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Ahhhh, the annual debate over what's better, jiffy or strikemaster. Everyone has their own brand preferences. Mine is Jiffy 3hp STX Pro 10". All Metal, tears a 10" hole pretty quick. Weighs as much as a tank, but that doesn't bother me. I personally don't see the appeal of the lightweight augers. I don't carry one around unless I've got the ATV out. What turned me off to strikemaster is the extensive use of plastic. Plastic gets brittle in the cold. Friend of mine has a Strikemaster, a few years ago he broke one of the handles off while drilling, and also broke the throttle switch. Immediately thought to myself, "definitely not getting that auger"I've never seen a Nils Master in action, but I would like to. They sound like good Reliable machines. I would hope they don't use as much plastic crap as Strikemaster.Good to see Eskimo isn't even in the discussion here.
My old Jiffy 8" 2hp just keeps goin and goin and goin and goin and goin and goin------------
Where did you find a Jiffy 3hp STX Pro? STX Pro came only in 2hp
I drill a ton of holes. I can guarentee you if you are like me you dont want a 10" because they are slower and they weigh more.
They are like maybe 1 second per hole slower than an 8", which is insignificant IMO, I'm not out there to race augers, I'm out to catch fish. But yeah if you walk around with a 40lb auger, it gets old. That's why I don't walk, I let the arctic cat do that. I drive to each hole and drill. I didn't spend 4K on a quad to look at it while I'm dragging the auger all over the lake, gotta get my money worth. I like to be spread out with tip-ups (my majority of fishing) 100 yds at a minimum apart, the lakes I fish don't have a lot of structure to them, just big basins. Just the nature of the lake topo's in my area.
You lucky guys that can drive on the lake.
never had that experience, but i gotta tell you that hearing that alone " driving vehicles on the ice"doesn:t sound too cool. i mean i see the pics and could see ice thickness but seeing a vehicle out ontop of ice is a little scary.
Ah, another naysayer with driving on the ice. I was talking about driving an ATV previously, but I've got no problem with taking my F-150 (about 2-1/2 tons of american steel) out on 12", as long as it's a solid 12" You should see Ice Road Truckers, them guys put 50 tons on the ice and you can see it bend, I love it. How do you think us northerners get our giant ice shacks out on the lake? Pull them behind the truck. I got my wife to ride out with me last year to put my permanent shack out, she was flipping out, pretty funny considering there was already 16" of ice and it wasn't really cracking a whole lot. If there's 6", the quad goes out, no second thoughts about it. We usually get 6" pretty quick around here, once we get freeze over, as long as the wind is down, can be only a week before we get 6", which is why I might only use my little 6" hand auger only once a year. Once the quad comes out, so does the 10" Jiffy. That's why I can drive to my holes and drill them, because I'm either on the ATV, or the truck.
how is a 10" hole any more dangerous then a 8" either one if you step into either size your going up to your knee at least. the only one that you might be ok with is a sixer but your still almost garentied to trip. I say go with a 10" if your going to be doing any kind of game fishing. the 10 is even nice when your using a flasher there is a place for the trans. but thats just my two shinners worth..
Lets go with 12" holes!
Oh noooooo!!! The 10" hole debate Monster is back
I can see your point Gambler. YOU Older guys should be able to drive on the Ice.
it is pretty simple get your heads outta the clouds look where you put your feet!
I guess you never went fishing when there was fresh powder on the ice. Down here if its not that cold the holes from the night before just barely skin over. A fresh coat of powder over a barely skun hole means you ain't going to see it and you'll step in it.