Auger blade guard

  • Eelpoutguy
    Farmington, Outing
    Posts: 10612
    October 30, 2016 at 12:14 pm #1647880

    Auger blade guard, Does anybody make one that isn’t a piece of junk?
    If the little rubber bungy touches a sharp blade your finished.

    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    October 30, 2016 at 4:07 pm #1647900

    I have one of these, will cost a few bucks but your problem will be solved as well as other problems that might happen…other forms of damage!
    There is even an IDO “On Ice” YouTube segment on this…great sales pitch! wink

    Walleyestudent Andy Cox
    Garrison MN-Mille Lacs
    Posts: 4484
    October 30, 2016 at 4:12 pm #1647903

    Ok, one more post and I’m done, tried twice to attach photo and for whatever reason it’s not coming through??? What I’m talking about is an Otter auger case.

    jarrod holbrook
    Posts: 179
    October 30, 2016 at 5:33 pm #1647910

    +1 on the cold snap. Put one on my nils 8″ and never looked back!

    mark-bruzek
    Two Harbors, MN
    Posts: 3875
    October 30, 2016 at 8:30 pm #1647938

    Ive been relatively happy with the cold snap on the SM. 2 downsides I have found are…
    1. If you are drilling lots of holes in very cold temps the blade and auger flighting likes to ice up and the cover does not fit well. Does not happen too often though.
    2. the band that holds the cover on is just a slice of tire inner tube. Again, in colder temps it will lose its elasticity and the cover fits pretty loose.

    That said, I think they are a better cover than the stock cap. And would buy another if I lost mine.

    Steve Hix
    Dysart, Iowa
    Posts: 1135
    October 30, 2016 at 9:53 pm #1647955

    I put the magnet system on my cover and threw away the rubber bungee.

    mazak500
    South West Michigan
    Posts: 84
    October 30, 2016 at 10:35 pm #1647965

    X4 on the cold snap cover

    Anonymous
    Inactive
    Posts: 0
    October 31, 2016 at 6:53 am #1647980

    What ever cover comes with your auger, add a couple of hard drive magnets to it. Easy on & off, no straps.

    404 ERROR
    MN
    Posts: 3918
    October 31, 2016 at 8:44 am #1648007

    Some of my blade heads have coldsnaps and some have the standard Nils cover, I like them both and have little gripes with each.

    The rubber on the coldsnap gets loose in really cold weather and the Nils has cracked in the same temps where the strap sits in the cover. It’s tough to find anything that can withstand abuse in below zero temps…

    busse3775
    Fargo, ND
    Posts: 91
    October 31, 2016 at 10:34 am #1648035

    Anyone know of a good cover for an Eskimo hand auger? The one that came with it broke the first day I was out.

    wgorby
    Greenville, Michigan
    Posts: 60
    November 1, 2016 at 5:57 am #1648208

    Those rubber bungees are crap….The coldsnap is great but if your on a budget and have a auger smaller than 10″, simply cut the bottom off a empty jug of bleach (or similar sized jug)….drill 2 holes on opposite sides and attach to auger with a small bungee cord. Bam!

    JoeMX1825
    MN
    Posts: 18325
    November 1, 2016 at 8:06 am #1648225

    I use a Coldsnap cover on my Ion blades, love it!

    hottoddytipup
    Rogers
    Posts: 111
    November 1, 2016 at 8:52 am #1648235

    Coldsnap all the way. Great customer service, when I hit the black band with my blade, had a new one out the next day.

    Jason Guthmiller
    Posts: 105
    November 18, 2016 at 8:23 am #1651236

    I’ve always used the original covers and replaced the rubber with a piece of 1/4″ bungee cord with 2 knots in it. The cover for my chipper head has had the same cord on it for 18 years and haven’t had a problem yet. It’s a really cheap fix that works really well.

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