2006 RER Innovative Product Award
Category Winner
One-man post-hole digger
MTA Distributors announces the development of the first one-man auger powered by a Honda engine. Pengo manufactures the new one-man auger exclusively for MTA Distributors. The 2.5-hp Honda four-cycle engine accepts 1-inch round or 1-inch square hub augers without an adaptor and can be used with augers up to 8 inches in diameter. The engine also features maximum torque of 80 foot pounds, 37:1 gear reduction, no oil bath gears, gearbox grease capacity of 6-ounces high-temperature transmission grease, and 2 quarter-inch shoe-, rotor- and cup-type centrifugal clutch engages at 3,300 rpm.
