[wyogoob]

ION:
No more gas, no 2-cycle oil, no mixing, no spills, no fumes.
No mo gas cans
No mo pulling on a rope starter
No mo Seafoam or Sta Bil
No mo annual draining the fuel tank
No mo annual changing of the fuel pump diaphragm twice each year
No mo small engine repair bills
No mo carburetor kits
No mo carrying an owner’s manual and a tool kit
No mo noise


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[johnnycake]

I've had my Jiffy for more than 10 + years now and it starts and runs perfect. You take care of your equipment and it takes care of you.

I've purchased many items that "wont start", or, "leaks gas when you fill it". Made a few pennies getting it running and selling it.

I'm not saying battery augers are junk. Just think it's a lot of money for an ugly green drill. If my Jiffy dies, I'll just quit Ice Fishing, and sit by the Wood Stove, and play with the Grandkids.

Yeah them thar autimotive-majiggers are pretty ugly too. Take care of yet horse right and she'll last you a couple decades. When she dies I'll probably just never go out adventurin anymore

 

[Critter]

My neighbor just shakes his head at me when I do my fall maintence on all of my 2stroke engine equipped equipment. Besides my ice auger it includes three chain saws a weed wacker and a leaf blower. Two of the chain saws are pushing 45 years and one is over 30. The weed wacker is 20 and the leaf blower is 15. All of them will start within two or three pulls of the starter rope except for the newest chain saw and that one is so cold blooded that I feel like putting a intake heater on it, but it usually fires off within 10 pulls.

My Eskimo ice auger will fire up in 2 pulls, and I have won bets with it on how many pulls of the starter rope it takes while out on the ice.

My neighbor keeps telling me that none of them owe me a thing and that I should just start replacing them, but why replace something that isn't broken?

 

[wyogoob]

My neighbor just shakes his head at me when I do my fall maintence on all of my 2stroke engine equipped equipment. Besides my ice auger it includes three chain saws a weed wacker and a leaf blower. Two of the chain saws are pushing 45 years and one is over 30. The weed wacker is 20 and the leaf blower is 15. All of them will start within two or three pulls of the starter rope except for the newest chain saw and that one is so cold blooded that I feel like putting a intake heater on it, but it usually fires off within 10 pulls.

My Eskimo ice auger will fire up in 2 pulls, and I have won bets with it on how many pulls of the starter rope it takes while out on the ice.

My neighbor keeps telling me that none of them owe me a thing and that I should just start replacing them, but why replace something that isn't broken?

All of my battery-operated equipment starts in 0 pulls. And my dad can beat up your dad.

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[taxidermist]

Just had an idea...……… I could take the "massy" on the ice, use the PTO and drill a hole faster than ANY auger. Huh??????????????


Nobody is beating anyone up...……-O,-

 

[wyogoob]

Just had an idea...……… I could take the "massy" on the ice, use the PTO and drill a hole faster than ANY auger. Huh??????????????

Nobody is beating anyone up...……-O,-

Hey, what's a "massy"?

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[wyogoob]

I'll throw my ION on my tan leather my back seat and it may ride there for a couple months...no dirt, no grime.

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[wyogoob]

Both small engine repair shops in Evingston went out of business when I went to all battery-operated equipment.


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[wyogoob]

 

[wyogoob]

off track

Has anybody used the new adapters that allow you to use a cordless drill and your hand auger to drill their holes in the ice with?
How long do the batteries last?
Would a post hole auger work?

Thanks for any help or info!

Geeze, sorry I got a little off track.

I suggest just going out on the ice and helping those fellas pull on their starting ropes. If you get one of those augers running I'm sure they'll drill some holes for ya.
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[bowgy]

I have a great gas auger that starts every time, it has never given me any problems and I love it.

However, a few of years ago I had about a thousand dollars in Cabela's points and picked up an Ion, I haven't used the gas auger since. I did take it with me the first couple of times I went with the Ion in case it didn't live up to the hype. It is great, every time I go and I see someone pulling on a gas one that won't start or cranking on the hand auger I walk over and offer to drill them a couple of holes.

Anyone interested in a great gas auger?:smile:

 

[DallanC]

It is great, every time I go and I see someone pulling on a gas one that won't start or cranking on the hand auger I walk over and offer to drill them a couple of holes.

Ya I've drilled quite a few holes for other guys who cant get their gaser to fire up.

Last time out, two guys hiked for an hour and a half through almost knee deep snow to get to the north end of a lake we were fishing on (we'd gone in on snowmobiles), and then asked if they could set up next to us (they saw us landing fish after fish as they approached). I said sure, they then tiredly started getting out their gear out when one started yanking on the pull start of their auger. After a while his buddy started yanking on it... 5 min later I looked at my wife and she nodded so I picked up the ion walked over and cut a couple holes for them right quick.

They were both planning on stopping off at Sportsmans in Heber to look at a Ion on their way back home LOL

-DallanC

 

[Critter]

Watching someone pull on a starter rope is no different than watching a ice fisherman walk off of the ice with his Ion auger when he forgot to recharge the batteries.

If you don't maintain your equipment you are setting yourself up for failure.

 

[johnnycake]

Watching someone pull on a starter rope is no different than watching a ice fisherman walk off of the ice with his Ion auger when he forgot to recharge the batteries.

If you don't maintain your equipment you are setting yourself up for failure.

Which is why I also bring the handle for the manual portion of my setup with me in case the drill battery dies (never has though...). I did drill a few holes with the manual crank just to see how it was with the Nils. Having done Eskimo manual augers before I was expecting a long workout, but nope. Nils augers are simply life changing!

 

[bowgy]

Watching someone pull on a starter rope is no different than watching a ice fisherman walk off of the ice with his Ion auger when he forgot to recharge the batteries.

If you don't maintain your equipment you are setting yourself up for failure.

You sir are correct, I put mine on charge the night before, even when the lights show full charge. I have never seen it lower than one light down from full.

I did forget the gas can for my gas auger one time, lucky that someone I knew had some extra gas. Got home and there is the gas can sitting in the driveway, just forgot to put it in the back of the truck while loading everything elseO|*

 

[sawsman]

The Ion. Best piece of fishing gear ever!

Drill baby, drill!

 

[DallanC]

Watching someone pull on a starter rope is no different than watching a ice fisherman walk off of the ice with his Ion auger when he forgot to recharge the batteries.

Wait... is it possible for them to even go dead? I've never seen more than the first light turn off on mine... ever. Maybe Goob has gotten two lights to turn off... apparently he finds it more fun to drill holes than catch fish.

There's an idea for the OP... skip getting an auger all together, just follow Goob around the lake with a hole every 20ft.

-DallanC

 

[taxidermist]

Hey, what's a "massy"?

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Tractor..... Massy Fergusson.

 

[taxidermist]

Well, sounds like I'm set up for ice fishing this year. When Goob and Dallan head out, drop a message to me and I'll tag along and you can drill my hole for fishing.


When your ice fishing and grab a beverage from the cooler, do you guys hold your pinky finger out to sip, and, put your nose up in the air?


That's funny, don't care how you drill your hole.

 

[taxidermist]

Goob, forgot to ask you...…….. Does that Gall come with ION to keep you warm? If so, I'm buying one.:mrgreen: