as we have been planting a lot on our property in hard Georgia clay. I had my doubts when I bought it because I think it is made in China. It has been a reliable tool. The only thing is the kill switch stopped working and I have to turn it off with the choke. No big deal. If there is one addition this does not have that may be worth paying for is the ability to reverse the direction. Nothing worse than getting tied up in roots and breaking your back to pull a stuck auger out.

I ordered this digger with the 6" and 10" augers. This digger was significantly easier to use that other diggers I have used in the past. It easily bore through packed earth and cut through thumb sized roots. Well made and the instruction manual was in legible english and the only question I had was could it be started horizontally. Nicely made and performed perfectly and easily and quickly bored holes. It bored a hole the whole length of the auger in under a minute where as using a manual post hole digger would easily taken 10-15 minutes and used very little fuel. Great buy!

This was easy to assemble. Ease of use depended on type of soil used in. We had some wet clay that took 2-3 guys to pull digger up out of hole. Digger is cold blooded. Once running does great but takes a bit to get warmed up. For the cost of unit and how many holes we dug it's worth the price. Cheaper than renting something or having someone come dig holes for us. Seems to be holding up decent so far....1 pasture worth of fence holes dug so far.

I had shoulder surgery less than two months ago. My ground has a lot of compacted gravel and hidden bits of past construction projects from the previous owner. Lots of buried masonry and chunks of concrete.This thing melts through the ground like butter . Once in a while it jerks a bit due to finding a chunk of buried treasure but nothing that's aggravated my shoulder. I have braced it against my thigh once to stop it from trying to twist at all . I've used it to plant 10 trees and multiple posts for tree fencing and a new garden fence. This has saved my shoulder from a lot of uncessary shovel digging.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:the price

Easy to use, quick build, Great design, we use quite frequently for our projects!

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Works well for a little earth auger. Be careful it's not the strongest machine so ease into it. There is no reverse and you will hit a root. When you do there is no clutch and it will torque your left hand and left arm. I hit a big root and my left hand was sore for a week. But easily rock it out of the hole, drop your spade shovel and break that root before you engage the auger again.