how to carry your ice auger

[tomc]

this is something i never gave a though about,untill i saw what happened a few years ago.a guy with his wife,and daughter.were heading out on the ice.the ice was 3 feet thick,so no worry about breaking through.i was 200 feet off the boat ramp when they came out,the first 30 feet at the boat ramp was very smooth,with small snow bumps that had frozzen over.very,very slippery with out creepers.he had his new power auger on his shoulder,pulling a little sled with the rest of his gear,along with his daugter in it,the wife had the chairs.they made it out about 10 feet onto the ice,then it happend.his legs went out from underneth him,auger went up in the air,when he landed i never seem someones head bounce so high befor,the auger came down on him.when i rushed over to them,he was out cold,with a gash from the hair line on his forhead,down between this eyes,down to the corner of the mouth,i called 911,on the cell it took them 10 min to get there,the guy still out cold.i heard from them a couple of months after,he ended up with a sever concution,and 61 stiches.after that i never carried my auger on my shoulder
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