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  2. Earth auger - Wikipedia

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    A skid-steer loader with an earth auger attachment. Construction drill auger. Hand-powered earth augers are typically used to plant saplings and trees or to set up posts for fences or other ends. [7] Large mechanized earth augers, called drilling rigs, are used to make holes for piles destined to be deep foundations or retaining wall. [citation ...

  3. Underground pneumatic boring - Wikipedia

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    The purpose of the drill is to create a tunnel under surface obstructions. First, the operator surveys the area and the obstacle (road, sidewalk, driveway). Utility locators must supervise any underground work, and the path most clear of utilities is chosen to send the tool through. The first hole is dug on one side of the obstacle.

  4. Drilling rig - Wikipedia

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    Its main function is the drilling of holes in the ground and other materials - or surfaces such as ice, wood, etc. The design of an auger depends on the kind of material it's meant to drill into, hence there are different types of auger drills. [11] Auger drills come in varying sizes and can drill holes up to a depth of 95 feet below the ground.

  5. Post hole digger - Wikipedia

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    A post hole clam-shell digger, also called post hole pincer or simply post hole digger, is a tool consisting of two articulated shovel-like blades, forming an incomplete hollow cylinder about a foot long and a few inches wide, with two long handles that can put the blades in an "open" (parallel) position or a "closed" (convergent) position.

  6. Boring (earth) - Wikipedia

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    Boring is drilling a hole, tunnel, or well in the Earth. It is used for various applications in geology, agriculture, hydrology, civil engineering, and mineral exploration. Today, most Earth drilling serves one of the following purposes: return samples of the soil and/or rock through which the drill passes; access rocks from which material can ...

  7. Excavator - Wikipedia

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    Digging of trenches, holes, foundations; Material handling [6] Brush cutting with hydraulic saw, mower, and stump removal attachments; Forestry work; Forestry mulching; Demolition with hydraulic claw, cutter and breaker attachments; Mining, especially, but not only open-pit mining; River dredging