Strikemaster Solo Augers

  • Brent Yeakey
    Bloomer, WI
    Posts: 553
    October 9, 2009 at 2:29 pm #1300489

    What horse power are you guy going to get? I’m getting the 8″ but am on the fence about horse power.

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    October 9, 2009 at 2:32 pm #808155

    3 HP for this guy. Now that there’s no weight penalty for the extra ponies I can’t think of any reason to not have the added power for those times when I want to turn a 10″ bit.

    Joel Nelson
    Moderator
    Southeast MN
    Posts: 3137
    October 13, 2009 at 9:48 pm #808977

    Forrester:

    I’m with James on this, as I’ll be running the 3HP model as well. The only possible penalty I can think of with the 3HP motor, given that they’re all the same weight – just bored out a bit for larger models, could be fuel consumption. After speaking with the guys at Strikemaster regarding this, the number of holes drilled on a tank of gas might shrink a bit, but we’re still talking into the low hundreds per-tank.

    We’ll know more with some extensive testing this winter, but I dare you to burn a tank!

    Joel

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    October 13, 2009 at 9:51 pm #808978

    Quote:

    Forrester:

    I’m with James on this, as I’ll be running the 3HP model as well. The only possible penalty I can think of with the 3HP motor, given that they’re all the same weight – just bored out a bit for larger models, could be fuel consumption. After speaking with the guys at Strikemaster regarding this, the number of holes drilled on a tank of gas might shrink a bit, but we’re still talking into the low hundreds per-tank.

    We’ll know more with some extensive testing this winter, but I dare you to burn a tank!

    Joel

    I’ll buy you a golf stroke counter. You get to be the guinea pig that figures out how many holes you get off a tank of gas.

    Brent Yeakey
    Bloomer, WI
    Posts: 553
    October 14, 2009 at 3:15 am #809022

    Thanks for the info guys! I was hearing great reviews of the Saber oil, but with this new engine I will stick to what Strikemaster says until we know more. Thanks Again!

    James Holst
    Keymaster
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 18926
    October 14, 2009 at 3:30 am #809025

    Quote:

    Thanks for the info guys! I was hearing great reviews of the Saber oil, but with this new engine I will stick to what Strikemaster says until we know more. Thanks Again!

    I think the driving force in the past behind going with the very lean mixtures, regardless of brand, was to overcome hard starting, cut down on the smoke… and to optimize power from power heads that were putting out “just enough” but nothing extra. I just don’t see starting issues on the horizon for the Solo motors and lack of power will NOT be an issue. Smoking was marginal and noticeable reduced from the tecumseh motors of the past when I used these augers last season at 40:1. If this holds true for the majority of users I just don’t think many will risk their auger to save a few ounces of oil.

    It will be very interesting to see how these new augers, from both manufacturers, are adopted by the ice angler this coming season.

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