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Propane Auger???

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38 pounds is heavy and the price tags high, if you drill alot of holes from what I gather you might be looking at a tank a day, may get expensive by seasons end. I drill 700-1000 holes a season on a gal of gas, at 50-70 holes a tank on the Jiffy thats several tanks. Also my experience with propane equipment is the colder it gets the more it dont like to work. For now I'll be sticking with my Nils, light and always starts.

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I bought it, and ran it for the first time today. AND...I bought the 10 ich, which goes 42 lbs. I think! Yes...I'm a glutton for punishment:)

Heres the thing(s)

1. I don't ice fish a lot (kind of a necessary evil for a MNman I figure) so no 100's of holes a day for me.

2. No atv or sled, so I don't go till I can drive, and the truck doesn't notice the extra weight.

3. I've always had rotten luck keeping augers running well, so no...priming,choking,flooding, etc. really appealed to me.

I'm one to be gun shy of new stuff, so this one was a leap of faith for me, and of course it's way to soon to tell, but so far...

It ran great:) plenty of power to push the 10 inch (only 6 inches of ice, of course). I only drilled a few practice holes, so I'll keep y'all posted as the season progresses.

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I have a strike light and it has never let me down and it is 23 pounds and I love it. However somethings are made out of plastic and do break with alot of abuse but they fix it and I am on my way. I have never had a problem starting this auger even in 5-10 below it fires right up no issues. Best money I spent.

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I bought it, and ran it for the first time today. AND...I bought the 10 ich, which goes 42 lbs. I think! Yes...I'm a glutton for punishment:)

Heres the thing(s)

1. I don't ice fish a lot (kind of a necessary evil for a MNman I figure) so no 100's of holes a day for me.

2. No atv or sled, so I don't go till I can drive, and the truck doesn't notice the extra weight.

3. I've always had rotten luck keeping augers running well, so no...priming,choking,flooding, etc. really appealed to me.

I'm one to be gun shy of new stuff, so this one was a leap of faith for me, and of course it's way to soon to tell, but so far...

It ran great:) plenty of power to push the 10 inch (only 6 inches of ice, of course). I only drilled a few practice holes, so I'll keep y'all posted as the season progresses.

Sounds like a good fit for your needs to me.

The weight is my only reservation on it personally, but all 10.25" augers are going to run heavy. I think they run very well and start exceptionally well. I have ran one frequently this season and it has always started on the first soft pull and remained running. The STX cutting system will not fail you, no worry's there either as I see it.

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Thanks Ed:) Yup, seems like they were thinking of me when they put this one out:)

To answer the "smell" question, I was in the open yesterday for the first running, so I don't have any in-shelter use yet. It didn't seem to smell outside...I'll report back later on it.

and quit being sissys guys! it's "only" 42 lbs:)

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