Switched from a manual auger to a powered one after 3 days in rocky soil near Asheville

First hole with the powered auger took 2 minutes instead of 25, has anyone else made the jump and regretted not doing it sooner?

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ray36329d ago

Nah, I actually went back to manual after trying a powered one lol. Hit too many roots and rocks around here, ended up snapping a bit and wasting an afternoon. Manual sucks for time but at least I can feel what's going on underground.

jamesfox29d ago

@ray363 I swapped to a smaller hand tiller after the same thing happened to me. Slower but way easier to dodge rocks and roots than the big gas ones.

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blairtaylor15d ago

Three acres of rocky clay here and I went through two tine sets on a rear tine tiller before I learned my lesson. @jamesfox, smaller is definitely smarter for most of us dealing with rocky ground. I tried a friend's little Mantis once and honestly it worked better in tight spots than my old Husqvarna ever did. The big ones just bounce off rocks and tear up the soil way too deep for what most gardens actually need. Plus you can actually control where a small tiller goes instead of fighting the machine the whole time. I still think gas has its place for big open beds though, just not for rocky soil.