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Which Ice Auger?

Carpenter

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brian6715 Experienced

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My Marcum will roundhouse your jiffy in the gear case while putting a nasty choke hold on your Vexilar/Humminbird.

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In all reality gear today is so advanced that it is hard to say one is better than the other. Each has advantages/disadvantages... you just have to weigh which advantages fit your fishing style better.

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My Marcum will roundhouse your jiffy in the gear case while putting a nasty choke hold on your Vexilar/Humminbird.

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In all reality gear today is so advanced that it is hard to say one is better than the other. Each has advantages/disadvantages... you just have to weigh which advantages fit your fishing style better.

I totally agree except for the obvious - Marcum makes the best flasher and Strikemaster the best auger. grin

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I've been through quite a few augers over the last ten years mostly Strikemaster and Eskimo with different contests. The year before the solo came out there were some tranny issues that I encountered with the Lazer Mags I think I bought 60 of them that year and the large cast gear in the tranny snapped on two of them, on both however I discovered it was ameteur drillers who slowed the auger speed down as the blade started punching through causing the blade to stick then gunning the throttle breaking the gear. One year I bought 45 of the eskimo's with the 33cc engine breakage rate was around 25% (would not want another if they gave it to me). Two years ago I think I went through about 130 Eskimo's with the 71cc engines I don't remember if these were the shark's or the mako's failure rate was very low but they were very heavy and physically taller than normal making them a bit harder to start holes with but they would brobably be good for guys not running and gunning who deal with a lot of thicker ice. Last year I got approx. 75 of the Eskimo's with the 50cc engine and I was pretty impressed all of them started right up out of the box ,at 10 below zero, within a couple of pulls and failure rate was zero if I were buying an Eskimo this would be the model for me. I believe these small and medium Eskimo's and all but the largest Jiffy still use the same Chinese made engine manufacturer.

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If u could find a 224 strikemaster auger I buy it. I have used several augers from jiffys to sharks nothing compares to it. Does get a little spendy with 4 blades.

I know of a place that still has some 224 drill units(no powerhead). they are the 10" ones. they are out of the 8 inch according to their HSOforum. email me if you want the details. very good clearence price also.

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