Get the Right Auger Diameter
2`` Diameter
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Great For:
- Planting annuals, grass plugs, and bare root saplings
- Installing beach umbrellas and beach volleyball nets
- Drilling holes to install termite bait stations (ie. Sentricon Stations)
- Installing a sand fence or a snow fence
- Horizontal boring (ex: under sidewalks)
- Installing soil moisture probes
- Anchors or stakes for trees
- Installing real estate signs
- Deep root fertilization
- Tree aeration
- And more!
3`` Diameter
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Great For:
- Planting 3-inch potted plants, bare root trees, bulbs, vegetables, and shrubs
- Horizontal boring (ex: under sidewalks)
- Installing a sand fence or a snow fence
- Drilling holes to install termite bait stations (ie. Advance Stations)
- Cleaning clogged PVC drainage pipes
- Digging holes for small game traps
- Mixing small batches of cement
- Tilling small planter boxes
- Installing real estate signs
- Small Fence post hole digging
- Mixing paint and mortar
- Mixing polymers in soil
- Mixing fertilizer
- Mixing seeds
- And more!
4`` & 5`` Diameter
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Great For:
- Planting 3-inch potted plants, bare root trees, large bulbs, and shrubs
- Planting quart pot-sized annuals or perennials
- Cleaning clogged PVC drainage pipes
- Post hole digging for fence posts
- Fence post hole digging
- Installing real estate signs
- And more!
7`` Diameter
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Great For:
- Planting multiple bulbs into a single hole
- Planting 1-gallon potted plants
- Installing real estate signs
- Fence post installation
- 4×4 post hole digging
- And more!
8``-9`` Diameter
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Great For:
- Planting 1-gallon and 2-gallon potted plants
- Getting extra space around the root base of 1- or 2-gallon plants
- 6×6 post hole digging (9″ diameter recommended)
- Installing real estate signs
- Fence post installation
- And more!
Compare Auger Sizes
[youtube id="Sfjojr3NKE0"] Some augers are taller than they seem. Use this chart to help compare sizes. Click to enlarge.
