03-12-2012, 02:51 PM
[cool][#0000ff]I'm just raggin' on Da Boys. Hats off to them (and their hair). They got the youthful enthusiasm and the energy to go for the (frozen) gusto. I'd never make it...probably even with a snowmobile.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It goes without saying that it would be a bear to lug a power auger up to one of those lakes. About the only option is a hand auger. Most of us ice tangler types wimp out with hand augers when the ice gets over about 12 inches. But these guys literally got the hair to tackle it when it gets three times that. Only problem is that hand augers don't cut that deep...without an extension. And auger makers do not make extensions for hand augers. Sooooo...they tagged me to help them come up with something that would serve as an extension. A piece of 3/4" conduit and a couple of 1/4" bolts and wing nuts seemed to get 'er done.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It goes without saying that it would be a bear to lug a power auger up to one of those lakes. About the only option is a hand auger. Most of us ice tangler types wimp out with hand augers when the ice gets over about 12 inches. But these guys literally got the hair to tackle it when it gets three times that. Only problem is that hand augers don't cut that deep...without an extension. And auger makers do not make extensions for hand augers. Sooooo...they tagged me to help them come up with something that would serve as an extension. A piece of 3/4" conduit and a couple of 1/4" bolts and wing nuts seemed to get 'er done.[/#0000ff]
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