Thanks. I have my scraper bar at 2mm. There is another reason why you have to drill the holes when using commerical grade skids. If you use the exisiting threaded holes, you cannot achieve 2-4mmm gap between the concrete and scraper bar. We got close to a foot today. How about you in Chicago?
You're right, makes sense. I never tried to put the commercial skids on those existing holes to be aware of that limitation.
I got about 7-8 inches of very heavy wet snow today. I used the 2 stage most of the time, and the Toro SS on the cleanup around tight areas. On the Honda 2 stage with the poly skids, it worked really well with the 1.7mm scraper bar clearance (thickness of a US quarter coin). The poly ones probably won't last as long as the metal commercial skids, but guiding and turning the huge 32" wide bucket is significantly easier. It works much better than any other set up I have in the past.
If anyone is interested in the poly skids, it's the
Robalon skids, it is available for many models. I would recommend getting proper fender washers that would fit in the slotted holes of the skids.
This message was modified Mar 5, 2013 by aa335
