Woods auger from Canadian Tire

[verno]

Anyone have any info on the Woods 43cc gas auger from Canadian Tire?  My wife and kids spoiled me with one of those and an eskimo hub for Christmas. I know it has to be a rebranded something else,  I'm just looking down the road when I have to replace parts etc at how hard that is going to be?  From the picture on the box it appears that a lot of the parts on the outside are plastic. 

[Fisherman]

No info but I'll bet most of the different brands all come from the same building but different doors, slightly different handle and paint.  There's a number of brands that all use the 33cc engine, again probably all interchangeable parts.  Unfortunately the amount of plastic used keeps increasing. 

[GBW]

Congrats on the cool gifts and I'd bet the parts are the same as Eskimo 

[porkpie]

Take a look at the manual and see if there is any reference to Ardisam .  They are the parent company to Eskimo augers, and have been making the rapala gas augers since they came out as well as a few others.  

[Dutch01]

It's a virtual certainty that the Woods 43cc has the same Ardisam engine as my Rapalav43cc Vortex (Ardisam makes 90% of auger motors).

Mine runs GREAT but only after I replace the stock Torch brand spark plug. If yours has one change it out ASAP. I also recommend TruFuel from Canadian Tire. Other guys are going to blast me here saying it's a waste of money, but I use one $10 can per season so I'm not worried about saving an extra $4 by mixing my own gas. 

Other than my auger has been great and no issues for years now.

Edited December 26, 2018 by Dutch01

[Fisherman]

3 hours ago, Dutch01 said:

It's a virtual certainty that the Woods 43cc has the same Ardisam engine as my Rapalav43cc Vortex (Ardisam makes 90% of auger motors).

Mine runs GREAT but only after I replace the stock Torch brand spark plug. If yours has one change it out ASAP. I also recommend TruFuel from Canadian Tire. Other guys are going to blast me here saying it's a waste of money, but I use one $10 can per season so I'm not worried about saving an extra $4 by mixing my own gas. 

Other than my auger has been great and no issues for years now.

Ya, it's a waste of money.  How long has the tru fuel been sitting on the shelf?  Mix small quantities (1L) of non ethanol and synthetic 2 stroke and you'll be fine. ?

Edited December 26, 2018 by Fisherman

[misfish]

21 minutes ago, Fisherman said:

Ya, it's a waste of money.  How long has the tru fuel been sitting on the shelf?  Mix small quantities (1L) of non ethanol and synthetic 2 stroke and you'll be fine. ?

PHOOY. LOL