This handgrip withstands pounding from a soft-faced mallet like our PN017 Dead-Blow Mallet. You may find this helpful when trying to get a hole started in difficult ground conditions.
Another Advantage to Consider:
A Driveable Handgrip gives you the option of retrieving core samples with a sampling tube. Simply replace the auger at the end of your extensions with a JMC Sampling Tube and a PN068 JMC Auger to Sampling Tube Adapter and you are ready to go. (see picture at right)
In fact, if you want to obtain an extremely accurate sample from a particular strata, you will have the best results with this procedure:
Carve a hole with your auger down to the top of the desired strata.
Replace the auger head with any JMC Sampling Tube and a PN068 JMC Sampling Tube Adapter.
Remove any loose debris inside the hole with a vacuum cleaner.
Lower the sampling tube into the hole and take your sample.
Please Note: Sampling Tube Adapter and Sampling Tubes can be ordered with the links found in the Recommended Products List below. Clicking on the links will open a new window. You will not lose this page. After selecting your sampling tube(s) and adapter, just close the window and continue building your auger kit. When you finish building your kit, the tube(s) and adapter you selected will appear in your shopping cart along with the auger kit.
Developed for soil dissipation studies, but can be used like any of our sampling tubes. Sampling tube fills a plastic liner 2 inches in diameter by 6 inches long. Best for shallow sampling applications, this tube fits most of our JMC sampling devices, but may require an adapter.
This extension lets you sample three feet deeper provided you have a ESP Sampling Tube and a JMC ESP Master Extension. Regular extensions connect to each other for additional sampling depth capability.
The ESP pulls a 3 (or 4) foot long by 0.8 inch diameter sample in one plunge. It captures every sample in a plastic (or stainless steel) liner and can sample to 3 (or 4) feet (30 feet with extensions). Sampling tube is driven by a 12.5 pound drop-hammer (or electric hammer) and retrieved with a foot-operated jack.
The ESP PLUS pulls a 3 (or 4) foot long by 1.2 inch diameter sample in one plunge. It captures every sample in a plastic liner and can sample to 3 (or 4) feet. Sampling tube is driven by a 12.5 pound drop-hammer (or electric hammer) and retrieved with a foot-operated jack.
The heavy (12 pounds) metal sleeve that moves up and down while pounding the sampling tube into the ground. Fits both the JMC Environmentalist's Sub-Soil Probe and the JMC Environmentalist's Sub-Soil Probe PLUS.
Replacement footpedal for the JMC Environmentalist's Sub-Soil Probe PLUS. Footpedal usually needs replaced when foot-operated jack slips while extracting sampling tube from the ground.
In spite of its name, the Clay Auger will sample the widest variety of soils. Good for most soils between dry sand and wet mud. Fits all threaded connection JMC Professional Auger components.