8" Auger Head on 6" Hand Auger (Nils)?

[dirtboy88]

Hello everbody.  I moved from the Laramie area to Pinedale region and I am afraid a 6" hole may not work for me anymore.  I have a 6" Nils hand auger.  Will an 8" head work for drilling holes on the 6" body? Clearly not as many shavings will come out, but will there be any performance issues? It should be noted that the spiraled shaft on the 6" auger head measures 4.5-5" across (from the factory), so Nils must not be worried about a slight disparity in size. Thanks.

[Reel trouble]

Long as the fighting matches into the head i don't see why it wouldn't work

[Reel trouble]

Here ya go a search brought this up and frank would be the man to know http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=252788.0

[dirtboy88]

Thanks Reel Trouble.

[Reel trouble]

No problem at all good luck 

[Dorado]

I think you would have trouble with it, even if the blades fit.  Later in the season, you will be drilling through a foot or more of slush, then a foot or two of ice.  Without the fluting of the auger body filling the hole, all that slush and ice chips are going to bind up the auger.  I fish the lakes around Pinedale and have a 10" power auger.  Later in the season, you often have to pull the auger out and kick all the ice chips out of the hole before you punch through the ice.  Doing that by hand with a half-assed auger would suck!!

You would be better keeping the 6", and save your money to buy a power auger down the road IMHO.......

[Wyofarmer]

I agree with Dorado. Early season ice the hand augers work great. But later in the season sucks. I tried using my hand auger in May on a high mountain lake and it was impossible. Keep the hand auger (after all it's paid for) and save for a power auger.