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Did you read this whole thread? He was trying to turn an 8 inch mora with a 425 lb/in drill.
Lol!!! Can't figure out why that won't work.... 3300 you know better!!! "Did everything right that he could" Except for buying an adequate drill. Do you recommend using a 425 in/lb rigid for a 8" Mora??? NOPE!!! And no other brand with 425 in/lbs will do it either without cutting the battery out and breaking or burning up!!!
https://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=353216.msg3770456#msg3770456i did read it.i also used a 500 inch pound drill on a 8 inch mora with very dull blades and nothing broke, but then it's a different brand. and i didn't bother with a clam plate.the issue is if the battery saw the load as too much (and it should have) it should have shut down the operation and not self destruct the tool (which it shouldn't of had enough torque to self destruct). if it didn't see it as a problem then that makes it a larger problem than we are talking about with castings breaking with a low torque drill. or an additional problem.you realize a low torque (or a high torque) name brand drill should not self destruct don't you?i am aware the drill is too small or not enough torque for the bit. it should have simply shut off. that's not the discussion of what i am conveying to the op about castings breaking on a certain brand drill on both high and low torque drills made by them.
i run a 700 in/lbs brushless ridgid on a clam plate turning a 7" lazer hand auger. 4.0amp lit batteries and can run all day long on one battery. no issue hanging up at the bottom with a little practice and the drill does everything the big bad milwaukee can do. just a different flavor. i too wanted to keep at my old 8" hole from my old strikemaster 2 stroker but the trade off to the 7" and not worrying about gas and the weight reduction is a no brainer. if you want a bigger hole just drill an overlap.
Its simply about using the right tool for the job. Would you spool up all of your reels with 4# mono to go fish lake trout on the Great Lakes? Probably not..... since its not heavy enough to land a big one. Now if a mono company offered to replace your broken line under warranty, when it breaks, would you hinge your decision on the warranty alone? Keep in mind that Rigids LSA warranty is not free. Your going to pay for it when you send it to wherever to get fixed for who knows how many weeks. The payment is in the form of lost time on the hard deck. Unless you have an authorized service dealer close that will drop everything he is doing and fix your drill that minute. You will cranking them out by hand again or waiting by the mail box for the drill to return. It sounds to me like guys are starting to figure out the warranty its self doesn't attach to the auger shaft and make a hole to fish from.
You just contradicted yourself and sound like a fool. You went to a 7in because you run a ridgid. Well a Milwaukee can and does turn a 8in all day and can do more. .........1200in/lbs to 700in/lbs.....there isn't a comparison. Let's see get the actual race car with the big motor.....or get the body of a race car with a 4 cylinder in it....LMAO
But, why get the actual race car when you’re only making short trips in town and the 4 cylinder does what you need it to do? If he’s okay with the 7” and it works for him, what’s the actual problem? There are other drills that do what they need them to do, and they aren’t RED, but if they are happy with it, who cares! Not everyone needs a Corvette, a lot of people are happy with a Cruze. It took me a while to decide on a drill (for a 6”), and went with the Ridgid because I simply didn’t need the Milwaukee, and it was cheaper! Would I love to run a Milwaukee? Simply put, yep. I’d love to have a 2704 and a couple 9ah, but looking at it I didn’t need it and I’m a college kid that can’t afford much as it is! If someone would buy me one I’d love it, haha. But in my situation, the Ridgid does the job well and I’m happy. At the end of the day, I love the Ridgid, and that’s what matters!
But, why get the actual race car when you’re only making short trips in town and the 4 cylinder does what you need it to do? Not everyone needs a Corvette, a lot of people are happy with a Cruze.
no drill should burn out. no drill should self destruct.my drills, a 500 inch pound brushed and 780 inch pound brushed cut any thing i have thrown at them fine and never had a problem and does what they are supposed to do and for the rest of my life.
Ignorant is not name calling....it simply means you are unknowing.
While ignorant isn't automatically an insult, you certainly used it as one. Get off your high-horse and stop being argumentative, it stops any productive conversation because people simply avoid @$$holes.
Let's see get the actual race car with the big motor.....or get the body of a race car with a 4 cylinder in it....LMAO
What the heck...this thread is teetering on going completely off the rails so here's a little nudge. Using your racecar analogy, you still have to get the power of that big motor to the ground. Locally there are a handful of guys running in a dirt late model class who have open motors (meaning they are unrestricted aluminum small block V8s). Big motor always wins right? Absolutely wrong. The guy who wins dang near every time he runs at that track has a home built steel motor. Nothing special about it. It puts out less HP than the engines half a dozen other guys have. So what's the difference? First, talented driver with good but not the best equipment. Second, he knows how to use his stuff. Third, his stuff is reliable. Years back when my brother was racing he was dominant in the class he was running....racing against guys who were running big blocks he had a V6. What made that car so good was the way the power curve on that engine was mated to the set-ups we ran....So the horsepower/racecar analogy might not work as well as you think it will. Throw all the torque from a drill you want on an auger with crappy blades and where does it get you? A few weeks back I had my 750 pound Ryobi on a nearby lake. I have it on a 6" flat bladed Eskimo. Blades are sharp and that set up flies through ice. Some guys near by were cranking holes by hand and having a rough go of it. They had a 5 inch Mora. Drill should handle it just fine...right? Nope. It was a bear drilling holes when I threw their bit onto my Clam Plate. After fighting through one hole I looked at the dang thing and those blades were terrible. You couldn't cut pudding with those dang things. I doubt that a big bad 1200 pound Milwaukee would've made much difference.
If that's the case then why not use a hand auger?
I'm guessing he is going to learn from the school of hard knocks......buy right once......or buy twice expensive.
Not sure if I should be full throttle either or gently pressing the trigger.any help is appreciated.
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