Snowblower recommendations

[hube2]

Curious, I took a look at what your blower looks like and what the difference is between yours and mine because I don't see this issue even though the gap between the auger and top of the blower appears larger on mine than yours.

2 thoughts come to mind.

1) The fact that there is more of a gap that the snow is heavier above the auger that causes it to drop in when the top of the blower box hits it.

2) The sides of my blower are flared outward, the images I found of your blower are flat. It could be that because of the wings this causes a slightly wider cut that the box which caused the snow on the edge to push in and create pressure that cause the snow at the top to drop in.

Going with 2, maybe you could correct it by adding a flared out edge to the sides of the blower box rather than getting a new blower. I think I saw someone here post some images of doing this but I don't remember where.

 

[BWSwede]

hube2,

I think you may be on to something. I have looked at a lot of snowblower auger enclosures over the last few days. The are 4 basic types, rectangular boxes with an open top, boxes with flared sides (like you have), boxes with a slanted back at the top half, and rectangular boxes with a flat top (like I have).
I think there needs to be something to push wet (easy to pack) snow down onto the auger. It sounds like the flared sides like you have does the task. I would rather not widen my blower as it barely fits through my garage door. I think what I am going to do for next season it cut a plate of steel and weld it on an angle to the top, back, and sides of the auger housing above the auger. My thought is that when I am working in heavy wet snow the slanted back above the auger will force the snow down onto the top of the auger. This is the least expensive attempt at a fix that I can think of and I think it will help.

Thank you,
BWSwede