The Head plate with Auto ram is bolted to the mast and the shaft section with hydraulic motor is attached to the mast via two pins making it easily removable or interchangeable with the Auto Rock Spike kit.

The Telescopic mast helps extract the Auger once the hole is drilled and the Telescopic mast combined with the base movement a Revolution postdriver provides allows operators to keep the Auger straight while drilling resulting in a plumb hole. Kerikeri Fencing Contractor Darryl Robb used to use a Dingo to drill his security fencing holes on jobs before He got his Revolution Postdriver. Since getting the Revolution set up He drills the holes himself as He finds He can keep them plumb, eliminating the cost of getting in an outside contractor.

Revolution recommends left hand augers as they help reduce stress on the mounting brackets as the torque is working back towards the mast face not away from it.

Revolution now offers two series of Augers.

The Series A Augers and pilots have been developed by Taradale Fencing Contractor Mark Little in conjunction with TACCA. Mark augers every hole and does not use a Rock Spike. Mark has developed two pilots – one for drilling through pan and papa etc. The other pilot is used in Rock shingle, river bed situations and helps to roll aside stones. TACCA hand cuts the pilots, reshapes the teeth and hardens the Auger flights. This process gives reportedly 25 % more power to the Auger motor.

The Series B Augers and pilots are Digga brand. The pilots are tungsten and were selected by Revolution after investigation of the various suppliers.

A traditional post cap is fabricated by welding together pieces of steel to create the shape & the mast rebate. Many will attest to the maintenance requirements that this construction creates.

The standard Revolution™ Post cap is constructed in a different manner. With a solid piece of steel being profile cut to create the mast rebate and to create the backbone for the 25mm top plate, which is welded on, with bracing either side. Says Fencing Contractor Andrew Ferguson of Ferguson Contractors “I own 3 Revolution™ Postdrivers & I’ve found the standard Revolution™ design with the 25 mm top plate to be far more robust, reliable & idiot proof than any other post cap that I’ve ever used. Furthermore the design compliments the whole concept of a Revolution™ Postdriver – well thought out, long lasting & practical to use. ”

This standard Revolution design, satisfies the needs of the majority of Fencing Contractors that are using Revolution™ Postdrivers and normally the design process would halt there. But for Tony White, a Fencing Contractor himself, who designs the Revolution™ Range, there is always the desire to go one step further and improve again. So for those who are rock spiking day in day out , doing strainer work ( say in a vineyard), roadside barriers, or piling work , Tony has set out to create a post cap that is as maintenance free as technology will create.
“Doing continuous strainer work or especially those who have to spike every hole, these situations create stresses from the constant impact on the steel. I set about finding a method which wouldn’t have any welds; casting seemed a viable option but the method we have used in manufacturing “The Block” capitalizes on what Revolution Postdrivers are becoming known for – straight practical thinking combined with technological advances”.

The result is aptly named “The Block”, a 90 kg solid block of steel, designed on a computer drafting system, programmed on state of the art software and machined on a CNC machining centre to ensure a weld less construction so that there is no possibility of welds cracking from the continuous stresses that post driving places on the Post Caps. There is currently one weld needed where the chain link is welded onto The Block, which the nylon winch rope is attached to, but the construction of The Block has no welds.