Lazer power Auger blades & Freezeup issues?

[gill man]

My fishing buddy and I are thinking about making the switch to Lazer shaving blades versus the Jiffy chipper blades we have been running. We would most likely be using the standard 2 blade shaving blade augers from Strikemaster.

But, I know a guy that bought one of the red 9 inch augers with the 3 shaving blades a couple years ago. He says that if it is below freezing he uses his old chipper blade because in normal winter weather the 3 shaving blades ice up so bad the auger is pretty much useless.

I asked him if he uses the throttle to spin the slush off after drilling holes, and he said he's tried it but it still doesn't seem to help.

I find it hard to believe this would be such a big problem, or else not nearly as many people would be using the shaving blades, but I figured I would ask here.

gill man

[Scott K]

I have had the issue, but it doesnt happen all that often. I too spin the slush off, and make sure I dont lay the auger blades in snow, and reinstall the cover to minimize it from freezing. It seems to work most of the time.

[Sandmannd]

I've only had mine a month and just spin the slush off and then cover it all the time.

[polarsusd81]

One tip I read from Dave Genz is once you get your hole drilled, kick the slush out of the way on the downwind side, to form a channel for the slush to escape, then run the auger for a second with water in the hole. This not only helps clear the slush off the blades and bit of the auger, but also clears out most of the slush from the hole. Works pretty good if you figure it out. Then the spot you formed the channel in, will serve as the spot to set the vex or marcum, and you fish with your back to the wind. Pretty easy way to set up.

[anyfishwilldo]

If im not mistaken, SM dosen't make the 3 blade unit anymore because of some problems it had. I have a 8" lazer mag, and have never had a problem unless I set my wet drill head down in the snow. Even then, just spin it in an open hole, the dump falls off and back to cutting.

[shooter_mcgavin]

I made the mistake of banging the blades on the ice last night to get the slush off. Now it doesn't cut well so i'm assuming i dulled the blades. Before it would cut without any pressure on the auger, but now I have to push down pretty hard.

[TrophyEyes]

Here is a trick that works for me. After you are done drilling your holes. Partially drill another hole, clear all the snow from the hole by pulling the auger up. I only go down about 4-8 inches, depending on the thicknes. By clearing the slush and water from the blades with new ice, you don't fowl up as much. Plus you have a place to keep your auger upright so you don't spill any gas or melt the snow on the engine.

[Sandmannd]

Everything I've heard is that this is a huge do not do. When I bought mine I asked that and they said never do it. It was on the DVD as a never do as well. The weight from the power head can bend your shaft. I've never done that.

[anyfishwilldo]

 Originally Posted By: shooter_mcgavin

I made the mistake of banging the blades on the ice last night to get the slush off. Now it doesn't cut well so i'm assuming i dulled the blades. Before it would cut without any pressure on the auger, but now I have to push down pretty hard.

I wouldn't be so quick to replace the blades. The chances are you bent the operating angle of the blades.