Just make sure somebody holds your beer for you while you do it.
Militant Bluefish Jihadist
"Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people," "It's just very, very sad" - Donald Trump 2011
"With all of the hysteria, all of the fear, all of the phony science, could it be that man-made global warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people? It sure sounds like it." - JAMES M. INHOFE
"Most meteorological research is funded by the federal government. And boy, if you want to get federal funding, you better not come out and say human-induced global warming is a hoax because you stand the chance of not getting funded." - WILLIAM GRAY
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Been there, done that! As Mike stated, it makes one heck of a mess. I would recommend investing in a hand auger over using the chainsaw. Just my two cents though.
That is how they cut the ice for the smelt shacks up north . All you have to do is set the rake wider on the chain for a better cut . That is what we were told last year
Maine The Way Life Should Be and is going to be for me and the dogs before to long
When I was a kid we used an axe to cut holes. Augers weren't invented yet and spuds were expensive. Now that is definitly a bad way to cut a hole in the ice.