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<blockquote data-quote="Tazza" data-source="post: 114357" data-attributes="member: 82"><p>As for HP to run a 2' auger, just about any machine will have enough power to drill a hole, an auger doesn't use a lot of HP, the main area you need more power is driving and pushing into piles of dirt, your drive system uses lots of power and if you ran a slasher, it will also need lots of power to spin a blade and keep it moving.</p><p>The hardest part of using an auger is having enough down pressure. Skidders are great at lifting, not as great with pushing down on the ground to drill holes. In softter soils, they are fine, but i was drilling through rock, i had a bottle jack under the back of my machine to give me a little more pushing power as it moved the pivot point from the nack wheels to the back door.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tazza, post: 114357, member: 82"] As for HP to run a 2' auger, just about any machine will have enough power to drill a hole, an auger doesn't use a lot of HP, the main area you need more power is driving and pushing into piles of dirt, your drive system uses lots of power and if you ran a slasher, it will also need lots of power to spin a blade and keep it moving. The hardest part of using an auger is having enough down pressure. Skidders are great at lifting, not as great with pushing down on the ground to drill holes. In softter soils, they are fine, but i was drilling through rock, i had a bottle jack under the back of my machine to give me a little more pushing power as it moved the pivot point from the nack wheels to the back door. [/QUOTE]
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