DRILLING TOOLS

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We have literally thousands of drilling tools from small augers to huge augers, rock, clay and cleanout buckets, if you cant find something here then contact us as we have more than what’s on our webpage. It just wouldn’t all fit.

Pilehire have a massive range of light to heavy duty Rock and Earth Augers.

Our Augers are purposely designed and built for seriously fast and trouble-free drilling.

Common Auger Problems:
  • It’s drilling too slowly.
  • It’s not strong enough, failing, tearing in half, bending, breaking or bits are falling off it.
  • Its teeth are falling out.
  • It’s wrong for the type of ground you’re drilling.
  • It can’t drill the exact sized hole you need.
  • It’s not long enough to drill the exact depth you need.
  • You can’t get a bigger digger onsite.
Smart Auger Solution:

Simply tell us:

  1. Your hole size
    • Depth
    • Diameter
  2. Your ground condition
    • Dirt
    • Clay
    • Soft rock
    • Hard rock
  3. Your machine specs
    • Tonnage
    • Make and model
  4. Auger length you require

Done. Problem solved!

Auger Specs:
  • Sizes range from 100mm to 1800mm diameter:
    • Light duty suits skid steers and up to 45 tonne.
    • Heavy duty suits drilling rigs and up to 50mm flights and heavy stems.
  • Kelly box sizes range from 50mm to 200mm.
    • Hex, round and square drives.
  • Lengths range from 1000mm to 3200mm.
  • Weights range from 20kg to 3 tonne.
  • Suits ground conditions:
    • Dirt.
    • Clay.
    • Soft rock.
    • Hard rock.
  • Flat or coned bottomed.
  • Can be adapted to suit any machine.
  • Are rigorously maintained, repaired & serviced to be strong, durable and efficient.
  • Are fully reinforced with hardfacing around the entire auger with extra gussets and stiffening to reduce wear and tear.
  • Are available for immediate hire nationwide.
9 Key Reasons To Use Our Auger:
  1. We're the ONLY drilling and piling hire company in NZ that offers such a large variety of options, sizes, power and capabilities.
  2. We're the MOST experienced in manufacturing heavy duty drilling equipment.
  3. We manufacture, modify and repair fully reinforced, hard faced augers with thicker flights and heavier stems (for greater durability).
  4. We don't want our augers to fail, so we make them awesome at drilling holes cleanly, rapidly and accurately.
  5. We've adaptors available to suit all machines.
  6. We'll hire you a replacement auger while we repair yours.
  7. We ensure that our repaired augers are always made better than they were before.
  8. We're experienced in developing 'out of the box' requests.
  9. They're available for immediate hire nationwide (short or long term).
7 Key Reasons To Hire An Auger:
  1. No capital outlay, depreciation or storage costs.
  2. Increased productively, as you get the exact auger you need.
  3. Greater budgeting and cost control, as the amount on invoice is the only cost to pay.
  4. Greater ease to on-charge the cost to your client.
  5. No spare parts, maintenance or mechanical costs (note you are liable for damages).
  6. Less concerns about breakages, due to meticulous manufacturing & maintenance control.
  7. Instant access to a wide variety of options, sizes, power and capabilities.

Grooving tools are for putting grooves in the side walls of a pile. They are spiralled down or in rings. They are to help side wall friction.

casing drives are used to drive casing into the ground you might do this to line the hole to stop collapsing or water.

Belling tools are primarily used to shape a bell in the bottom of your pile there is 2 main types bell up and bell down. These are use for creating a pile that is good in a cantilever situation or and larger footing for your pile situation.

Pilehire have heavy duty to light industrial Core Barrels with Rock Rollers, Bullets, Shark or Block Teeth.

Our Core Barrels are purposely designed and built to be tough with strong penetration.

Common Core Barrel Problems:
  • It's not accurate enough.
  • It's inefficient.
  • It gets stuck.
  • It's got a different cutting diameter to your other tools.
  • Its teeth aren't lasting.
  • Its teeth are wrong for the type of ground you're drilling.
  • Its core is getting stuck inside the barrel.
  • Its core is getting stuck down the hole.
  • It's not strong enough, failing, tearing in half, bending, breaking or bits are falling off it.
Smart Core Barrel Solution:

Simply tell us:

  1. Your hole size
    • Depth
    • Diameter
  2. Your core size
    • Depth
    • Diameter
  3. Your ground condition
    • Soft rock
    • Hard rock
    • Tree root
  4. Your machine specs
    • Tonnage
    • Make and model

Done. Problem solved!

Core Barrel Specs:
  • Teeth types include:
    • Rock Rollers.
    • Bullet Teeth.
    • Shark Teeth.
    • Block Teeth.
  • Sizes range from 200mm to 1200mm diameter:
    • Light duty suits small machines up to 45 tonne.
    • Heavy duty suits drilling rigs and up to 50mm flights and heavy stems.
  • Kelly box sizes range from 50mm to 200mm:
    • Hex, round and square drives.
  • Suits ground conditions:
    • Soft rock.
    • Hard rock.
    • Tree root.
  • Can be adapted to suit any machine.
  • Are rigorously maintained, repaired & serviced to be strong, durable and efficient.
  • Are available for immediate hire nationwide.
  • Fully reinforced for greater strength and penetration.
9 Key Reasons To Use Our Core Barrel:
  • We're the ONLY drilling and piling hire company in NZ that offers such a large variety of options, sizes, power and capabilities.
  • We're the MOST experienced in manufacturing heavy duty drilling equipment.
  • We manufacture, modify and repair fully reinforced, heavy duty to light industrial core barrels (for greater durability).
  • We don't want our core barrels to fail, so they're rigorously maintained.
  • We've adaptors available to suit all machines.
  • We'll hire you a replacement core barrel while we repair yours.
  • We ensure that our repaired core barrels are always made better than they were before.
  • We're experienced in developing 'out of the box' requests.
  • They're available for immediate hire nationwide (short or long term).
7 Key Reasons To Hire A Core Barrel:
  1. No capital outlay, depreciation or storage costs.
  2. Increased productively, as you get the exact core barrel you need.
  3. Greater budgeting and cost control, as the amount on invoice is the only cost to pay.
  4. Greater ease to on-charge the cost to your client.
  5. No spare parts, maintenance or mechanical costs (note you are liable for damages).
  6. Less concerns about breakages, due to meticulous manufacturing & maintenance control.
  7. Instant access to a wide variety of options, sizes, power and capabilities.
Common Bucket Problems:
  • It opens in the hole.
  • It sucks in the sides of the hole.
  • It's too slow or not drilling.
  • It's too big for the hole.
  • The hole is collapsing.
  • You need an extra man on the ground.
  • It's inefficient.
  • It's not strong enough, failing, tearing in half, bending, breaking or bits are falling off it.
  • It's wrong for the type of job you need.
Smart Bucket Solution:

Simply tell us:

  1. Your hole size
    • Depth
    • Diameter
  2. Your ground condition
    • Dirt
    • Clay
    • Soft rock
    • Hard rock
  3. Your machine specs
    • Tonnage
    • Make and model
  4. Bucket length you require

Done. Problem solved!

Bucket Specs:
  • Types include:
    • Cleaning, muck out bucket (to complement augers on wet sites).
      • Gated.
      • Swivel.
      • Drilling bucket.
      • Clay bucket.
      • Rock bucket.
        • Round.
        • Flat backed (to relieve suction).
  • Sizes range from 300mm to 1800mm diameter.
  • Kelly box sizes range from 50mm to 200mm.
    • Hex, round and square drives.
  • Releases:
    • Auto release for drill rigs.
    • Manual release for a drill head and machines with no striker plates.
  • Weights range from 20kg to 3 tonne.
  • Suits ground conditions:
    • Bentonite
    • Clay
    • Dirt
    • Hard rock
    • Mud
    • Polymer
    • Soft rock
  • Can be adapted to suit any machine.
  • Are fully reinforced for greater drilling power, durability and reduced fuel consumption.
  • Are rigorously maintained, repaired & serviced to be strong, durable and efficient.
  • Are available for immediate hire nationwide.
9 Key Reasons To Use Our Bucket:
  1. We're the ONLY drilling and piling hire company in NZ that offers such a large variety of options, sizes, power and capabilities.
  2. We're the MOST experienced in manufacturing heavy duty drilling equipment.
  3. We manufacture, modify and repair fully reinforced, heavy duty to light industrial buckets (for greater durability).
  4. We don't want our buckets to fail, so they're rigorously maintained.
  5. We've adaptors available to suit all machines.
  6. We'll hire you a replacement bucket while we repair yours.
  7. We ensure that our repaired buckets are always made better than they were before.
  8. We're experienced in developing 'out of the box' requests.
  9. They're available for immediate hire nationwide (short or long term).
7 Key Reasons To Hire A Bucket:
  1. No capital outlay, depreciation or storage costs.
  2. Increased productively, as you get the exact bucket you need.
  3. Greater budgeting and cost control, as the amount on invoice is the only cost to pay.
  4. Greater ease to on-charge the cost to your client.
  5. No spare parts, maintenance or mechanical costs (note you are liable for damages).
  6. Less concerns about breakages, due to meticulous manufacturing & maintenance control.
  7. Instant access to a wide variety of options, sizes, power and capabilities.