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iLikeOrange


Joined: Nov 18, 2005
Points: 120

Got the heavy wet stuff
Original Message   Dec 31, 2005 10:38 am
Wet snow yesterday about 5-6". The 926 didn't know it was supposed to be a bit more difficult to remove. I was about halfway done with the drive when I realised the machine was throwing it as far as some of the lighter stuff. This was nearly slush, I guess some of it was. Anyway it was a fairly decent test for the new unit. Happy with the overall performance.

I'm thinking of fabricating some longer skid plates to acheive a smoother "ride". My drive is quite broken and very uneven in spots. I have the skids at 1/2" and I still get some sudden impacts. I'm thinking that longer skids would help the 926 over the rough spots. It was no big deal in years past with a lighter unit, but the 300lb machine seem to find all the rough spots. Any thoughts here?

Now this crazy idea, and I'm sure I'm not the first. How about a spring loaded scraper bar? On my machine an assembly could be mounted in existing holes, behind the blower housing with no modification of the framework.

I guess I'm thinking that the inteface between machine and pavement could be improved.

Any input + or - will be appreciated.

Enjoy the New Year,

John

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patsfan


Joined: Jan 19, 2003
Points: 495

Re: Got the heavy wet stuff
Reply #5   Dec 31, 2005 5:06 pm
iLikeOrange wrote:
I should have mentioned I have a concrete driveway.

Jonathan I am thinking a longer, not wider skid. maybe 8"-10". Overall dimensions of 10"L x 4"h x 1"wide or so.Four inches of flat riding surface in the center then taper the remaining surface to the end, (front) going up maybe  1".  I think I will make some prototypes out of wood to get started.

al, any links to the Toro thing? Is this different than the pivoting scraper bar on one of their upper end units? I see the pivot thing getting iced up. Does anyone have this? How well does it work?

Thanks again,

John



John, I have a 2003 Toro 1128OE with the pivoting scraper,and have a rough,broken asphalt drive.  No problem with the pivot so far.

    Ed

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al_in_nh


Joined: Dec 7, 2004
Points: 17

Re: Got the heavy wet stuff
Reply #6   Jan 1, 2006 12:29 pm
I have a link tho the thread that discussed it a while back.  Could have sworn that there was a pic also but didn't see it.

http://www.abbysguide.com/ope/discussions/7151-0-1.html

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