Pürckhauer Gouge Auger Set - Hard Soils

The Pürckhauer gouge auger set is used for one piece soil sampling or profiling in hard soils to 1 metre deep. This is a gouge auger set made according to Dr. Pürckhauer's principle.
Up to a depth of 1 meter
Soil sampling/profiling in hard soils
Soil suitability reviews
Educational purposes
 
The Pürckhauer gouge auger is a one-piece gouge auger made of tough elastic steel for soil sampling and/or profiling in hard soils. This gouge (earth boring stock) is made out of solid steel, with 28 millimetres outer diameter and with a pressed steel impact head. The plug-in rotary handles are rubber-coated and also serve as groove cleaners.
This auger can be hammered, but only with the included simplex sledgehammers. The drilling depth is 1 metre and the groove width is 18 millimetres inner diameter. This product is suitable for medium and heavy soils.  
Applications
Because of the minimal disturbance of the sample, the gouge auger is frequently applied in profile research for:
Soil mapping
Soil suitability reviews
Educational purposes
Root research
Soil sampling for fertilization research
Dry (clay) distribution research
Paleontological research
Environmental soil research
Set contains
Pürckhauer gouge auger with rotary handles
Hammer
Extraction system
Spatula
Carrying bag