An Idea I had after last years snow blowing problems.

[Newbie tractor guy]

grsthegreat - my exact thoughts also. What in the world is the OP doing that will wear out the skids and wear bar in one season.

Something isn't right. OR maybe he is blowing 100 miles of asphalt roadway - EVERY day. OR the skids and wear bar were both REAL crap.

I never had skids on my 3-point blower. After 18 years of use - the paint was FINALLY worn off the wear bar - all the way across. Otherwise - no visible/measurable thinning of the wear bar.

I have a mile long gravel driveway.

I do 4 miles of Road.. and i believe the wear occurred before i bought the tractor. he dies after a long illness and maintenance was poor..at best I never looked at thesteel bar till it slid off last spring. The skids were not wore out i just tried the silly idea instead of the skids Also The skids were not installed correct to protect the wear bar

 

[Cycledude]

I do 4 miles of Road.. and i believe the wear occurred before i bought the tractor. he dies after a long illness and maintenance was poor..at best I never looked at thesteel bar till it slid off last spring. The skids were not wore out i just tried the silly idea instead of the skids Also The skids were not installed correct to protect the wear bar

Newbie you did good ! you had different idea and tried it, it didn’t work out very well and your perfectly willing to admit it, absolutely nothing wrong with that. Some folks would claim it worked great even if it didn’t.

 

[MF RED in MT]

Welcome to TBN Newbie tractor guy,

Here's some links to my posts about modifications of my skid shoes on the dozer blade and the snowblower.

They may or may not be of any use to you, but they have improved my snow removal without excessively removing my driveway gravel.

snow blower tip

I should have mentioned that I use an 84” SnowPro low flow blower with side and rear ski-style shoes. I have the shoes adjusted so the cutting edge of the blower is above the ground 1”. When I blow, I keep ground speed slow so the blower has time keep chute clear.

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What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

I just received my UHMW - 3/4" x 4" x 48", ordered 2 lengths at (Amazon) $31.60 each with about $11.00 shipping. I have been thinking about using this product for quite a while, for my skid shoes on my MF 2340 Dozer Blade & MF 2360 Snowblower (driveway is gravel & roadmix material). I believe...

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Good luck, KC