03-08-2010, 02:16 PM
I made a trip up to Willard over the weekend to check out the ice conditions up there. While there I ran into these three fellas testing their ice augers:
[url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ksR7ahVf4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ksR7ahVf4[/url]
The ice had about 6 inches of sopping wet slush on top except in the shade. The ice was still about a foot thick. There was about one or two yards of open water all around the edges.
As for the auger test, I appologize for the poor sound. I am just learning this video stuff.
My theroy was that the guy with the 5" auger would have beaten the 8" and even the power auger. My theroy was completely blown! But I am pretty sure that if the guy with the 5" would have shortened the handle length, he would have been much faster. But even that theroy might be wrong because when the 8" was traded with the 5", Curly (the man with the 5") beat again! I think that maybe it's the man ... not the machine.
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[url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ksR7ahVf4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-ksR7ahVf4[/url]
The ice had about 6 inches of sopping wet slush on top except in the shade. The ice was still about a foot thick. There was about one or two yards of open water all around the edges.
As for the auger test, I appologize for the poor sound. I am just learning this video stuff.
My theroy was that the guy with the 5" auger would have beaten the 8" and even the power auger. My theroy was completely blown! But I am pretty sure that if the guy with the 5" would have shortened the handle length, he would have been much faster. But even that theroy might be wrong because when the 8" was traded with the 5", Curly (the man with the 5") beat again! I think that maybe it's the man ... not the machine.
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