If this has been covered, somebody kindly link me. I searched and couldn't find this topic. I even looked through the monster "snow removal" sticky thread.
I run a 3ph-mounted Landpride snowblower. Purchased used, it didn't have any replaceable wear edge on it. I fashioned two additional mid-mounted skid shoes to make it work better on my dirt/gravel driveway. That was working pretty well, but last summer I got the driveway paved with asphalt. Any sort of shoe leaves an undesirable layer of snow that gets packed down and turns to ice, so I want the snowblower to scrape the asphalt with a continuous edge.
I know LP sells a replaceable hardened steel edge for this blower. $264 list price. Since so many people prefer plastic/polymer wear edges on their plows and back blades, I'm curious about going that route.
I picked up a strip of 1" thick x 6" wide PVC to fab a wear edge. Before sacrificing that pricey plastic, I am experimenting with a wooden edge made from a beveled 2x6.
This cleans the pavement pretty well, but seems like it causes the unit to plow more than it should - I guess because of the height. I usually get to the end of a run with a big pile of snow not fed into the auger (wetter snow = worse) that I have to clean up with the bucket.
So... have any of you wise folks experience with different snowblower cutting edges?
I run a 3ph-mounted Landpride snowblower. Purchased used, it didn't have any replaceable wear edge on it. I fashioned two additional mid-mounted skid shoes to make it work better on my dirt/gravel driveway. That was working pretty well, but last summer I got the driveway paved with asphalt. Any sort of shoe leaves an undesirable layer of snow that gets packed down and turns to ice, so I want the snowblower to scrape the asphalt with a continuous edge.
I know LP sells a replaceable hardened steel edge for this blower. $264 list price. Since so many people prefer plastic/polymer wear edges on their plows and back blades, I'm curious about going that route.
I picked up a strip of 1" thick x 6" wide PVC to fab a wear edge. Before sacrificing that pricey plastic, I am experimenting with a wooden edge made from a beveled 2x6.
This cleans the pavement pretty well, but seems like it causes the unit to plow more than it should - I guess because of the height. I usually get to the end of a run with a big pile of snow not fed into the auger (wetter snow = worse) that I have to clean up with the bucket.
So... have any of you wise folks experience with different snowblower cutting edges?