![]() ![]() I'll put one of those 1/2" drills with a couple charged batteries up to a day fishing the run and gun with you in 40" of ice.I think they'd surprise you even if they didn't replace your gas auger completely. I also used to work for Milwaukee Electric Tool, leaving just after they released the new V28 line of tools that use a lithium ion battery. Jiffy® PATENTED Gas Powered, 52cc, 2-Cycle Engine HTT (High Torque Transmission) - Jiffy®s proven heavy-duty clutch and optimum gear ratio, transfer more engine energy for additional torque. ![]() Admittedly, that's a different matter, but I get a little sick of these guys showing up with a bazooka to kill a squirrel. Then, half of those have blades so dull that it sounds like they're going for the core of molten magma at the center of the earth, not 9 inches of ice. I've sat and listened to about a third of the people outside my favorite ice fishing spot pull their ass off, trying to start their gas augers in the time that I can hand-drill 2 or 3 holes. Look no further than our collection of Jiffy Ice Augers With the Jiffy Model 56 E6 Lightning Auger, the Jiffy Ice Scout and the Jiffy Rogue XT Drill Assembly. Weighing only about 30 lbs., this conventional ice drill generates exceptional hole-cutting power, yet is easy to transport around the ice. There's a lot of people out there that don't know much about engines, and don't NEED to, they just want to drill holes and fish, and for those people, who fish in a foot of ice or less and typically drill < 20 holes each time they go fishing, a cordless is ideal. Heck, any engine can be a pain in the butt in the winter, no matter how well tuned. Air cooled 2 strokes are pains in the butt in the winter. I restored old snowmobiles and fixed chain saw engines and outboards for a good many years. 40" of ice is a lot of ice, and run and gun season with Crappies in that much ice is a lot of hole drilling. I said "unless you're a.) a hardcore fisherman who drills a LOT (and I mean a LOT) of holes in very very deep ice". ![]()
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