Ice Fishing Tip of the Day

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[left]Be sure to to spring maintanance on your auger
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[left]In the spring when you put it away, be sure to hand wipe the augers clean of water spots then spray it down lightly with WD-40 and wipe dry again.
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[left]Be sure when you store your power augers you hang them up right but not resting the auger on the ground. Hang it either by the handles or make a notched wall hanger that you can slip the auger pole in.
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[left]if you cant hang your power auger, seperate the auger from the motor.
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[left]What it is your are trying to avoid is:

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[left]the auger from falling over damaging the motor[/left]
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[left]placing un-nessisary weight on the blade and spline causing the blade to cut in to the plastic cover resulting in premature dulling.[/left]
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[left]prevent the posibility of bending of the grind point and mount that holds the cutting edge, once those are bent they auger will never cut right again. [/left]
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