new auger engine

[cris]

Have the Hawes kit. It floods!!! fills the crankcase. I thought that was only a Honda problem. Its still new so it will have to be checked out.

[caseman]

In the end I bought a 8 x 46 Wheatheart
with a mover and sweep and 25 hp Kohler.

Have not used it yet , but looks like a decent purchase..

[carebear300]

Am purchasing a westfield 8x46 as well with a Koehler engine. Have a sakundiak with a twin cylinder honda right now and it is hard to say which I hate worse the auger or the engine both nothing but trouble, would never buy either again.

[Hopperbin]

Just wonding why the Sakundiak is trouble?

[carebear300]

Maybe I just got a lemon but it has been one thing after another. It is a 7x45 foot model. I have went through three gearboxes and the the flighting and tube are worn out after just three and a half years. The old sakundiak I had used before was fifteen years old and the tube never had a patch on it. Maybe like I say it is just the only lemon they ever made but won't take a chance on another one.

[dfarms11]

interesting, Sakundiak is the only auger I would ever buy, had them for years with virtually no problems