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hamms-scooter

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I brought my strikemaster powerhead into a shop and guy there is making an adapter to match it to my 8" nils. Can't wait to try that setup... Fished saturday and drilled alot of holes by hand I love the Nils. I am glad I won't need an extention either as it is longer to begin with. Some trips to mille lacs i needed one with my chipper auger. Will be using my other augers as well I'm sure when the lakes start getting the trucks out it brings the sand and the chipper drills great and last so long with the dirty ice conditions. How long do you nils guys get out of a sharp auger. Mine is new.

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Both my Solo and my Nils will go a year plus. Take good care of the cutting tip and it will taske care of you.

Ibelieve the longest I went with a Nils is close to 2 seasons.

With my Nils, if I cut many holes on Upper red with the sand in the ice, then it will shorten it's cutting life.

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I brought my strikemaster powerhead into a shop and guy there is making an adapter to match it to my 8" nils. Can't wait to try that setup... Fished saturday and drilled alot of holes by hand I love the Nils. I am glad I won't need an extention either as it is longer to begin with. Some trips to mille lacs i needed one with my chipper auger. Will be using my other augers as well I'm sure when the lakes start getting the trucks out it brings the sand and the chipper drills great and last so long with the dirty ice conditions. How long do you nils guys get out of a sharp auger. Mine is new.

please post a pic of the adapter. i would like to be able to attach my nils drill to my strikemaster head.

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I will post picks of the adapter when I get it back. You guys with the nils, Does yours have a center cutting point? Mine does not. Cuts well though. Can't wait to run it on my auger and see how it compares to my 6" lazer I have for it.Also have any of you needed an extention with yours?

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please post a pic of the adapter. i would like to be able to attach my nils drill to my strikemaster head.

Mike

Have you called IceGator to see if there Nils adapter would be what you are looking for ?

From the looks of things the only auger that they don't list on there HSOforum is a Strikemaster which leads me to believe that there diameter is the same as Strikemaster.

Might want to give a call and see for sure.

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Well, I just ordered the ice gator adapter yesterday so once it shows up I will post up the results. I don't see how it wont work. The strikemaster bit bolts right up to the gator and the nils adatper goes between the two. It should be fun...

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What was the price of that adapter? Does your nils have the power point or not? Can't wait to hear how you like your strikemaster/Nils combo. Mine should be ready tomorrow smile

It was 30$.

I got a powerpoint and a regular bit so we will see what works best. I think for the power auger the power point will be a bit nicer though.

Let us know how yours work out. I have a home made adapter but its a little wonky so it doesn't rotate the best. It works well enough that I got a taste of what that combo can do last year and its nice.

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