A little tribute to Carlin Crazy idea here. Anyone ever rig up a screw splitter to an ice auger? I’ve never used an ice auger. I assume it takes a bit of force to drill a big hole through ice. Never used a screw splitter. I’ve had one for about five years I once dreamed of attaching to my tractor. Never did. Just wondering if anyone ever tried it?
An ice auger actually shaves as it goes and therefore doesn't require a whole lot of power. Splitting with an auger/ screw type attachment would need much more power. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk
Well, all drills shave as they go. Otherwise it would be a punch LOL Anyone who’s chipped ice knows it’s not that easy. Shaving isn’t much different. Gas Post hole diggers dig through dirt. Some dirt easier than others for sure. I was thinking it may be useful for knocking apart large rounds. Screwed into the butt of the round, not the side as some do. Red oak at that, not hickory. Oak pops pretty easy unless it’s got lots of knots. The screw I have is fairly fine threaded. I also get the impression from it that weight behind it is important. It’s quite possible I’m way off base here. Someday I’ll have to take it outside and play with it a bit. Maybe 1/2” breaker bar. Maybe the old 50’s 1/2” drill I have. That old beast can tear a man in half. Not saying either of them are viable but they should give an idea on how much effort it takes.
True, all drills shave. If you are drilling through the wood you would be shaving material off, if you are trying to split it by screwing a wedge in, that is totally different. Sent from my SM-G930VL using Tapatalk
This post reminds me of the time I helped a friend use a gas powered post hole digger. It would hit some roots and we would go for a spin. We figured out technique real quick
yeah my brother in law is a fence guy in another state. He’s not a fan of gas powered hand held augers in New England. Too many stone potato’s.
This is the bad boy. Went and dug it out. It comes off a dingo. My BIL’s dingo. Never saw him use it. He said it’s too slow. Course he doesn’t split wood anyway. Burns old fences or nothing at all. A post hole digger for the JD would be better I’m sure. I wonder if a lawn tractor transmission would be good? Different speeds possible as long as you get things spinning in the correct direction.
I’ve seen them on post augers before. You want a hydraulic one so you can reverse it, otherwise you will want a big pipe wrench and a cheater to back it out when it gets stuck. I know that’s why grandpa got rid of the one he used when I was a kid... hydraulic augers were not common or cheap...
what type of post augers have you seen them on? Tractor or handheld? Yes I can imagine getting one stuck would be a real pain. Sinking one into gnarly wood may not be a good idea unless your fully set up to deal with it. My JD MT doesn’t have normal hydraulic lines one can connect to. Are most tractor hydro systems reversible? To be honest I don’t need it. I like building experimental things (cheaply). Always interesting to see how far my imagination is off from reality. The cheap part may be genetic but it’s part of the game. Sure I could buy a mini excavator to spin this screw but there’s no challenge in that.
All sorts of wood porn for ya here. The screws really don’t seem the best way to go. If I had a mini ex I’d put a sharpened thumb on it. Cheaper and faster.
I have never seen one of those on a handheld auger, only on PTO or hydraulic augers. I saw one online that used an impact wrench to power it, but it was a LOT smaller than the one you have. If you would get a PTO pump for your tractor, you could run the auger with hydraulics. We used to have an 8N with a loader, and it had a PTO pump to run it.
Thanks for the info. Like I said I really don’t need it. I do have a little fetish about having things that have never been used. I like to use them at least once LOL. After watching the video of them in action, again, years later, I’d say it’s not worth a ton of effort.
used correctly they’re not that dangerous. Incorrectly will leave you in a world of hurt. BIL originally had one of those you drive the car on. Because they were relatively cheap a lot of weekend warriors bought them. Those were some of the more dangerous ones IMO and the cheap price put them easily in the hands of many people who probably shouldn’t be using them. Including my BIL
