New digging tool
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06/20/21 06:37 PM
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Re: New digging tool
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#7290623
06/20/21 08:58 PM
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That should do it. Will you pre make your holes ? Or just have that as a trap line tool .
You probably have better luck than I do, when I use to pack a Weed eater for making snaring trails. I would leak gas all over. So I quit packing it around.
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Re: New digging tool
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#7290635
06/20/21 09:22 PM
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Yes sir
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Why do I get the image of a stuck bit and a trapper spinning like a whirligig? LOL Maybe you know me . Lol That should do it. Will you pre make your holes ? Or just have that as a trap line tool .
You probably have better luck than I do, when I use to pack a Weed eater for making snaring trails. I would leak gas all over. So I quit packing it around. I just got it and put on. Had time to dig one hole before heading out to cut wheat. Will use it on some test sets until trapping season. If no adverse effects I'm planning on pre drilling holes as much as possible. If not I have other uses for it. It will dig some dirt I know that. It's geared down so it can be run pretty slow. Watched a trapping video were a guy was using a gas powered digger up in Iowa or Illinois I thinking and was catching 100+ coyotes I believe.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 12:15 PM
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That should do it. Will you pre make your holes ? Or just have that as a trap line tool .
You probably have better luck than I do, when I use to pack a Weed eater for making snaring trails. I would leak gas all over. So I quit packing it around. Round up works pretty good for making trails.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 01:51 PM
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Won't the gas/oil stink have an effect on your catch? Might consider drilling the holes now, way ahead of season.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 02:30 PM
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The BT 45 Stihl augers are popular with some guys mainly I think because it has a clutch that will slip so you don't break your wrist if you hit a root or the bit gets stuck. Im pretty sure most chainsaws have clutches.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 02:51 PM
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Yes sir
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Does it spin the correct way? Depends which direction you run around it Lol It's got a gear reduction so it turns clock ways.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 03:00 PM
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Yes sir
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The BT 45 Stihl augers are popular with some guys mainly I think because it has a clutch that will slip so you don't break your wrist if you hit a root or the bit gets stuck. Im pretty sure most chainsaws have clutches. Yes the clutch on the saw drives it.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 03:04 PM
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Yes sir
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Won't the gas/oil stink have an effect on your catch? Might consider drilling the holes now, way ahead of season. We will find out. I do some lure testing year around and have some no miss spots to try it on. I figure I guy will want to get the bar oil flushed out real good but as I stated previously I watched a guy on a video running a stihl bt 45 auger catch 100+ in a week or two. He was drilling the holes when he set the traps...??? Figured once the bar oil is clean the saw shouldn't be different than the bt 45.... Try to decide whether to flush bar oil out with coyote pee or skunk essence
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 03:07 PM
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The BT 45 Stihl augers are popular with some guys mainly I think because it has a clutch that will slip so you don't break your wrist if you hit a root or the bit gets stuck. Im pretty sure most chainsaws have clutches. But does a chainsaw clutch kick it out of gear if the chain gets stuck.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/21/21 09:25 PM
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That should do it. Will you pre make your holes ? Or just have that as a trap line tool .
You probably have better luck than I do, when I use to pack a Weed eater for making snaring trails. I would leak gas all over. So I quit packing it around. Round up works pretty good for making trails. That's a good idea, never thought of it. I get by now with 4 wheeler trails. Just set them when the ranchers are done irrigation for the year.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/22/21 12:07 AM
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Does it spin the correct way? Depends which direction you run around it Lol It's got a gear reduction so it turns clock ways. Lol.
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Re: New digging tool
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06/22/21 09:09 AM
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Does the gearbox have a reverse? If not, roots are really going to be fun. One of the features of the Stihl BT-45 is the ability to reverse.
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Re: New digging tool
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07/07/21 08:38 PM
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Yes sir
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Well I'm about 30 holes in so far. Drilled around a couple elm trees, drilled holes in my gravel driveway and went out and dug rock in the pasture. Hasn't caught and torqued yet. If the point gets through it, it has dug so far. Even waded into the lilac bush and dug a couple there. Been actually surprised it actually hasn't caught and put any torque on my hands at all so far. Worse that happened is it screwed itself under one big root by an elm tree and I had to pull a fair amount to get it out. Time will tell but so far I'm quite pleased. Almost wishing I would have bought a bigger auger. I'll post when I think I'm close to a hundred holes dug. Might be into trapping season though.
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