New England B.S. Thread

Mike I have atleast 4" of snow now. I just did the driveway and the strangest thing happened. I have never had this happen but the auger was turning and throwing snow but it was more of a plow than a thrower. It just pushed the snow till I got to end and it couldnt slide any more

 

Quick pic from the deck

 

Yea this is a crazy winter that is for sure. And to think I still have not gone snowmobiling yet.

 

Yuck! That sucks, I've been limping my snowblower throw the second half of this winter. The belt is going and the drive wheel is slipping when it tries to push heavier stuff. I have the parts but I'm trying to get through the winter so I can fix it all in the spring.

 

Is it really heavy snow? There's about 4" here in north Attleboro

 

What??? You should head west. My parents in NY got over 2' in this last storm. I got a work out just walking around the yard with the dogs.

 

I have two older ones that still work good but will probably upgrade for next year

 

Nope. That is the thing it isnt real wet and heavy yet

 

Mine did the same in Saturday's snow. Love that 4HP..

 

We've got a solid 6 or so inches here. It has also been in the low 20s for the better part of the day so the snow is particularly light in comparison to the latest snow a efw days ago when it was hovering freezing a few days ago.

 

You sure it's not shear pins, and the augers are just turning due to snow packed on the auger axle?

 

Nope as soon as I hit the older snow bank the snow is flying and I am destoying the bank

 

Shear pins what are those? You mean the 1/4 20 bolts that hold the auger to the shaft

 

Ya those. Mine will still throw snow when the shear pins are sheared, but it also plows the snow like you were saying earlier

 

It is definitely snowman snow. I just shoveled out back and it would be awesome for the kids

 

Drop the beast off at my house . I'll use it .

 

I hope we have more winters with this much snow when Joseph is old enough to enjoy it. Right now, there is no up side, no one enjoys it except me when I'm messing around without traction control. At least when Joseph is older, he can enjoy the snow while I'm out breaking my back shoveling it!

 

LOL

And later on you can send him out to clear it while your nice and warm inside.

 

Mine has 2x augurs...one on each side of the drive and i've broken one before but not the other and limp/pushing is exactly what it felt like...

Don't leave a 5 inch scrap piece of 2x4 out for your kid to throw in the snowy driveway...it's a good test for a shear pin...