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Your cart is empty. Nurture your garden and your gardening journey with the Yard Butler Roto Digger. This durable 30" x 1.75" diameter auger drill device takes the hard work out of gardening and makes it easy to create a beautiful garden. This garden tool is designed to attach to any electric or cordless drill that's 3/8" or larger, making it incredibly versatile. Once attached, you can use the power of your drill to quickly dig holes in your garden, saving you time and effort.
In addition to making it easy to plant flowers and plants, the Roto Digger is also great for getting rid of pesky weeds. Its drill auger can quickly pulverize soil and dig deep to remove those unwanted plants from your garden. Made from powder-coated durable steel, this garden drill is built to last. Its heavy-duty construction and 30" height make it easy to handle and maneuver, so you can quickly and easily create the garden of your dreams. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just starting out, the Roto Digger is the perfect gardening tool for you. With its easy-to-use design and versatile compatibility with electric and cordless drills, you'll be able to quickly and effortlessly plant and maintain your garden.
Yard Butler is devoted to helping people connect with the earth. Our innovative and tough gardening equipment helps inspire people to discover the joys of gardening or help them be successful on their gardening journey. Made in North America, all Yard Butler products are high-quality, sturdy, and reliable. Tend to your passion and fulfill your gardening dreams with Yard Butler gardening tools and supplies.
Martin Cortez
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2020
We've been digging 18x18x24 post holes in Bay Area hard clay. If we strike it dry with a post digger or shovel, we only go in about 1/4 inch into the dirt, so we have to wet the dirt and wait hours so that a post digger can go in about 2-3 inches deep with the hardest blow, and I'm a really big guy.With this device we were able to break up 2-3 inches of the top layer of dirt with little effort, and then we used a Bully Tools 92323 8", also purchased on Amazon, to lift the dirt out of the deep hole. Although we need to patiently and slowly break up the dirt, we are moving way faster and with tons less effort. Word of caution, hold the drill tight and set the speed so that when it gets stuck on a rock, harder dirt spot, or a root the drill doesn't spin your wrist.
H. L. Cross
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2016
My hubby is in love with this thing. He has been planting Monkey grass. He said once you play with it enough and figure out how to slightly tilt it, it will not shake you after that. Now that he is used to it, he loves it. He prefers it with a plug in drill. Runs down Cordless really fast. really heavy duty materials. We live in Georgia, so we are going through compacted hard clay that is hard as rock and bent a aluminum fancy handled bulb planter right in two. He said this went through with little effort. This is a champ. My hubby is very picky in the tools dept. and expects quality. He is fully satisfied with this product. Ok now husband has a few words. Don't use a cordless drill. Have a dealt 18v and its worthless with this tool. I'm now using heavy duty Milwaukee corded drill and as long as chuck is very tight it works like a champ. Once start to hit a rock or large root let off or will strip auger and loose the chuck. So far 1000+ holes dug with little effort.
navneet
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2016
Got this for my green giants arborvitae fertilizer spikes. I was little skeptical at first after reading some of the reviews regarding how the auger gets bent, gets stuck and other common issues. For the first few holes (4-5), I had the same issue, it got stuck in the ground (illinois-clay soil), the drill had lots of difficulty getting it out (used an electric drill with extension cord)or the hole was not big enough for the fertilizer spike to go in. Then i finally figured it out, the best way to use it is the same way you would while drilling a hole in the wall, had to go slowly with you controlling the depth of the auger while it goes in. The key is to SLOWLY move the auger in the ground while the drill speed is medium to high, you might have to keep on drilling at the same depth before you go deep further in the ground, to give it some time to loosen the dirt around it. It means you have to CONTROL YOUR DIG BY NOT LETTING IT PUSH IN RATHER THAN PULL IT AWAY while it goes in slowly. Was able to get the rest of 35-40 spikes within an hour. no issues. Very pleased.
D. Richardson
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2014
When I bought this it was $17. This is not a $50 or $150 dollar tool, and I set my expectations accordingly.It worked very well for me. So far I have 3 holes drilled that are 24" deep in some terrible dirt. I'm hoping to get another 8-10 holes done, but even if not, this thing has already paid for itself.A few tips for using this effectively:1. Go slowly. This is a huge drill bit for a household drill and it puts a lot of stress on the drill and you. Ease it in, don't lean on it, and back it out every couple of inches to ensure it's clearing debris out of the hole. I set my drill to the slower speed and then turned it very slowly. It's not a race and you're not drilling a 1/4" hole through a 2x4. Give it a chance to work and move the dirt.2. Try to keep the sides of the hole straight. I let it wobble around on my first hole so the inside of it was lager than the bit. It can't move the dirt out if the hole is too wide. Slow and some care are require to keep the sides straight.3. Gravel is a real pain. I have 1/2" to 2" gravel buried all over my yard. I had to abandon some holes when I hit a larger rock. You can you 1" gravel up, but you need to ensure it dislodges it. I let it "bite" into the dirt around the gravel and then pulled up on the drill gently. Then I slowly pulled out the bit while rotating it to get the gravel out. You can't expect it to to just fling out big pieces of rock.My trees are going to be so much happier that I can get them some deeper watering. Plenty of other uses for this as well.
Noel S.
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014
I bought this to aerate my compost. I really wasn't expecting much, given the price. When I took it out of the box, I can't say I was overly impressed. It has a round shaft and I agree with the other reviewers who've noted that if they had squared off the top of the bit where it enters the drill it would sit more firmly in the chuck. The blades look a little flimsy and am a bit worried that they're only spot welded onto the shaft.Still, I put this isn't a DeWalt 20v Max Hammer Drill, set it on low speed and went to the composter. A few people have questioned whether a batter operated drill would provide sufficient torque. I suspect a weaker drill might have issues, but I had no problem churning my compost with the Dewalt and this digger. In fact, given that it's not really a heavy duty digger, I would worry that a low speed, high torque drill might be too much for it.As an experiment, I also went looking around the garden for some dried and packed soil to see how the digger would do and it performed well. It didn't bog down at all, though, since the blades don't go up very high, you will not be able to just dig down two feet. You'll need to pull the digger out, which sometimes required putting the drill in reverse, which resulted in the chuck loosening.When the digger does bog down, you'll find that the drill will twist pretty violently in your hand. No injuries to report, but I can see how a wrist could get strained if you're not careful.All in all, a very serviceable digger at a very good price.
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