Auger will not spin Original Message Feb 19, 2008 12:26 pm
Hi ,we have had 2 big storms here in the course of a week. I normally start a fire in my garage after blowing snow,but i have'nt lately,i went to go blow this morning and my auger won't move,belt starts smoking.Is it possible that it froze up?It got pretty darn cold here again last nite.I used it yesterday and it worked great.Thanks.Don
Location: London Ont
Joined: Dec 2, 2007
Points: 354
Re: Auger will not spin Reply #3 Feb 19, 2008 1:57 pm
donjag wrote:
Hi ,we have had 2 big storms here in the course of a week. I normally start a fire in my garage after blowing snow,but i have'nt lately,i went to go blow this morning and my auger won't move,belt starts smoking.Is it possible that it froze up?It got pretty darn cold here again last nite.I used it yesterday and it worked great.Thanks.Don
yeah its defintely frozen, l use my axe (or 2 by 4) and put the handle throw the shute and give it a couple of hits should break up the ice.