My uncle is looking for a drill and a 6 inch auger so he can drill holes with his bad back. How much torque should he look for in a drill for a 6 inch hole? I’ve heard around 700 for an 8 inch so I would guess maybe around 400-500 for a 6 inch? TIA.
I dont think you can go wrong by having too much torque. I use my 6″ laser with a 18V Dewalt hammerdrill and it works great. I have tried a non-hammerdrill 18v Dewalt and it did not work well at all (couldnt drill a single hole)
Torque is something to look at, but the biggest factor on picking a drill to use for ice fishing is whether it is a modern brushless design or not. Brushless drills by default typically have the highest torque available too. I’ve heard of tons of drills “burning” out, but I’ve never have heard of a brushless drill burning out (yet).
Lots of people use the Dewalt, Milwaukee and Rigid brushless drills. More recently, others like Makita and Bosch have stepped up their designs too.
700 in.lbs. is not enough torque for a 8 inch auger. (Mora, Strikemaster).
It is enough torque for most all 6″ augers.
725 in.lbs. (last years Milwaukee M18) will run a 7″Mora, 7″Strikemaster lazer or the 8″ Nils.
I have been running a hytachi brushless hammer drill for the past 3 seasons. with a 5 inch lazer, can drill about 45 to 50 hole with the 2 batteries.A big thing with the set up, is keep the batteries from getting 2 cold. DK.
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