Cheap Earth Augers - Fuxtec

[Tim Stobart Tree Surgery]

Hi, I've got a big fencing job coming up, and am looking through a host of cheap (German) of Augers (£130-£200), the one which I have come to the conclusion of buying is a Fuxtec, as I can get an 80mm bit for it (the job is for 3" square posts). Has anyone any experience of any of these Augers?

 

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[tree_beard]

Same old Chinese rubbish... It might last you the job.. It might be fine... It might be unusable unsafe tat from the off.

 

As a plus fuxtec is a hilarious name.

[Ian C]

Cheap tat imo, probably made of hardened cheese!

[hedgesparrow]

steer well clear use some of the cash to hire a hydraulic auger. those ones if it bites into anything hard you will be in A and E having a plaster cast on arm at least. there a menace. all there god for is loose earth sniff of a stone or root and you will be flying into outer space bet its not got a clutch to stop auger when it bites. making me cringe even thinking using one.

if your going to do a lot invest in a hydraulic auger to go on a digger and hire in a digger to do job. or a skid steer friend has one and that is a cracking bit of kit. drilled over 400 holes 9inches in chalk and did not miss beat did same last year. if i now need a auger i hire off him

[RobRainford]

Stihl make augers with a brake that stops them breaking your wrist. You could buy it, do the job then sell it on and get most of the cash back. We've drilled thousands of holes with ours. Great bits of kit.

[Silverwood]

Stihl make augers with a brake that stops them breaking your wrist. You could buy it, do the job then sell it on and get most of the cash back. We've drilled thousands of holes with ours. Great bits of kit.

 

They can still(stihl lol)catch you out if you dont keep your eye on the ball.

had ours go on me and broke my wrist.

totally my own fault not the machines.

just hit some clay and the clutch brake bar missed my waist and the thing ragged me sideways.

[hedgesparrow]

They can still(stihl lol)catch you out if you dont keep your eye on the ball.

had ours go on me and broke my wrist.

totally my own fault not the machines.

just hit some clay and the clutch brake bar missed my waist and the thing ragged me sideways.

 

exactly even with a clutch can catch you out. sorry some say there ok but petrol hand augers are a nasty bit of kit. used once never again.

they say chainsaws are dangerous. wonder how many people have ended up in Aand E due to a hand auger having them.

[Matthew Storrs]

Hired a Stihl auger , it was lethal and bloody hard work getting it to drill a hole and flipping annoying if it hit a rock and wrenched in to you.

If got one on a digger now- that will drill a hoke 1.2m deep a minute in goodish going ground and not much longer if its harder ground. Well worth hiring one if access is OK.

[humpo48]

Do like my Stihl Auger but if you are not aware and the brake arm is not next to you they will break your wrist alright

[eggsarascal]

Give it a miss mate. Used one a few years ago (can't remember what make it was) it "dug in", didn't break my wrist, it did make it twice the size it normally is though.