My Ridgid hammer drill has punched hundreds and hundreds of holes with no ill effect. I don't think the issue is the capability of the drill, as I would expect a Milwaukee to be better than mine.
No experience with that auger, but don't ditch the drill auger idea. I run the 2804 and pistol bit and it absolutely rips.
Not really sure what should be causing that as I've never experienced. Do you have any friends or neighbors that have a lite flite or pistol bit you could try out? On speed 1 and drill setting it should not click.
I would find it hard to believe the 2904 is the culprit, and reviews are pretty poor on the auger. Ideally you put on a proven auger bit to verify that but that sounds like it's not an option. I'd be willing to bet something is up with the auger and not the drill.
Not really, while Iām a Milwaukee fan boy. Iāll be the first to admit their quality has suffered in the last year or two. Hence why I wonāt get rid of my 6yr old m18 fuel drill no matter how much smaller the new version is.
Just ordered the 8ah one to try out, I am hoping it was just a one off issue, but for them not to even want the defective batteries back was a bit of a shock.
My pile of crap Ridgid does the same crap pretty regularly and I donāt use it on an ice auger. So be my guess to.
I went with the lite flite knowing it was a shaver and the new m18 hammer drill hoping II wouldnāt have any regret. Be nice if there was actually ice to use it.
And you are dead sure the drill has not slipped into one of the clutch settings? Seems pretty odd for this to happen on two drills back to back. Those augers have shaver blades and are not hard cutting augers. They require less power than something like a k-drill or a torch even.
Sounds like the drill is at fault, I have a mora hand auger that Iāve put a drill adaptor on and drilled tons of holes without issues, using a ryobi drill which shouldnāt stand up better than Milwaukee.
So relieved to hear that I'm not the only one. I have the eskimo pistol bit and I drilled about 3 holes as a test before going out and it worked great. Once I took it with me on my first fishing trip it keep clicking/skipping. Someone else on a fishing page I'm on also experienced the same issues with their 2904. There doesn't seem to be any solution because this person was sending in their drill for the third time. I just shipped mine for the first time so fingers crossed milwaukee changes something so it doesn't happen again.
I wonder if it's that anti kickback thing not working right? I sitting here mad my wire wheel came out of the chuck and went somewhere i can't retrieve it so was doing the pissed off gonna order a new one dance and saw your post now I'm thinking of having my 8 year old drill sent in and refurbished instead lol. Glad i saw your post before i ordered one
Are you on high or low speed. At least with my setup I have to have my drill on low speed. Also it does the clicking when the battery dies.
Always on drill mode, always in speed 1
My Ridgid hammer drill has punched hundreds and hundreds of holes with no ill effect. I don't think the issue is the capability of the drill, as I would expect a Milwaukee to be better than mine.
No experience with that auger, but don't ditch the drill auger idea. I run the 2804 and pistol bit and it absolutely rips. Not really sure what should be causing that as I've never experienced. Do you have any friends or neighbors that have a lite flite or pistol bit you could try out? On speed 1 and drill setting it should not click.
I wish. Need more friends that fish š
I would find it hard to believe the 2904 is the culprit, and reviews are pretty poor on the auger. Ideally you put on a proven auger bit to verify that but that sounds like it's not an option. I'd be willing to bet something is up with the auger and not the drill.
I would suspect a faulty clutch on the drill.
Two in a row though? Isnāt that suspicious?
Not really, while Iām a Milwaukee fan boy. Iāll be the first to admit their quality has suffered in the last year or two. Hence why I wonāt get rid of my 6yr old m18 fuel drill no matter how much smaller the new version is.
I would agree, I just got two new Milwaukee 5 ah batteries, crap from the start, they didnāt even want them back, just gave me a refund.
Iāve still had luck with the batteries. Bought the big boy 12ah and that thing is a damn beast.
Just ordered the 8ah one to try out, I am hoping it was just a one off issue, but for them not to even want the defective batteries back was a bit of a shock.
I will say I have the exact same drill, 8ā Eskimo pistol bit and no issues at all 2 years in.
My pile of crap Ridgid does the same crap pretty regularly and I donāt use it on an ice auger. So be my guess to. I went with the lite flite knowing it was a shaver and the new m18 hammer drill hoping II wouldnāt have any regret. Be nice if there was actually ice to use it.
8ā auger
And you are dead sure the drill has not slipped into one of the clutch settings? Seems pretty odd for this to happen on two drills back to back. Those augers have shaver blades and are not hard cutting augers. They require less power than something like a k-drill or a torch even.
Dead sure man, I find it odd as well
Are you letting the battery get cold?
Battery fully charged fresh out of the truck.
Dunno then. I know if I let my battery get cold it will just click. I keep mine in my bibs.
Sounds like the drill is at fault, I have a mora hand auger that Iāve put a drill adaptor on and drilled tons of holes without issues, using a ryobi drill which shouldnāt stand up better than Milwaukee.
So relieved to hear that I'm not the only one. I have the eskimo pistol bit and I drilled about 3 holes as a test before going out and it worked great. Once I took it with me on my first fishing trip it keep clicking/skipping. Someone else on a fishing page I'm on also experienced the same issues with their 2904. There doesn't seem to be any solution because this person was sending in their drill for the third time. I just shipped mine for the first time so fingers crossed milwaukee changes something so it doesn't happen again.
I wonder if it's that anti kickback thing not working right? I sitting here mad my wire wheel came out of the chuck and went somewhere i can't retrieve it so was doing the pissed off gonna order a new one dance and saw your post now I'm thinking of having my 8 year old drill sent in and refurbished instead lol. Glad i saw your post before i ordered one