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I have the Milwaukee 2704 I use daily, (3-5 years???) for work spinning 20-30 feet of chimney rod on the high speed setting. Other than replacing the chuck, because I used a pair of channel locks to tighten it down, and a clicking noise sometimes, it has performed flawlessly. When the chuck went down, I bought a second (2804) to hold me over until I got the chuck fixed. It is batting way above its pay grade for what I do with it, not drilling holes, but boring through chimney blockages, birds nests, squirrel nests, and general chimney sweeping. This is on the high setting, when on the low setting it works great for ice fishing duties.Buy once, cry once,, but you are getting a great tool that can be used around the house as well.Steve, TCS
I have the Ryobi (with the lesser handle, I don't use the handle anyway) but it started acting up towards the end of last season. I had no problem cutting holes (clam plate with a Nero) when it was working fine.I'm on the fence as to whether or not I should replace it with the same thing, or get one of the better drills. I'm into the Ryobi system already but I'm not opposed to getting one of the stronger drills just for fishing if the price is right.
Must be nice, our farm and fleet only has hammers, nails, fence post, chicken feed, chains, plumbing supplies, etc. etc. etc.. They pretty much stick by their name around here, "farm" and "fleet", no sporting goods what-so-ever! Sucks! Hell, its even hard to get ice fishing stuff at the local Walmart. Since the company does all the ordering for its stores in Arkansas. They don't have ice fishing in Arkansas, what do they know about ice fishing and what one needs for the sport? Yep, that sucks too!!!
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Not sure of it's quality, but Cabela's has their EZE drill 8 inch auger on sale for $110, for a $30 dollar savings. There is also a club card savings of $20 off any $100 dollar purchase that you should be able to apply if you use their credit card. Also available at Bass Pro.
I actually ditched the extension using the edrill.it was longer than the mora i was using.pretty comfortable drilling without the extension and im 6,2" tall.