Ice Fish Ohio Forum
Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: bucknuts on January 02, 2017, 07:02:15 PM
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Has anyone had much luck with a hand ice auger and a drill attachment? What kind of battery/drill have you found to work best? Thanks in advance
I used one on a couple holes last year and it worked pretty nice but don't remember what kind of battery the drill uesed. I know li-ion dosent do so well in the cold.
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wish I could help but I mounted my hand drill on my earth auger motor
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I use a Dewalt drill with the older Nicad batteries, not the newer LIPO's. Worked well for me although I don't drill a lot of holes.
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Andy
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wish I could help but I mounted my hand drill on my earth auger motor
I've seen Rick use that thing, it's a drilling beast!!! ;D
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Nicad is what Im hearing is best. Wonder how many 6" holes a charge would be good for?
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If we get ice next weekend I'll drill a few and let you know....if we are on Buckeye you can have a go with it....
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I'm running a DeWalt 20 volt MAX LI-Ion drill, Clam Auger Plate and Lazer 6" Auger. Drills like a dream. 70 + holes thru 5" of ice on one battery. Li-Ion batteries are the best; they don't lose power just setting in the cold and provide full power until dead. I keep my batteries in a small insulated lunch bag on the ice(Thanks for the tip, Ryan Kerns). With Ni-cad batteries; they slowly start to lose their charge and begin to lose charge just sitting out in the cold.
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DeWalt 20 volt Max, Clam Conversion Plate & Orange Nils 6" Convertible Auger.
LOVE IT
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as the world turns my gas drill is becoming a thing of the past, new stuff keeps us all in the future. like phones used to have a cord... those new electric drills rock, wish I had one . actually joel my drill works better now the blades are getting dull ,, hahah it doesn't pull me down the hole..
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I have the clam plate, 6in auger and dewalt 20V hammer drill with 2 small batteries think they are 1.5 what ever the smallest battery you can have for the battery. I used it last weekend on OSP and it was incredible wish I would made the change years ago.
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Experience always counts most if dewalts with clam plates are working for guys its a good fit but ive had mine 2 and half seasons n even my pals 20v lion dewalt wouldnt get mine going everyones right in my opinion nicad is key to me and the clam plate is also a factor to me also just thought id add in more severe temps last year at lake of the woods they said they only use Milwaukee with a full coversion called the k drill look up wont plug a link but they are spreading in popularity and they sell thier kits with Milwaukee drills