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Own a Snow Blower?
Rocky Raab
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If you do, do yourself a favor and get rid of those stupid skids and replace them with wheels. Whoever thought draggy sacrificial skids were a good ides ought to be shot. Don't fight skids.
I may be a bit crazy - but I didn't drive myself.
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I got a Husky and if it fits Ill get some ASAP! Just changed one yesterday. Rebuild them every year.
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i dont own a snow blower and never will but i do appreciate you trying to help folks to understand what works and what doesnt work from personal experience.
For my Husky, I had to widen the bolt slots a bit to fit. Husky is metric, and the wheel skids aren't. But it's a simple job with a rasp or a Dremel because they're made of structural nylon.
You won't believe the difference they make.
Have a Ariens pro 28 with 12hp, cast iron bore/gearbox and batt start. A real beast and will move a mountain of snow. In 20 years or so replaced drive disc and auger bearing once. About time to flip skids for another 20 years. By then I will be long gone! Seriously, Rocky the wheels are probably good idea for some.----------------------Ray
When I left Indy in '82 and bought a place with acreage outside of a town of 400 I thought of getting a snow blower. I have a 200' drive and thought I would need it to get to work in Indy if we got a lot of snow. I decided that if we got a lot of snow I didn't want to go to work. I wasn't crazy about going to work when it was warm & sunny.
Skids or tires don't make much diff if you're pushing it with 150 horsepower.
I have a Cub Cadet. It's got the blue poly skids on each side. Adjustable up and down, then turn them over.
Might look into the ones you posted when these wear out.
Thanks!
Edit to add, freezing mist out right now, forecast for 1-6" of snow tomorrow.
some of the reviews say the wheels freeze up, dont turn, and then develope a flat spot? That wouldnt be too good.
I had a piece of gravel stuck in my first pair that ground one wheel down flat. It can happen. But as little as they cost, they're a godsend. Lesson learned; checking that they turn is now part of my preflight.
Mine's 60" wide and mounts on the front of the Kubota 3030... We don't need no steenkin' wheels!
Now why didn't I think of that?
I have one that’s 54” on the front of a 25 hp diesel tractor and an 78” one on a 50 hp.
But I like the rotary broom the best, it has wheels come to think of it…
Dano, that thing must have cost as much as my truck.
My day to day snow blower is a 30" beast on tracks I lovingly call Brunhilda. She wears skids, and would laugh at the attempt to use wheels where we live.
When the snow gets truly yoogly it's time to break out the big guns. And again......... no wheels. Notice the stacks in the "idle" position.
Bet the neighbors would like that at 3AM.😉
Still have my 2 Toros. CCR 2000E's. Suzuki 5 HP, bought them in 1985!! Still run like clocks😋