cordless ice auger

[rainbow]

heres a pic of my new auger tell me if it will work                                                   

[grumpymoe]

ummm.....fishing on Aarons pond should work great until next week or so....after that....ummmm....No... ...Grump

[rainbow]

May try the trout ponds with  it next weekend yea first ice auger for sure jiffy later on in the winter 

[Trevor]

Rainbow, try what another member here suggested.  Freeze a pail of water and try drilling into it.  There is a guy on Ebay who sells an adapter to use an ice drill with a cordless drill.  He claims he can cut something like 24 holes through 12" of ice on a single charge with an 18 volt battery.  Personally I'm a little skeptical. 

Your's might just bind as you need an auger to clean out the hole as you drill.

I'm thinking it's just a way to burn out a good drill. 

Trevor

[capt.lucky]

i have been using a 18 volt drill to cut 6in holes for the last 2 years i get a full days fishing from two batt.s i love it. 

[Trevor]

Captain, how thick is the ice generally?  How cold the temps?  No problems with burning brushes(in the drill) or anything?  Kind of been curious about this. 

I'm certain it just wouldn't "cut it" where I fish as ice can often be over 36" by new year.

Trevor

[rainbow]

Thanks guys for the input guys I"m trying to test the auger outside but temps are too warm right now    thats great you can a days fishing on two batteries  CL  8) this auger  would be for first ice up to 16" after that my jiffy would take care of the rest of the winter  8) Trevor the drill is an 24 volt heavy duty dewalt I will test it out + report back

[Trevor]

Right on rainbow.  I'm curious to see how it works out.

Trevor

[tk10fire]

Looking forward to the results to.

[rainbow]

Heres the first test results guys 8) pail water frozen solid drilled through 8 " of ice with ease  8) next test Small pond or lake    a few pics                                                                                          

[Ashnohgrimbatul]

Is it quicker than a hand auger of the same diameter?

[rainbow]

Theres no effort with the drill ash  8) a good sharp hand auger is still a great tool   8) the true test will be on a lake + how Long the battery lasts 

[Trophy Hunter]

That is cool Rainbow......hmmm maybe after first ice you can still bring that along just in case strange people wander too close to ya 8) BTW I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who puts a pail of water outside to see if it will freeze or not

[Trevor]

That's cool.  Thanks for posting rainbow .

Trevor

[Water Wolf]

What a neat tool rainbow, let us know how long she lasts.
Always good to have a extra auger.
WW

[MikePike]

well, it kind of looks like you dumped that bucket over a few times to get the icechips out. toobad you can't do that with a lake  Looks like it will be OK for 1-1 1/2' of ice or so.