My 12" rankin auger sucks!!!

[hawkeye08]

If you want to check how far down the unit will go, remove the auger and see. It should drop right down so the gearbox is almost on the ground. Mine will dig until the gearbox is at the ground.

My issue was the grass/sod that got caught on the teeth when it was first starting the hole. I had to start the hole, then stop things and remove the grass/sod from the teeth, then it dug down as deep as I wanted.

 

[jokergerm]

my video is about 20% uploaded to youtube

Here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUkUxMYW1q0

 

[bullbreaker]

Perhaps the 3pt is moving too smoothly now for the bit to impact properly. Perhaps that jerkiness before was to improve the bit contact. :laughing:

John :
Coming from a guy that owns a L3400DT I thought that was funny !

Boone

 

[beppington]

my video is about 20% uploaded to youtube

Here you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUkUxMYW1q0

Well that is weird. From what I can see it doesn't look like your 3PH has gone all the way down, so that theory if mine wouldn't seem to be it.

Although it looks a little like your auger bit's digging teeth might be kinda vertical. They should be at an angle around 45 degrees, or maybe 30 degrees, so that they want to dig in rather than sliding across the top of the dirt.

I can't see the auger tip, but the one on the new auger bit I got at Tractor Supply is aggressive looking to me - Actually, here it is: CountyLine Auger Bolt-In Tip - 2100301 | Tractor Supply Company

That thing grabs & digs like nobody's business.

 

[MMagis]

Something about that doesn’t look normal to me. The “top link” part of the auger is at such an angle that I don’t think it can physically dig any deeper without the tractor moving forward. It looks like the PDH is too big for your tractor.

 

[jokergerm]

well the 3 point hitch cant go all the way down until the hole starts to get deeper. if i grab the auger with my hand the with PTO off of course and pull it until its horizontal and lower the 3 point lever it will go all the way down until the auger is laying on the ground. I would say the teeth are at about a 20 degree angle if down was 0 degrees.

i can take some pics of the auger teeth and center peice.

hang on

 

[beppington]

well the 3 point hitch cant go all the way down until the hole starts to get deeper. if i grab the auger with my hand the with PTO off of course and pull it until its horizontal and lower the 3 point lever it will go all the way down until the auger is laying on the ground. I would say the teeth are at about a 20 degree angle if down was 0 degrees.

i can take some pics of the auger teeth and center peice.

hang on

OK, 20 degree downward teeth might be the problem; They might be kinda sliding on the dirt. Can you get a pic of the tip too? I suspect that TSC one would do the trick.

 

[Deano]

My Leinbach will act the same way in really hard dry clay. It took me forever to drill 9 holes.
I would build up the tip with my welder and sharpen to give it more angle (bite) and then it worked better, but still slow.

In normal soil it works great.

Deano

 

[beppington]

Check out the angle of the teeth on the Northern Tool bit I bent. Although I bent the bit's shaft, the tooth angle you see is the way it came from NT.

 

[jokergerm]

also, i raced the tractor with a shovel and i won by about 20 minutes on a 18" deep hole

Our soil is not clay its just dirt its called Silt Loame, I think