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Title: Ice anchor tool?
Post by: COLD-AS-ICE on Dec 03, 2012, 11:22 AM
I have a shappell 6000. Has anyone made there own tool to put in a drill and screw in there ice anchors or did you just buy the tool? Thanks
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Post by: maineduckhunter on Dec 03, 2012, 12:04 PM
My hands work great....and they are free!!  :flex:
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Post by: Dags Bait Maine on Dec 03, 2012, 12:45 PM
Clam makes a tool for a battery drill.

-Dylan
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Post by: APJ on Dec 03, 2012, 12:49 PM
Just something else to carry.. I already haul 2 jet sleds. No thanks hands work well. :)
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Post by: mud_n_fun on Dec 03, 2012, 12:52 PM
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg44/mud_n_fun/Ice%20equipment/DSCF1091.jpg)
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Post by: maineduckhunter on Dec 03, 2012, 01:02 PM
Just something else to carry.. I already haul 2 jet sleds. No thanks hands work well. :)
YUP!!  :afro:
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Post by: COLD-AS-ICE on Dec 03, 2012, 01:07 PM
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg44/mud_n_fun/Ice%20equipment/DSCF1091.jpg)

I like that idea. Doesn't win any beauty contests but looks very functional.
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Post by: icewoman on Dec 03, 2012, 01:24 PM
The anchors I use are sometimes hard to get started, but after putting alittle muscle :flex: into it,  they go in easy!
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Post by: maineduckhunter on Dec 03, 2012, 01:47 PM
The anchors I use are sometimes hard to get started, but after putting alittle muscle :flex: into it,  they go in easy!
Now that's what I'm talking about!!!  >:D
Title: Re: Ice anchor tool?
Post by: COLD-AS-ICE on Dec 03, 2012, 02:15 PM
The anchors I use are sometimes hard to get started, but after putting alittle muscle :flex: into it,  they go in easy!

The same is true on mine. But the way I look at it, the less time I spend Screwing around with them the more time I have to catch the big one!
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Post by: lion on Dec 03, 2012, 02:27 PM
I took an old hole saw and cut a notch in it that the anchors slide into.  Attach that to the ol Dewalt and I can have everything anchored down on 2 minutes!  Doesn't look pretty but it definitley does the job! @)
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Post by: drfhaha123 on Dec 03, 2012, 02:34 PM
I use 8 inch lag bolts,3/4 in. wrench,take up very little space.
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Post by: APJ on Dec 04, 2012, 06:28 AM
The anchors I use are sometimes hard to get started, but after putting alittle muscle :flex: into it,  they go in easy!
if you do have a hard time take a hammer and tap them in first a little than they will screw right in.. :)
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Post by: MEyota79 on Dec 04, 2012, 04:05 PM
The same is true on mine. But the way I look at it, the less time I spend Screwing around with them the more time I have to catch the big one!
Set your traps before you set up camp! ::) :whistle:
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Post by: Eggemoggin on Dec 04, 2012, 05:32 PM
I used a piece of 1" round aluminum and milled a 1/2"  slot in the end about 2 1/2 " long..... cut the rod off
at five inches in length and turned down the other end to fit in a 1/2" battery drill....    works fine for me. :clap: :icefish:
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Post by: Coach on Dec 04, 2012, 05:37 PM
This works best for me. Just use you auger and drill at least 2 holes (I do 4 hole when it is really windy) and set them down under the ice and tie off your house to it.  Don't have to carry extra tools or have the ice break around the ice anchor.
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii213/coach04222/100_2087.jpg)
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Post by: COLD-AS-ICE on Dec 04, 2012, 05:48 PM
This work best for me. Just use you auger and drill at least 2 holes (I do 4 hole when it is really windy) and set them down under the ice and tie off your house to it.  Don't have to carry extra tools or have the ice break around the ice anchor.
(http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii213/coach04222/100_2087.jpg)

I thought about that doing that. Just didn't want 2 or 4 10" holes immediately beside the tent for someone to fall in.
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Post by: skidooguy on Dec 05, 2012, 09:58 AM
Thats what we do. Just put something next to them- bait bucket- basket - whatever- works good.
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Post by: Coach on Dec 05, 2012, 08:47 PM
Thats what we do. Just put something next to them- bait bucket- basket - whatever- works good.
X2
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Post by: jethro on Dec 06, 2012, 07:42 AM
I use real ice climbing screws. They are expensive, but once paid for, you'll never need to buy them again. And once you use them, you'll realize they are are light years above and beyond any other way to anchor to the ice.

(http://climbhigh.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x450/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/p/e/petzl-laser-ice-climbing-screw.jpg)