Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Does anyone have any experiance with setting the skid shoes on a honda snowblower. I purchased the commercial skid kit and I was wondering how you set it. I have a 1000 ft stone driveway and I want to keep about a half inch of snow on top of the driveway. Do I have both front and rear skids touching the ground together or set different?  Thanks for any advice.

May I ask why you want to leave 1/2 of snow? I am thinking about buying a SS unit cause I dont like how my two stage leaves snow behind.......I can get 26" of snow and buy the next afternoon I am down to dry pavement! IMO its only a matter of time before someone falls.....

I am also curious. Maybe this is due to the intricacies of a track-drive unit. But on my 2-stage, with wheels, I've always set the scraper to touch the ground. The last time I replaced the skid shoes and scraper bar, I set the shoes just slightly off the ground (put thin shims under them, while adjusting everything on a flat surface). That way I was guaranteed the scraper bar would be scraping. It would wear the bar down slightly, then the shoes would touch.

I have a smooth paved driveway. If I had gravel, etc, I would of course have to set it differently. I could see leaving 1/4", 1/2," under the scraper bar with a surface like that. But for something smooth, without fear of sucking something into the augers, wouldn't you want the scraper bar riding on the ground, to clear as low as possible? At least for a wheeled unit?

stresst wrote:

My driveway is 1000ft gravel

MIkecr250 wrote:
I would put the bucket as high as you could get it for the first couple uses. Then drive your car/truck on it as needed. Get a good base set up get that gravel froze in there good with some on top. Before setting up to leave the 1/2 inch for the rest of the winter. You can set it up for a regular hard surface drive once you get a base set up.  1000 ft going to be a very good work out with a small walk behind