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ht mini nero?
Some one said they work good?? but it's s good way to break a wrist if it locks up I am thinking.. that's if attached to a good drill like the octane or the m18 fuel at 1200 to 1300 inch pounds..
Hammer Drill WITH a handle will prevent any wrist breaking...I welded up my own drill adapter out of some round stock and chopped up a hardened allen wrench and made my own adapter where the handle auger usually went. I then carry as a backup... the lazer manual hand auger handle attachment snapped into some quickfists that are drill mounted inside
Was also worried about breaking the drills gear box with the laser is why I don't want to go with it.. thanks for the idea on the quick fist! I am going to have to try to find some for that very reason..
you bought a life time warranted drill. let it break if it can.
I am set on an 8 inch auger. I have a 6 nils that I use for hole hoping and jigging, but I like to target pike and lakers, so a 7 is a bit small for those purposes. 8 sometimes can be pushing it on a 40 inch pike, and the lake I trout fish has 20+ pounders in it (not that I have caught) so in the happen chance I have one on the line, I dont want the hole to be my limiting factor. The k-drill is 7.5, I really want to stick to that or bigger. I also do tend to re-drill holes, though usually more to rebore them to full size from a day of shrinking, not cutting a hole through a fully refrozen hole. I am using a m18 with 1200 inch pounds, not the hammer style as those are bad for the blades when run on hammer mode. If that nero was 8 inch it would be super appealing, but the goal really is to replace my 8 inch jiffy pro4 with the same size just losing weight.
If that nero was 8 inch it would be super appealing, but the goal really is to replace my 8 inch jiffy pro4 with the same size just losing weight.
For lakers and pike why not just use a 6 inch?? Some people don't think abou this butThree holes in a triangle shape and chip out middle with a spud that's if a 12 x12 hole is small enough for ya?? That way hole hop with the 6 and still be able to use for lakers?? BUT that up to you?? I put three holes in ice only when the fish are that big.. like pike and lakers and I will use my 7 inch for the three holes see my point! Makes land a fish that much easier..
Not sure where you live, but setting 30 tip ups (2 peoples gear on champlain) would be 90 holes at 20 seconds a hole, add to that chipping the middle at like 1 minute a hole, and I'm spending over an hour just drilling before I start setting gear. for the occasional oh crap this fish is bigger than my 6 inch hole issue thats ok, but as a every hole every trip thing it wouldn't work. sticky fingers where have you seen a 8 inch NERO? not listed on any website i have seen.
Yeah its pretty crazy. But on a nice 35 degree spring day with 4 guys out pike fishing there is nothing like it, non-stop action, blow through $100 in bait in an hour. I see eskimo has a new drill auger called the pistol. Looks to be under 4 lb for the 8 inch bit, that seems incredibly light, under 10lb with a drill and 5ah battery. I know we are a bit early, but has anyone seen one in action? Only video I can find of it is some what seem to be drunk Canadians using one to drill into dirt (which it seemed to do impressively well) Price is around the Nils and the k-Drill but blades are $25, and its a full 8 inch.