My experience with the hollow core auger did not go well, it was your basic failure. I "thought" the dirt under the house could be augered out into my little wagon and hauled off, thus eliminating the need for buckets and a lot of sweat. But, my thinking of saving a lot of work for my mining project was a failure. So I disassembled the auger and it is laying in the yard. The dirt I was removing was a little too wet and it would just ball up and get mashed into the pipe and stay there, I could not figure out to make it any lighter or bulkier so it could be moved. I will try again this summer when I am bored with my other projects. In the mean time, I have removed 26 yards of dirt to date and the crawl space is not quite luxurious, but I can get to the utilities under the kitchen and that is what is needed. The kitchen project is in full swing. I visited my Dad's brother who lives in Maryland. I have never bee...