Our garden augers can be used with almost any drill. Because the garden augers are made on a 3/8'' shaft, you'll need a drill with at least a 3/8'' chuck size. Typically any corded drill will power the garden augers. However, if using a cordless drill, you'll need a quality drill with plenty of volts, preferably 18 volts. Our experience has been cordless drills like Milwaukee and DeWalt perform the best with our augers. The Black and Decker 19 volt cordless drill has not proven to be an effective cordless drill to power our garden augers.
Remember, corded drills with at least a 3/8'' chuck size have proven to be effective at powering our garden augers, and they are less expensive than cordless drills.
The first thing to know about the tree planting augers is that pistol grip syle drills will not power these augers. Straight drills or spade handle drills are the best drills to drive these augers. Look for a low gear rpm or a variable speed with a low setting. DeWalt and Milwaukee both make Heavy Duty Spade Handle 1/2'' Drills that are compatible with the tree augers.
Typically the drill should have T-handles (straight drill) or a D-shaped handle, also known as a spade handle, for easy handling, although some right angle drills may be suitable with these augers as well. The drill should have at least 7 amps to power this auger.
Like the tree augers, pistol grip syle drills will not power the post hole augers. Straight drills or spade handle drills are the best drills to drive the post hole augers. Low gear rpms are necessary when choosing a drill. The DeWalt Heavy Duty Spade Handle 1/2'' Drill or the Milwaukee Super Hawg are excellent choices to power the post hole augers.
Typically the drill should have T-handles (straight drill) or a D-shaped handle, also known as a spade handle, for easy handling, although some right angle drills may be suitable with these augers as well. The drill should have at least 7 amps to power this auger.
We have had some customers have success using hammer drills with the garden augers, but if your hammer drill has a regular drill setting, that is optimum. In our tests, the speed of the hammer drill doesn't seem to provide any added benefit to the performance of the augers overall.
We have began stocking high quality drills to use with our earth augers. Our inventory changes daily, so contact us with your needs and we will do our best to accomodate you.