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BigE, is this on a tractor or hand held auger?
Is the auger clogging with the clay or not cutting into it? Grass over the cutting edge will also slow you up. If this is tractor mounted then do follow Auergach suggestions.
One other thought, some soil will cut better slower than faster, try varying the speed but be careful as high speed and it catches. Also if on tractor are you sure you are letting the lift down sufficient?
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BigE, check around there are augers, that are larger probably for rent, that still will roll through an area a push lawn mower will fit. At to rental don't price it by the hour, as per day or even three day rental. The shorter period of time you rent by the harder they know you plan to run it. Here small machines for a week is about a three day rental price.
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"So I wonder what may driving the lack of ability with augers across the spectrum." EW
You could be right there could be a cut back in design due to some liability issue...and not trying to offend anyone it could all be operator errors in these cases.
Frank, I understand some of your concern with an auger and know there have been people killed by them and those I think were often clothes caught in the PTO shaft or auger itself. One thing that some people don't understand is augers and mowers are totally different on PTO speeds. Often augers need to run slow due to safety while mowers always needs the high rpms for tip speed. A full 540 rpm speed on some augers look like what is it, a disaster waiting for location.
Auerbach, if you have the ability to use hyd to power the auger would suggest it. That way if the bit becomes jammed you can reverse it while with the normal PTO model as EW has already mentioned that is a hand job and often with pipe wrench or bar. Neither fun or fast. Realize the PTO models cost less.
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Frank, thinking back to the days of the tractors with single stage clutch bet using a PTO driven auger would not have been any more fun than running a heavy rough cut mower around a pond or ditch. It would not be smart to have the pto running while the auger was swinger free and such. Not saying you were doing so but that thought sure came to my mind here.
Have a great 4th of July.
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