DC HOUSE 63cc Gas Powered Auger Post Hole Digger, with 12 inch Earth Auger Drill Bit, for Farmland Garden and Planting

Received this earth auger and overall very pleased. Does exactly what is needed. Started on the second pull. everything feels pretty solid. Which it had a slightly different cotter pin, but drilled a whole quickly. took about 5 mins to drill a 24" deep hole in fairly rocky soil. Did all right all things considered.

Once I got the hang of this, it worked great. Although at first I did have to do a little bit of wrenching on it...When I first started using it, after about 10 minutes the auger would stop as soon as any downward pressure was applied (which is mainly it's own weight, you don't really need to press down). This was frustrating and I thought I might have a dud. I needed it to work to be able to dig the 36" deep 12" wide holes for my footers however. So, I decided to take it partially apart to see if I could find the culprit. The gears were completely fine, but the centrifugal clutch seemed to be loose from the shaft.What is supposed to happen: The spinning shaft is connected to a centrifugal clutch (see picture), which has springs that upon centrifugal force push against a cylindrical housing that is connected to the gears that turn the auger. However, the clutch could move independently of the shaft, so it needed tightening. The drawstring housing just unscrews to give you access to the other side of the shaft (you'll need a socket on one end and allen wrench on the other). It may sound complicated, but it's only a handful of screws and then you're right there.After tightening that, this thing worked awesome. I dug 13 holes, 3ft deep by 12" wide.I read several reviews about the drawstring breaking, so I was very gentle with it and had no issues.I would recommend using the smaller auger (6") first and then the bigger(12"), just to give you a pilot hole to center on. Maybe if you have two people that wouldn't be an issue, but I did not and it has a lot of snort. I found I was able to dig down 8-10 inches at a time and then would need to lift it up to knock off the mud/clay. This probably would depend on your soil though.Also, it comes with a small plastic container for mixing the oil and gas. It isn't anything great, but it gets the job done very easily.All in all, I really like the auger. It cost slightly more than it would have been to rent one for a couple days. Now I'm ready to go for my fence rebuild next year.

This auger is light and easy to use. But, to pull start is harsh, jerky and hard on my hands. Once it starts all is good. Best to use two people to hold on to it on rocky soil. I hit a large rock with a 10in bit and it got away from me and got a good bruise on my leg. I live in New England and the soil has glacial rocks. If you hit a softball size rock or larger you're in for jolt. I recommend practicing with the 4in bit first so you can get used to using it. Would I buy it again? YES.I gave it a 4-star due to the pull-starting being harsh.

I used the 8" auger to drill a mailbox hole. Worked fast and easy. I used the 12" auger to dig holes for trees. That one turned out a bit more because tree roots and big rocks made it jump around and hard to hang on to. It did do the job fairly quickly though. So far, I am loving it.

All this thing manages to do is corkscrew the augers into the ground. Can't actually drill a hole with it. Extremely dangerous if it hits anything it goes crazy. One of the augers bent destroying itself on the first hole. If I could rate it lower than one star I would

Good for the price

I used this Auger for 10 holes since I bought in early July 2023. Now today the draw cord will not retract. In trying to fix, the spring coil came apart. Apparently, the inside hook of the spring coil loses traction with its plastic housing. After pulling the pull cord, the hook loses it's grip with the inside slot on the plastic cap. Overtime then the pull cord will not retract and then the plastic housing gets "frozen" in place. To fix, you have to take apart and rebend the inside hook on the spring coil. Unfortunately, this means you have to "recoil" the spring coil and that can be tough to do. I think this particular setup is very poor and considering the cost of the Auger, the manufacturer needs a serious robust redesign. So my warning is to just beware and if anyone else had this problem then please post. That said, the Auger worked well and I liked the various Auger attachments and sped my project up greatly. But from the get go, this pull cord was very tough to pull but I managed by using short even pulls without jerking or over torquing the pull.I give the Auger itself 5 stars for use, manuverability in small spaces, excellent digging power and nice versatility. But the pull cord is it's weak link and without it the Auger becomes useless. So that said, I will give an overall 3 stars. If the pull cord was robust and easy to pull them I would give 5 stars because it did a great job digging 10 holes 24 inches deep by 24 inches wide for cement footings.

I had and issue where one of the Auger Bits broke at the weld, reached out to the company to see if they would stand by their product.They were extremely helpful and insisted that they send a replacement, I'll buy any future products I need from them due to this experience. It's hard to find a manufacturer that stands with thier product in today's world, let alone one that does the right thing.

On reçoit l'article endommagé au prix payé et pas de possibilité de remboursement ou de retour, très décevant.

Our land is full of clay and rocks. We have to do a fence around our pool for stupid city laws. We were able to bore the hole. We bought a hole shovel to remove the loosened aggregate.

This product isn’t working! It doesn’t dig any hole. I bought it for fence building but it was difficult to use and even can’t dig soft soil !

I am pretty happy with the product and customer service. I ordered it for a huge project and had trouble with gas cable first and one of the extensions. I have contacted customer service and got the parts replaced right away! Was able to complete the project after all. The machine is powerful and does the required job very well!

Purchased this unit to drill some post holes and save my arms and back from manually digging. Was impressed with the amount of power generated by such a light motor.The bit extensions as well as versatility of having 3 auger bits was a bonus. I was hesitant at first because the auger bits look a bit lighter duty, but was impressed with how they cut into and augered the dirt!