DJB Machinery - QM & RABAUD Auger Suppliers

At DJB Machinery, we specialise in providing high-quality augers from QM SRL & RABUAD.

Augers are essential tools used for creating holes in the ground, particularly for applications like fencing and drainage. Their design typically features a helical screw blade, allowing for efficient soil removal.

Fencing

When installing fences, augers are used to dig post holes. This process involves:

1. Preparation: Before using an auger, it’s essential to mark the locations for the fence posts. This ensures that the fence will be straight and properly spaced.

2. Using the Auger: The auger is positioned at the marked spot, and as it is rotated, the helical blade digs into the soil. The design helps pull the soil upward and out of the hole, creating a clean and precise hole for the fence post.

3. Depth Control: Augers are available in various sizes, allowing users to select the diameter and depth of the hole according to the type of fence being installed. For example, deeper holes may be required for larger fences to ensure stability.

4. Efficiency: Using an auger is significantly faster and less labour-intensive compared to manual digging. This efficiency is especially beneficial in larger fencing projects.

Drainage

In drainage applications, augers are utilised to create holes for installing drainage systems, such as French drains or pipe drains.

1. Soil Assessment: Before digging, it’s crucial to assess the soil type and determine its drainage needs. This will determine the required auger size and depth.

2. Digging Holes: Similar to fencing, augers are used to create holes for drainage or soakaways. The holes must be deep enough to allow for proper water flow and avoid pooling.

3. Placement of Drainage: After digging, the drainage pipes can be placed in the holes. The auger helps ensure that the pipes are at the correct angle for optimal water movement.

4. Soil Removal: The soil extracted by the auger can be used to backfill around the drainage pipes, helping to stabilise them and improve drainage efficacy.

Conclusion

Overall, augers are invaluable tools in both fencing and drainage projects. They provide an efficient means to create precise holes, minimising labour and maximising accuracy. Whether for securing a fence or facilitating proper drainage, augers play a vital role in ensuring successful installations.

Why Choose DJB Machinery Augers?

Our comprehensive range of auger products represents the pinnacle of engineering excellence, combining robust construction with innovative design to deliver unparalleled performance across a wide range of applications. Our augers are built to provide reliable operation, and specific models can be used to perform other tasks, such as ground preparation, tree stump removal and log splitting by using other attachments.

We pride ourselves on delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed our customers' expectations. Our commitment to excellence extends beyond the product itself. We provide comprehensive support throughout the entire lifecycle of your equipment.

Ground Preparation

Augers for all types of soil

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Augers operating in soft ground commonly employ continuous-flight and hollow-stem designs to penetrate and remove unconsolidated materials such as loose sands, silts and clays. The helical flights convey loosened soil upward as the auger rotates, preventing collapse of the borehole and enabling continuous drilling. Hollow-stem augers additionally permit groundwater flow through the stem, which stabilises the surrounding soil and allows for uninterrupted sampling or casing insertion. Standard dirt bits shear through soft formations with minimal torque, making drilling in cohesive or non-cohesive soils relatively efficient and less labour-intensive.

For hard ground including dense gravels, cobbles and soft rock, augers are fitted with carbide or tungsten carbide cutting teeth to fracture and grind the material. Operators may apply increased downforce and rotational speed, sometimes in combination with percussion assistance, to pre-fracture stubborn substrates and prevent bit clogging. Bucket augers or rock augers displace fractured rock laterally within the borehole, creating an overcut that reduces torque spikes and maintains drilling progress. Lead casing preparation in rock requires reinforcement bands welded around the cutting edge, ensuring durability against abrasion when penetrating hard ground.

Augers move ground by converting rotary motion into cutting, shearing and lifting actions that transport excavated material along the flighted shaft to the surface. The continuous spiral geometry produces a self-cleaning effect by forcing debris upward, reducing clogging and maximising penetration rate. In larger-diameter or deeper shafts, dual-rotary augers employ concentric flights whereby an outer auger displaces material laterally and an inner auger lifts the cuttings, thus stabilising the borehole and managing spoil removal in tandem. Drill buckets, a type of large-diameter auger head, capture spoil within the bucket and require intermittent lifting and emptying, proving especially effective when excavating hard or compacted ground.