K-Drill

[Ponyroper]

Does anyone know anything about these augers? A friend asked me to post this as he said their you tube videos look good but he can't find anyone who has one. Guess they run off a cordless drill.

 

[Fishmission]

I love mine. Looks like another winter with not so thick ice so I should have no problems drilling through 25 inches like last year. they are superlight and you don't have to worry about fumes etc. I have an 18v Milwaukee fuel drill hooked up.
If I were looking at 40 inches I would probably want my old gas auger for that .

 

[DirtyMike]

Father in law has one for the permanent. It definitely eats ice and its awesome not having to worry about dulling a blade on dirty ice. We used a corded drill in the permanent but I would like to get a Milwaukee to take it away from the permy.

 

[MuskyManiac]

They are awesome and super light. We lost a K-drill hooked to a Milwaukee while fishing Winnipeg last year.

 

[Duckslayer100]

They are awesome and super light. We lost a K-drill hooked to a Milwaukee while fishing Winnipeg last year.

Yeesh! What's that, like $500 down the pooper??

 

[Vollmer]

They are awesome and super light. We lost a K-drill hooked to a Milwaukee while fishing Winnipeg last year.

ouch

 

[Bfishn]

https://www.joessportinggoods.com/k...f=google_pla&gclid=CMuZx8Of1tACFQtMDQodOQADEg

 

[FishReaper]

I love mine. Looks like another winter with not so thick ice so I should have no problems drilling through 25 inches like last year. they are superlight and you don't have to worry about fumes etc. I have an 18v Milwaukee fuel drill hooked up.
If I were looking at 40 inches I would probably want my old gas auger for that .

I got a chance to run Fishmissions kdrill last year. The thing just eats ice. a third the weight of a gas auger. I was pretty impressed.
I run a Eskimo Z71 10'' Id probably leave the eskimo in the truck unless really thick ice or fishing pike if i had one

 

[3Roosters]

Ditto with me on k drill with the Milwaukee fuel 18v. This will be my 3 winter with it. Love it love it love it. I just break out the trusty model 30 jiffy with extension if ice is thick. I have the 8 inch k drill but I am sure for a heck of a lot of situations, the 6inch would be fine.
I think the Milwaukee fuel 18 with batteries was like $249 and same with the k drill or there abouts. Put a clam auger plate with it last year. It looks like the batteries have now gotten better now also..5.0 version from 4.0.

 

[Enslow]

I run a kluge drill on an eskimo powerhead right now. Great setup. Doug kluge equipment is very high quality. Doug is also a very good man And his customer service is top notch.

 

[.204]

Father in law has one for the permanent. It definitely eats ice and its awesome not having to worry about dulling a blade on dirty ice. We used a corded drill in the permanent but I would like to get a Milwaukee to take it away from the permy.

Which corded drill are you using and how big of generator? I am looking at trying to do this myself but I was afraid it would be too much for a honda 2000.

On another note I've ran a kdrill on a tanaka powerhead the last two winters and its been awesome. Whole setup weighs 19ish lbs. Just picked up another kdrill for the permanent a month ago.

 

[Fishmission]

My kdrill is 8 inch. ordering the 6 for Panfish. Haven't tested it out but I would think you get several more holes per battery with the six. anyone test this?

 

[Enslow]

There is another k drill coming. Im hoping to test it this winter before it comes out.

 

[3Roosters]

My kdrill is 8 inch. ordering the 6 for Panfish. Haven't tested it out but I would think you get several more holes per battery with the six. anyone test this?

Yes you would get more ice holes as drill isn't cutting as much ice.

 

[Captain Ahab]

There is another k drill coming. Im hoping to test it this winter before it comes out.

Make a video of it so I don't have to watch Tom Zenanko again. Thanks

 

[greybeard]

Bought an 8" a month ago and can't wait to try it out. Going to run mine with a DeWalt as that's what I already had bought this past summer for a deck project. Didn't figure buying the "recommended Milwaukee" was really necessary, then I found the recommended DeWalt on the Kdrill website. I'll keep the ol' Strikemaster ready to go in case the ice happens to get thick, but hope I don't need it as my shoulder seems to not like toting an auger around as much as it used to. Set up a power inverter in the pickup to charge batteries as well since I have 2 chargers I'll just leave one in the pickup.

Hopefully in a couple weeks I can try it out.

 

[Fish whisperer]

Buddy bought one last year. He has the Milwaukee drill on his. I was pretty skeptical but have to say I was proven wrong. Granted we never had thick ice but it was the cat's meow. I'm interested to see how the plastic flighting holds up over time.

 

[greybeard]

QUOTE=Fish whisperer;117522]Buddy bought one last year. He has the Milwaukee drill on his. I was pretty skeptical but have to say I was proven wrong. Granted we never had thick ice but it was the cat's meow. I'm interested to see how the plastic flighting holds up over time.[/QUOTE]

That's what I'm wondering as well. A buddy of mine bought one the same time I did and we have discussed that as a concern. What about when it's 30 below, things tend to get brittle when it gets pretty cold out.

 

[littlefish]

bought a 6 inch eskimo hand auger for 30 bucks, welded a 1/2 inch by 12 inch drill ext on it,
drills holes with any cordless drill amazingly fast but doesnt have the chipper blades. if you need that

 

[Mocha]

This will be my 5th winter with my 8" K-drill and love it! I am sending in the blades to get sharpened today but it took 4 years to dull them. Not to bad considering I drill 40-80 holes per outing on average. The last couple of years my K-Drill was getting a little dull so after about 14" of ice I would switch to my gas auger. I have my K-Drill on the 18vlt Milwaukee Fuel and the total weight is about 9 pounds. WOW! For those of you worried about the durability of the drill, I have not babied it at all and it still looks like new with O problems. I would highly recommend the K-Drill.