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So how do you mix the 2 stroke oil with the propane???... is it injected?
They didn't get it.... Makes it even funnier! What is the main purpose of owning a propane auger, weed wacker, etc. What am I missing?
North American Fishing Club just had an article on their e-mail newsletter stating the 6 scents that kill fishing success (I know, I know...).Then one caveat they had in the article was petro based items (gas and oil) had little affect....in THAT study.Just throwing it out there as an item to discuss.Personally, I wear my gloves whenever I gas up or cut holes, and never wear gloves when baiting up or changing lures because I can't do it with gloves on, so try to keep a little buffer there anyway.Here are my thoughts....a drill cutting ice has the same amount of noise under the ice no matter the power source from what I have seen and read, I fill up the night before with different gloves and have never ran out of juice with my Eskimo no matter how many holes I drill in a day of fishing, I don't have to worry about whether or not my gas drill will ice up, proportionally the propane auger is WAY heavier than my current drill, and it costs a lot......Also, an engine burning propane is a different smell/non-smell than running a heater, but it definately still has a distinct odor. I haven't been around the new auger, but I have been around fork lifts and pickup trucks that have been converted to run off propane and they definately have an odor when they are running.I carry an 11 pound tank for heat and food and have found myself in one situation where it was so cold that I couldn't get a pounder to thread as a backup because, I can only figure, the metals on the connectors contracted enough to prevent it. When you walk out and lose your source of heat, or hole punch, that's the end of the day.....Good discussion....I would be tickled pink to try one out, just not enough pros compared to cons on my spreadsheet.It's heavy, expensive, still has an odor when running, and not proven as a product....yet......Just my opinion....
thank you for the time taken to post this... I've been a mechanic for over 40 years, in my experience, propane and cold dont play well together.. i was very curious on how the two would mix...My feelings are that this was developed for the shanty crowd, because the porpane is nearly oderless ( the reason they run propane in ware house fork trucks) and has lower levels of carbon monoxide it will be interesting to see how these work as time goes on...what brand is the motor... the picture looked like a Briggs and Stratton?
As far as i know, it is an in house design, built in China.
so much for their built in USA slogan if thatis the case...
so much for their built in USA slogan if that is the case...