Speaking of auger drill choices . . .

[fishday]

I have a question/problem that I hope someone might be able to help me with. I have used a nils 8" with with a hand drill or power head attachment. I wanted to reduce my sled weight so I went the drill route. I purchased the adapter for the auger and a Milwaukee 2801-22 drill that comes with 2-2.0 batteries. Yesterday I tried it our on 3 inches of ice and could not drill a hole without the drill cutting out and it seems to get hot. Am I doing something wrong, did I get a bad drill or did I buy a not powerful enough drill? It is supposed 500/in lbs of torque and the batteries were fully charged before I went out. The dang drill even melted my down coat somehow. I plan to take the drill back as it by far did not live up to my expectations or what others have been saying about the ice drilling experience. Oe thing I did learn is that the side handle is a necessity!
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