Looking for review on Eskimo Augers

[Yukoner]

Just got back from fishing the porcupine hills near Swan and the auger Z51 Shark worked like a charm.  Like I mentioned previously it would stall out after a few holes.  I carefully measured my 20:1 ratio (first 20 hours is this ratio then 25:1) using graduated cylinders with brand new Jiffy 2 Cycle oil and new high octane gas.  I drilled 20 holes and for the first time it did not stall.  I was using oil from last year so maybe that was the deal.  The manual does mention the clutch has to be broken in for the first 2 hours or it would stall.

Problem fixed and caught some nice fish up there.  So much snow that there was 3 inches of water on the ice after drilling holes.  Only 18 inches of ice though which is odd for March!

I have just read through the manual for my Z51, and cannot see where it recommends using a richer fuel mix for break in period.  Did you get this infor from Eskimo?

Thanks,
Ted

[SISIF]

I have an Eskimo Mako 8" and it's awesome. However, I've come to like 10" holes, so if I were re-buying probably that 10" Z-51 would be my pick.

The Mako has a bit over 100 holes drilled by now, 2-4ft of ice.  and it always started just fine, but after about 75 holes it was like a switch flipped and instead of taking 3-5 pulls to start it now starts on the first pull.

[panfishboy]

I have a Shark Z51 I got this year. At first, it was hard to get going, it took some "working in"
Now its awesome, in the cold, 3-5 pulls max, thats really cold, normally, 2 pulls max. I do find that when it full to the rim with gas it works beter. I also have to use really fresh gas, and I use 50:1