Strike Master auger help!!

[iceslayer]

I have a strike master 2hp auger. (the digger, not the lazer). A while ago I went way up north and hit some brutal temps and after every hole (sometime halfway through) I would have to chip the ice away from the blade and the spike. I accepted it there because it was -30. Yesterday at Lake Simcoe, not so brutaly cold, but same thing.. This is kinda taking away the joy and ease of owning one, finally.

 

Does anyone experience? What can I do? Some sort of oil base something????

 

Thanks

 

Jim

[buckster]

I have had it happen to me if i wait to long between holes. Maybe clean the area of the ice You wanna drill before u make the hole. Or go get yourslef a jiffy model 30 I know a lot of my friends have a lot of problems with strike master. But i guess as long as it cuts its all good.

[fishingisliving]

I have experienced that as well, cleaning the area of snow, and moving quickly between holes is key. but sometimes its just cold and it happens, so we have to break off the ice that builds up here and there.

[coreyL]

i have a ten year old 2hp jiffy and the same problem happens to me half way through or so i find if u just lift it up and down a couple times hard enough but not to hard to while cutting then resume cutting i find it solves the problem it works great you dont even have to take the auger out of the hole and i was fishing yesterday almost -40 at 530 in the morning

[iceslayer]

Ya I think clearing as much snow away as possible will help a lot. A guy told me to try putting PAM or a vasoline on the area.... Anyone ever heard of that?

 

Thanks guy's

 

 

Jim