Ice Fishing => General Discussion => Topic started by: KPI on December 31, 2012, 01:50:07 PM
Title: ice auger adopter
Post by: KPI on December 31, 2012, 01:50:07 PM
i have hand ice auger i have been looking at the adopter for a drill! i have a dewalt 20 volt litium ion battery, what are your thoughts on the nimrod unit is it worth it ????
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Post by: slabslayer on December 31, 2012, 01:54:58 PM
Never used it, but I'd be afraid it'd burn up my drill. What size is your auger? Also, with how expensive drills are, if you burn it up, it'd be almost as cheap to buy a gas auger. You'd get many more holes out of it and won't tear any of your equipment up. Just my $.02. ;D
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Post by: futurestrader on December 31, 2012, 02:57:08 PM
I heard they are a waste of money.
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Post by: futurestrader on December 31, 2012, 03:03:10 PM
I found a gas powered Strikemaster auger two years ago on Craigslist. Granted the guy had the brilliant idea to use it to dig in fence posts. Got new blades on it and runs great! $100 for the auguer and $30 to replace the blades.
Title: Re: ice auger adopter
Post by: KPI on December 31, 2012, 03:09:58 PM
any one ever use one that has a comment thanks
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Post by: erierider on December 31, 2012, 03:13:45 PM
Goto iceshanty.com or youtube. There are plenty of reviews on them. General feeling is not to use on augers more than 7 inch and use at least an 18v drill like the directions call for. Like they most errors are caused by the connecting nut on the end. So far the replies are not from people who have used one. If you have a business and burn up a drill it's a write off a ice auger is not. JMO
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Post by: Luvztaphish on December 31, 2012, 03:45:17 PM
If the drill chuck loosen you will lose the auger down the hole .. :o
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Post by: HardWater Junkie on December 31, 2012, 06:27:46 PM
I have never used one myself. I have personally talked to many people who have used them and watched them use them myself. I would have to say about 90% of them did not like them. A few of them had burnt up very expensive drills. I did meet a guy on the ice that did love it though. He had made several mods though. He started by buying a cheap 18v. Harbor freight cordless drill so if he burnt it up he wouldnt be out much. He then took 2 12v. flasher style batteries to make a 24v battery pack. Then wired it up to his drill. It gave him a little more power and alot more run time. He used the 6 in. nilsmaster auger. He bought the nils so if/when he ran out of battery he could easily switch to hand crank. In total he had about 60.00 for the drill, 50.00 for the batteries, 20 for the adapter and 130.00 for the auger. Thats about 260.00 for the set up that the 1 person that was really happy with the cordless drill auger. I paid 350 for my eskimo z51 shark and I think the eskimo stingray is about 270.00 Id rather pay 10.00 more for a gas auger. You can always just buy the adapter and try it with what equipment you have. If it doesnt work for you, you would only be out 20 bucks and maybe the price of the drill. Also if you do buy the adapter make sure you get one that has a safety cord the hooks the auger to the drill in case the chuck was to become loose. I would hate to watch my auger sink to the bottom of the lake. A few of the guys I talked to about this set up watched there auger sink to the bottom. 1 of them did go home and get a big magnet and was able to get it back by watching what he was doing with his camera. Sorry for the long post, just wanted to give you the info that I have. If you do decide to try it out please post your results here so we can all see your opinion on them.
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Post by: wis2ohio on December 31, 2012, 07:01:52 PM
Goto Lake-link.com it's a wisconsin based page and lots of people have used this type of adapter and some have made some home made ones with great success, I would say if you have one smaller then a 6 you should be fine but bigger then 6 you will kill your battery fast and burn up your drill. I have thought about doing this to but I have a 8in Lazer and dont wanna burn up my drill