Will Blika Garden Auger Power Drill Adapter Fit Hiltex 10246

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Top reviews from Canada

Reviewed in Canada on May 21, 2019

Size : 4"x30" Verified Purchase

Auger works very well with a very heavy duty electric drill (5/8" chuck). Used it to drill several holes for posts where thee was very narrow space for working or drilling. Needed to enlarge the hole using the auger and a digging bar for a 4" post. Auger helped remove the soil from the hole and reduced time and work required.

Was also able to auger beside old post and remove residue of old post remains from bottom of hole. This enabled putting a new post in the original location.

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Reviewed in Canada on November 7, 2021

Size : 4"x30" Verified Purchase

Totally worked for the first job of digging holes in 5mins to put these tree posts in fast!
Husband used a bigger drill to do that.

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Reviewed in Canada on June 12, 2020

Size : 4"x30" Verified Purchase

Does the job but flights are only tack welded on in a few spots. Folded the flights over in the hole and had to dig out by hand. Ended up buying the earthquake 3" instead.

Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2021

Size : 6"x30" Verified Purchase

I returned it before use. It's very thin steel and would recommend for sandy soils with no clay

Reviewed in Canada on August 15, 2018

Size : 4"x30" Verified Purchase

Reasonable quality, excellent price. The negatives would be that the helix is only spot welded every so often, and the blade could have been a bit sharper. But i'd certainly recommend it.

Reviewed in Canada on May 29, 2019

Size : 6"x30" Verified Purchase

For the price point they are excellent, will be doing about 100 holes and they look like the will be oerfect

Reviewed in Canada on July 1, 2019

Size : 4"x30" Verified Purchase

Great anger bit, been using it for a year now and works great for angering holes for steel posts. Had hone out the bore on the bit so my Earthquake anger would fit other then that works great.

Reviewed in Canada on November 22, 2020

Size : 6"x30" Verified Purchase

easy to use just make sure you have the right auger

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hiltex 10247 8"x30" Steel Gardening Auger Bit

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2019

Size : 8"x30" Verified Purchase

Where I live, there is little soft soil when digging and using post hole diggers will almost knock your fillings loose! Plus, due to the rocks, a hole 8" wide by any depth takes at least 15 minutes to an hour. I needed something to dig a hole deep enough for a 20' light pole so it needed to get down to at least 36" deep. I couldn't justify buying a gas or electric auger for $300-$400 and have to get help to use it. I purchased this auger after reading the reviews and seeing that I could use it with a 1/2" drill (with a separately purchased adapter for about 10 bucks).
I started out drilling through about 10" of chert and kept getting hung up and having the drill stall. Rather than destroy a good cordless drill, I went with a 1/2" heavy duty drill. I was able to get my entire hole dug in less than 10 minutes and finished off the depth I needed with post hole diggers (only about 6" in softer soil). I highly recommend this for anyone who needs to dig post holes and not wanting to spend a fortune on a one or two man auger PLUS the auger bit. It does come with a few warnings from my own experience as follows -
**WORDS OF WARNINGS FOR DIGGING SOIL**:
*If you are using a cordless drill, make sure to use at least a 20 volt or better.
*If you are using an electric drill, make sure to NEVER put it in continual mode! If you do and hit something hard that causes the bit to stop turning, the drill will continue to run, taking a risk of personal injury to yourself or your equipment!
*The bottom blades are very sharp so keep your hands and feet away at all times!
*Make sure to let the drill brace itself against your left leg when drilling otherwise you take a risk with it getting away from you and causing injury to yourself or your drill!
*I found that using short bursts from the drill worked best for me until I got into deeper soil. It kept the auger bit from getting hung on roots or rocks.
*Make sure your drill has plenty of torque to be able to handle what this auger requires otherwise, you will purchasing a new drill!
*Finally, make sure you are physically able to use this with a drill. It should not be used if you cannot put a little muscle behind and it will give you a good workout!

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome for price, easy to adapt to 1/2" drill

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2019

Size : 6"x30" Verified Purchase

This auger can't be beaten for the price, to make 6" holes in dirt. Our property is all soft clay, so I figured I should be able to drive this with a 1/2" cordless drill. Ideally I wanted to drive it with my SDS rotary hammer, however the torque safety clutch in that prevents it from being driven well enough.

I read a bunch of reviews on here to see if anyone adapted this for a 1/2" chuck, and found that a few people did - but did so by welding onto the auger. I didn't want to rule out using this with other equipment in the future, so I preferred not to weld directly to it.

Attached are pictures of my solution, in case it helps others adapt it to their power source of choice. This was done with $5 in hardware from our local tractor supply/farm and fleet.

Materials needed:
1/2-13 bolt. 2" would be better, I had 3" or 3.5" available, will explain why shorter is better below
2 washers - one should only be needed with a shorter bolt
1/4" lock pin
1/2-13 hex nut
Short piece of 1/2 pipe (EMT conduit in my case) as a spacer, because of the longer bolt

Grind or file 3 flats on the threaded end of the 1/2" bolt, this will help the chuck of the drill bite better and not slip or just chew up the threads to slip. Grind or file the 6 tips of the hex end slightly so that it fits inside the ID of the auger attachment point.

File a flat on the shank of the bolt, so you can center punch and drill a 1/4 or slightly-larger hole, which should be a tight clearance fit for the lock pin to fit through. This hole should be as close to the head of the bolt as reasonably possible, to provide a more rigid setup later.

Push the hex end of the bolt in past the cross-pin hole in the auger, and put the lock pin in. Place your washer(s) over the bolt with a spacer if needed, and use the nut to draw the bolt tight against the pin, just far enough to make the setup rigid. Too tight can easily bend the 1/4 lock pin due to the clearance between the bolt and ID of the auger.

What I would do differently:
- A larger diameter lock pin would be better since the nut draws against it, but I was worried about leaving too little cross-section of the bolt in place
- If a bigger bolt or rod/stock was used, then you may just need to grind more of the hex head off. Ideally it would just be a piece of round stock that perfectly fits the ID of the auger
- A shorter bolt, just short enough for the threads to start at the end of the auger (beyond the unthreaded portion) would be ideal. This would reduce the washers to 1 and eliminate the spacer I needed to clear the unthreaded portion

Few month update:
- highly recommend a corded drill, at least for the 6" diameter auger if you intend to go to any substantial depth. Cordless... you'll be able to do 1 or 2 holes with 2-3 fully charged batteries, depending on soil type
- If you make the adapter described above, I recommend lock-titeing any nuts used. Every few holes I end up tightening mine but should lock-tite it
- We have put in approximately 15 posts with 26-to-30-inch deep holes so far. Our low-gear corded power drill may not be long for this world, but it has paid for itself during our small projects. For a large project, I think we have mainly proven that a real power auger is the right way to go.

4.0 out of 5 stars Works, just had to do slight modification

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2019

Size : 8"x30" Verified Purchase

Bought this to use with my Harbor Freight Predator Gas Powered Earth Auger (SKU 56257/63022) since it only came with a 6" bit and no larger ones available through HF. I did have to ream the hole 1/8" wider to fit since the shaft is 7/8" and the hole is for 3/4" shaft. I was expecting there to be enough slop to fit without mods, but was wrong. But a few minutes with a drill and reamer and I was good to go. This is the perfect size for 4x4 posts and a bag of concrete. The 6" size is perfect for 2-3/8" drill stem or 2" pipe and a bag of concrete. Digs fast and works well in my red clay soil.
So far still sharp. I do like the long "drill bit" on the end for accurate placement on my spots

5.0 out of 5 stars heavy duty bit

Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2016

Size : 6"x30" Verified Purchase

This bit is well made with two 3/16 inch thick cutting blades welded to the bottom. I adapted it to use with my big pipe-handle 1/2 inch Milwaukee drill.
I ground down a piece of 5/8 inch rebar to 1/2 inch in diameter, about 1" from the end. This fits in the drill chuck. The rebar fits loosely into the 3/4 mounting hole of the bit. I drilled a hole in the rebar to accept the pin that goes thru the bit. Note my 1/2 drill is the one with the 12' pipe handle, to be able to control the considerable torque and kinetic forces. I would NOT use this bit with a drill that does not have an extra long handle.

5.0 out of 5 stars 6" auger might burn out a 7amp drill

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2019

Size : 6"x30" Verified Purchase

I purchased the 6" auger and it worked great. But I did not have the right motor to power it. I purchased an adapter and used it with a 1/2" 7amp heavy duty drill. It destroyed the drill but I got my project finished.

I had 8 post holes to dig. First we dug down 20". On the second hole we notice the drill was starting to smoke. We figured this was because the top 8" had a lot of 1" drain rock. So we let the drill cool down each time it jammed on the rocks. By the 8th hole the drill smelled bad but was still working.

After we had all 8 holes at 20" we decided to dig 4" deeper in each hole. There were no more rocks so we just pushed through even though we were hitting hard pack. The drill was smoking on the 7th hole. We probably should have let it rest, it might have saved the drill. But it was an old drill and we wanted to see how far we could push it. Well it finished the 8th hole at the exact same time we got flames out the side of the drill.

After 24hrs I tested the drill. It turns at full speed but the sparks would start a fire within seconds.

So these do work with a drill but you are taking a chance if you push it. Next year I plan on using this in the soft garden soil with my cordless drill for planting. But if you are dealing with rocks or hard pack the bigger the motor you can use the better.