Hand powered auger by JMC "Environmentalist's Subsurface Probe" (ESP). Vendor website lists the item as weighing 42 lbs however the complete kit (in the black case) weighs approximately 95 lbs (43 kg). The external dimensions of the case are 65" x 17" by 11".

Includes: Probe, 36" tube with 2 stainless tips, slide-hammer, cleaning brush, core extraction tool, owner's manual.

Also comes with 15 PETG Copolyester 36" liners with 30 vinyl caps (supplies may vary).

  • Punches through soil like a powered probe.
  • Pulls a 3 foot (or 4 foot) sample in one plunge.
  • Captures every sample in a plastic (or stainless steel) liner.
  • Drives sampling tube with a 12.5 pound drop-hammer (or electric hammer).
  • Retrieves sampling tube with a foot-operated jack.
  • Can sample to depths of 21 feet in most soils by adding extensions and reentering the same hole.
  • Our model uses a sample diameter of 0.8 inches (probe internal dimension is 1").
  • This portable unit "can be carried most anywhere you can walk" according to ESP.