Storing your Power Auger
Here is a quick, simple and inexpensive way to store your power auger when not in use.
First go to the local hardware or Lowe’s, Menards or some such type place and buy a pair extension ladder hooks. Another good place to find them is Harbor Freight. Should be less than $6 for the pair. Pick up some screws while you are there too.
Next pick a location where you want to store your auger. Use a stud finder or use the studs in plain sight like these up in the shop. Then lift the auger so it is often the ground and and put a pencil mark on the wall. Take one of the hooks and place it on the stud or the wall, then mark the top section. Take a level and mark both studs once even. Screw in the hooks.
Once you are done, it will look like this. The handles perfectly fit into each hook. Just for safety sake, I bungee wrap the handles onto the hook. Very stable and the auger now hangs vertically out of the way and off the ground. Whole process once you start will take ten minutes.
