Auger Got Stuck?

[Sybar]

the other day my auger got stuck about 2" from the bottom...never happened to me before...so I cleaned out the hole and try to open it up and it got stuck again...im clueless, what would cause it to rip through 20" then get stuck...

[Big Buck Buster]

Is this a hand or power auger? I had problems like that with both. I noticed that some bigger chunks of ice would get caught between the hole and the auger. Just try to keep it moving, and pull the auger out of the hole ever so often to get rid of the shavings. Hope that helps.

[Sybar]

yah i dont know...its a 3hp jiffy...serious power...just seemed weird why it would not cut through even after i took all the ice out of the hole...?

[Cold_blood]

my auger does the same thing i've just resorted to bringin a hand auger with and finishin the holes

[Sybar]

my auger does the same thing i've just resorted to bringin a hand auger with and finishin the holes

yah, you know Im thinking i probably didnt let it really get warmed up enough...at least i hope

[CARVER_COUNTRY]

Could also be if the point on your auger is dull or it got damamged. had this problem with my jiffy a few years back, it would catch on the bottom of the ice and wouldnt break though so i filled the point and it has worked ever sense

[Cold_blood]

yea maybe thats my problem but i doubt it lol o well a lil work never killed anybody did it?

[Sybar]

Could also be if the point on your auger is dull or it got damamged. had this problem with my jiffy a few years back, it would catch on the bottom of the ice and wouldnt break though so i filled the point and it has worked ever sense

just put bran spankn new blades on it...would that be the problem some how...like i said it ripped through the first 20 some inches in like seconds...then nothing...

[Sybar]

Could also be if the point on your auger is dull or it got damamged. had this problem with my jiffy a few years back, it would catch on the bottom of the ice and wouldnt break though so i filled the point and it has worked ever sense

oh wait a second...what point?

[CARVER_COUNTRY]

the point that is permantly mounted on the auger shaft. it the first thing that breaks though the bottom of the ice and if it has dull edges that will cause it to catch. hope that helps you out

[Cold_blood]

not all augers have that point though just most eskimos and another one just came out with it but i forgot who it is sry

[CARVER_COUNTRY]

he said it was a jiffy and they all have points on them

[fish with teeth]

i have the same problem with my jiffy it seems like the ice is softer. the blades try to take to big of a bite and they get stuck. i hold mine up when i hear it start to bog down. dont let it take a full bite and that seems to work to get through the last 2 or 3 inches

[Sybar]

i have the same problem with my jiffy it seems like the ice is softer. the blades try to take to big of a bite and they get stuck. i hold mine up when i hear it start to bog down. dont let it take a full bite and that seems to work to get through the last 2 or 3 inches

full bite?

what is it about the last 2 to 3...i read some other posts and have heard others having the same prob...the only thing that bothers me is i just replace the blades with bran new ones before this ever happened to me....5 years old auger

[fish with teeth]

i have brand new blades too probly 10 holes on them. by full bite i mean dont let the auger try and take out big shavings, lift it up a little let the motor run full throttle with only little pressure on the blades. it seems to go through fine for me then

[Dan189]

i borrowed my buddies jiffy late season last year and it was the same thing. You just have to ease up on the pressure lift it up and down a bit so, like they've already said, it won't bite (or dig in) too far.

[SSCHOPSHOP]

What Fish with teeth and Dan said, when it starts to pull the motor down, give it less down pressure. Just like when a drill bit is about to go through a piece of metal, you let up near the end so it don't catch...

[Sybar]

interesting i shall do that...it just seems(like i said earlier) why with so much power would it quit out on ya with new blades at 2 inches?...i think i need to let it run for two minutes instead on 1 minute...then maybe dig the hole...just a thought?

[Surface Tension]

Just as others have said. Once the center point breaks through the ice the auger shaft shifts off center. When that happens your blade alignment is off and it can jamb. Help it out by lifting up when you start to feel it bog. After all they call it a center point for a reason, its to center the blade(s)as its cuts.

New blades can make this situation worse because its taking a more aggressive cut, thus the jamb tighter.

[123fish]

With my Mag III as soon as you see a little slush in the hole you are drilling is when to lighten up on the pressure and work the auger up and down.

[Loft]

I had a similar issue with a Strike Mater where it would just break through and the lock up. I brought it to Stike master and they told me that the pitch of my blades was incorrect. They made the adjustment and it works fine.

Don't think that this will apply towards your Jiffy but thought I would share.

[ol'popsy]

maybe you need to warm it up alittle longer - I let mine warm up anywhere from 2 to 6 days

[want2fish]

I have a strike lite. And I had this same problem in the late season last year. I found that drilling as deep as I was I needed to consistently drill a little and pull up and get some snow out of the hole. The snow at that time was very heavy due to warm weather, and all of that building up on the bottom of the hole was causing it to get stuck.

[Sybar]

]maybe you need to warm it up alittle longer - I let mine warm up anywhere from 2 to 6 days

lol

you must have to really plan ahead...lol