MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Whats The best setting on the drill for ice drilling? Millwakee Fuel m18 6 inch auger Lazer Ice eater Conversion kit. Thanks
what is the difference between a lifetime warranty and a lifetime service agreement for us slow folk?
oh okay that explains it
I still maintain that what we're doing with these drills violates the warranty terms anyway.If you ever need repair/parts/replacement, good luck! I hope it works out.
Yup.
I wanted to give an update after fishing on Saginaw Bay today. I used my clam/rigdid auger today with a 8" mora ice auger with new blades. The ice was about 22" thick. I was able to drill 12 holes on one 3 ah battery. The drill would shut down about 3/4 through, I would let it sit for a few seconds and finish drilling the hole. I am going to buy the milwaukee fuel 18 volt hammer drill with 2 4ah batteries. This is a brushless drill and the rigdid is brushed. The milwaukee has over 700 lbs of torque, where the rigdid has just over 600lbs of torque. The price difference is about $100, rigdid $199 and the milwaukee $299. I am hoping this milwaukee will be the final drill I try with this set up. I am thinking I should be able to get around 20 8"holes with the milwaukee per battery. If this works I will never own a gas auger again. This unit is under half the weight of gas and cuts twice as fast as gas and is silent. This could be a deadly hole hopping. It is also much easier to carry on the quad or pulling in a shanty. Most years we are lucky to get 12" of ice on the bay, so under normal conditions this unit would work out even better. I will post my test results with the milwaukee next weekend after trying it out on the bay again.
Need a little help here. Have been reading all the posts refering to the Clam Cordless drill adaptor and cordless drills to use. Wondering if I should keep my 6" Nils as a hand auger, purchase the clam conversion kit & a new cordless drill or just purchase a new gas auger? Does the Clam cordless adaptor fit on a 6" Nils? Thinking of purchasing a 20v lith Ion 1/2" Milw hammer drill w/ (2) 4 Amp batteries to make this work. I was told the Clam doesn't fit the Nils but the person that told me wasn't sure? My biggest problem is, we have 24-26" of ice. Obviously we don't have this kind of ice every year, but this year is the exception.
Well I have nothing but great things I say about the Milwaukee fuel 18v hammer drill. My last outing on Saginaw bay I has the rigdid 18v hammer drill and was not able to drill a 8" hole through 22" of ice with out the drill shutting down a few times. As I type this I am sitting about 12 miles out on Saginaw bay. I have drilled six 8" holes through 24" of ice so far and have 2 of the 4 bars left on the battery. The Milwaukee drill never paused or slowed down as I drilled the holes. I drilled one after the other, 3 holes each move side by side. I should be able to get twelve 8" holes on each battery for a total of twenty four 8" holes and a total of over 400" on two batteries. To say I am happy would be an understatement. I made a video of me drilling one hole and will try to post it.Here is a short video of the clam/milwaukee fuel 8" cordless drill auger in action today. Please disregard the date I stated, I got that mixed up..... lol&feature=youtu.be
IMO this setup is much cheaper than a ION auger and much lighter. I don't think I will ever own a gas auger again.
One thing to keep in mind, every product has a life cycle and things are being designed today with a much shorter life cycle than in the past. I am willing to be the ion was designed to have, maybe a five year life cycle. Things are built like the old days.
I agree with pointer using the Milwaukee 18v fuel drill, I purchased the clam adapter and 7"auger combo, and was very impressed with it's performance. I just came off the ice today, drilled 25 holes through 32" of ice, and on one battery and it was still strong. I posted before about using a dewalt 20v drill and the did ok the first time out on thinner ice, but never did well with it since. I too recommend the Milwaukee 18v fuel drill. awesome performance!Thanks for the insight Pointer,dangle