I have an idea and I'd like some input.
I snowblow a gravel driveway. At the start of the last snow season and again in the spring I went through a lot of shear pins. While I have the shoes fully extended, the uneven drive and the crown combine to get gravel into the blower.
So I am thinking of adding some kind of "roller" to keep the blade up, at least for the start of the season. I'm thinking of drilling a 3/8" or 1/2" hole in each shoe and running a threaded rod the width of the blower. The rod, in turn, would be inside a 1/2" pipe.
My idea is to be sure that the whole blower blade is an inch or so off the ground.
Anyone try anything like this, or have another solution to shear pin consumption?
I snowblow a gravel driveway. At the start of the last snow season and again in the spring I went through a lot of shear pins. While I have the shoes fully extended, the uneven drive and the crown combine to get gravel into the blower.
So I am thinking of adding some kind of "roller" to keep the blade up, at least for the start of the season. I'm thinking of drilling a 3/8" or 1/2" hole in each shoe and running a threaded rod the width of the blower. The rod, in turn, would be inside a 1/2" pipe.
My idea is to be sure that the whole blower blade is an inch or so off the ground.
Anyone try anything like this, or have another solution to shear pin consumption?